In late tsarist times, Krasnoye Selo wis the location o the annual militar manoeuvres presidit ower bi the tsar hissel. It wis in Krasnoye Selo that, on 25 Julie 1914, the cooncil o meenisters wis held at which Nicholas II decidit tae intervene in the Austro-Serbie conflict, therebi bringin aboot the First Warld War.