FIRE AND SWORD IN THE CAUCASUS

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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF RECENT EVENTS IN THE CAUCASUS

June 12,	1903.	Prince Golytzin confiscates property of Armenian Church.
July	„	Strikes at Baku and on the Transcaucasian Railway.
Aug.	„	General Von Wahl goes from St. Petersburg to Baku to inquire into the condition of the town, where General Odintzoff is Governor.
Oct.	„	Armenians attempt the life of Golytzin.
Jan.	1904.	Prince Nakashidze appointed Governor of Baku.
July	„	Golytzin departs from the Caucasus on leave, never to return. General Freze appointed acting Governor-General afterwards General Malama.
Dec.	„	Prince Nakashidze goes to St. Petersburg to confer with Golytzin, and returns soon after.
Jan. 14,	1905.	Golytzin relieved of his functions.
Feb. 19	„	First outbreak of the Tartars against the Armenians at Baku (400 to 500 killed and wounded).
Feb. 22	„	Order restored.
March	„	Small outbreak at Erivan.
May 18	„	Count Vorontzoff-Dashkoff (appointed Viceroy in February) arrives at Tiflis.
May 24	„	Prince Nakashidze murdered at Baku.
May 25	„	Outbreak at Nakhitchevan (300 killed and wounded in town and district). General Alikhanoff sent to restore order.
June 5-6	„	Second outbreak at Erivan (52 killed and wounded). Prince Napoleon appointed Governor-General of Erivan. Recalls Alikhanoff.
Aug. 29 to Sept. 2	„	Outbreak at Shusha (300 killed and wounded, damages estimated at 5,000,000 roubles).

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Sept. 2-6,	1905.	Second outbreak at Baku (600 to 700 killed and wounded, damages 25,000,000 roubles.
Sept. 11	„	Massacre of Georgian Social Democrats by Cossacks in the Tiflis Town Hall.
Oct. 1	„	Third outbreak at Erivan.
Oct. 9	„	Bombs thrown at the Cossacks at Tiflis.
Oct. 28	„	Railway strike begins.
Oct. 30	„	Constitutional Manifesto.
Oct. 31	„	Social Democratic and Armenian Demonstration at Baku.
Nov. 1-4	„	Third outbreak at Baku.
Nov. 4-10	„	Demonstration and riots at Tiflis.
Nov. 29 to Dec. 3	„	Outbreak between Tartars and Armenians at Elizavetpol.
Dec. 1-4	„	Armeno-Tartar outbreak at Tiflis. Tartars from the country try to come into Tiflis. Fight with Armenians and Socialists. Troops intervene.
Dec. 28 to	„	Political strike at Tiflis. Bombs thrown. Troops bombard houses. Fierce reaction. Massacre of railwaymen by troops.
Jan. 6,	1906
Jan.	„	Serious revolt in Georgia; ferocious repression by Cossacks and soldiers.

Table of contents
Cover and pp. 1-4 | Prefatory note | Table of contents (as in the book) | List of illustrations
“Chronological table of recent events in the Caucasus”
1. The Caucasus, its peoples, and its history | 2. Eastward ho! | 3. Batum
4. Kutais and the Georgian movement | 5. The Gurian “republic” | 6. Tiflis
7. Persons and politics in the Caucasian capital
8. Armenians, Tartars, and the Russian government
9. Baku and the Armeno-Tartar feud | 10. Bloodshed and fire in the oil city
11. The land of Ararat | 12. The heart of Armenia | 13. Russia's new route to Persia
14. Nakhitchevan and the May massacres | 15. Alexandropol and Ani
16. Over the frosty Caucasus | 17. Recent events in the Caucasus | Index

Acknowledgements:

Source: Villari, Luigi. Fire and Sword in the Caucasus by Luigi Villari author of “Russia under the Great Shadow”, “Giovanni Segantini,” etc. London, T. F. Unwin, 1906
Provided by: Aram Arkun, Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center
Scanned by: Karen Vrtanesyan
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