The Year 1916
On 4-9 January in the Black Sea, Russian destroyers cruised the waters off the Bosporus in a blockade effort.
On 7 January, on the Western Front, Russian troops stormed Chartoysk which adjoined the Pinsk marshes. In a blinding snowstorm 11,500 Russians were cut down by German artillery.
On 8 January, on the Southwest Front, there was heavy fighting in Galicia. The Russians continued their offensive in the Bukowina.
In the Black Sea, Russian battleship Imperatritsa Ekaterina II and a group of destroyers attacked the Goeben, escorting a convoy of Turkish colliers. One collier was sunk, but the Goeben managed to escape without damage.
In Persia, Russian General N.N. Baratov and the Shah reviewed Russian Cossacks at Tehran.
On 9 January, on the Turkish Front, the last of the Allied troops were evacuated from Cape Hellas on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Dardanelles was lost to the Allies.
On 11 January, on the Caucasian Front, General Yudenich's Russians advanced from Kars in a three pronged attack against the General Abdul Karim Pasha's Turkish 3rd Army, with the objective of taking Koprukoi.
In the Black Sea, 10,000 workers go on strike at the Russian port and naval base at Nikolaev, near Odessa. The strike quickly spread to Petrograd, where 45,000 dock workers walked out on the 22nd.
The German Foreign Minister soon received news of these strikes and was disappointed that the funds he had provided to Aleksandr Helphand (Parvus) had not already resulted in a revolution in Russia. He then decided to cut them off. Helphand was forced to turn to the German General Staff for further financial assistance, which they soon made available.
On 14 January, the Tsar ordered the repeal of laws that had previously prohibited Russian enlisted men from riding on trams.
On 15 January, on the Southwest Front, the Russian offensive in Bukowina comes to an end.
In North Persia, Russian troops entered Kangavar.
In Germany, departure of the first Berlin – Constantinople railway train. It became known as The Balkan Express.
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