Question: what important events happened in russia?
Answer: 1903: Kishinev Pogrom., 1904-1905: Russo-Japanese War., 1905: Peace Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire., 1914: Outbreak of World War I., 1917: Russian Revolution of 1917., 1917: U.S. Recognition of the Provisional Government., 1917-1933: The October Bolshevik Revolution., 1933: U.S. Recognition of the Soviet Union.