Skip to content
Curated category

States and territories established in 1917

  • BashkortostanThe southern Ural Mountains rise sharply from the plains, creating a rugged spine that defines the landscape of Bashkortostan.
  • United States Virgin IslandsChristopher Columbus sighted the islands on his second voyage in 1493. He named them Santa Úrsula y las Once Mil Vírgenes after a legend about Saint Ursula…
  • FinlandThe first people arrived in the land that is now Finland around 8500 BC. They were hunter-gatherers who used stone tools to survive the harsh environment…
  • Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicOn the 7th of November 1917, the Russian Soviet Republic emerged as a sovereign state following the October Revolution. This event marked the creation of the…
  • Russian RepublicPrince Georgy Lvov took the helm of a new Provisional Government on the 2nd of March 1917. This date marked the moment Emperor Nicholas II abdicated his…