THE DAY IN HISTORY · MARCH 3
March 3 in history
What happened on March 3: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1861, 1918 and 1959, each linked to the map that shows it.
Alexander II signs the manifesto that frees some 22 million serfs — with land they must buy back over 49 years. Freedom from above, debt from below.
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— Signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
3 Mar 1918 — Trotsky’s “no war, no peace” fails; Germany simply advances until Lenin accepts everything: Russia signs away Poland, the Baltics, Finland and Ukraine — a third of its people, half its industry. The east is won. Now watch what Germany does with it.
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— Hola massacre
3 Mar 1959 — Eleven detainees are beaten to death by guards for refusing forced labour; dozens more are badly injured. The cover-up fails, and the killings shake the British Parliament. Remember them.
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