Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/May
May 1, 1757 -
Diplomatic Revolution
: Under the
Second Treaty of Versailles
, Russia joined the
Franco
-
Austrian
military alliance.
May 5, 1762 -
Seven Years' War
: The
Treaty of Saint Petersburg
ended Russian participation in the war at no territorial gain.
May 18, 1792 -
Polish–Russian War of 1792
: The army of the
Targowica Confederation
, which opposed the liberal
Polish
Constitution of May 3
, invaded Poland.
May 22, 1937 -
Case of the Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization
:
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
, a
Marshal of the Soviet Union
and hero of the
Russian Civil War
, was arrested.
May 23, 1991 - The
Moldavian SSR
became the
Republic of Moldova
.