2015 Event World leaders at the latest G7 meeting reinforce their commitments to reduce carbon-based emissions, reaffirm support for sanctions against Russia in light of the Ukraine conflict, and discuss issues related to Greece's debt load 2015 Event Russia accuses the U.S. of potentially 'destabilizing' Ukraine by sending paratroopers to train reserve military forces; though a cease fire agreement between Ukrainian pro-government and Russian-backed rebel forces is in place, fighting continues 2015 Event Iran will receive an S-300 air defense system from Russia; though the move won't violate U.N. sanctions against Iran, other nations currently in negotiation with Iran over nuclear issues have expressed concern 2015 Event Ukraine and Russia negotiate a ceasefire with the support of Germany and France; the agreement calls for an end to fighting, removal of large artillery from the sites of conflict, and greater independence for eastern Ukraine 2014 Event Ukraine exchanges 222 rebel prisoners for 150 Ukrainian soldiers held by separatist forces; for security reasons, the nation also blockades Crimea, the region annexed by Russia, by stopping bus and train service to and from the area 2014 Event The E.U. extends sanctions against Russia by banning oil and gas exploration, cruise ship activity, and investment in Russian-annexed Crimea, the annexation is considered illegitimate by E.U. member nations 2014 Event Separatists in Eastern Ukraine hold elections in Donetsk and Luhansk; Russia will recognize the elected leaders, but Ukraine and Western nations declare the elections illegitimate 2014 Event Russia sends roughly 215 trucks of humanitarian supplies into Ukraine without permission from Kiev; the truck contents were inspected by neither Ukrainian officials nor Red Cross members as agreed to by Ukraine and Russia, but Kiev did not protest 2014 Event Ukrainian troops and separatist forces have halted fighting in eastern Ukraine in accordance with a cease-fire agreement between Ukraine, Russia and the rebel forces 2014 Event In the face of signs that Russian troops and equipment are aiding rebels in eastern Ukraine, the E.U. proposes further sanctions against Russia; President Vladimir Putin denies the charges while calling for independent statehood of the region 2014 Event A new front has opened along the Russian- Ukrainian border, with thousands of Russians assisting rebels in Ukraine; Russia claims that it is neither sending nor supporting these forces, but that the troops are fighting with the rebels voluntarily 2014 Event Over 250 Russian trucks enter embattled eastern Ukraine without permission to deliver humanitarian aid; NATO questions the true intent of the convoy, claiming that Russia has used deceptive 'aid' convoys in other conflicts 2014 Event Russia counters sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union by banning all imports of dairy, fish, meat, fruit and vegetables; Ukrainian flights have also been prohibited from Russian air space 2014 Event Days after imposing additional sanctions against Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama contacts Russian President Vladimir Putin to express concern about Russia's continuing support of Ukrainian separatists 2014 Event The U.S. and the European Union impose additional sanctions on Russia, focusing on restrictions related to the nation's military, energy, and financial sectors 2014 Event U.S. officials state that Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by test-firing a type of cruise missile; Russian officials argue against the charge 2014 Event Russia retaliates against U.S. sanctions against certain individuals by denying visas to 13 Americans 2014 Event The U.S. adds new sanctions against Russia, prohibiting certain Russian international businesses from accessing U.S. capital markets; the move extends previous sanctions targeting specific individuals and their companies 2014 Event Russia supplies Iraq with military aircraft to help the government fight insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq; the U.S. has readied military assistance, but it has not yet been delivered 2014 Event Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine enter into free-trade pacts with the European Union, a decision counter to that of Kazakhstan and Belarus, who partnered with Russia in creation of the Eurasian Union 2014 Event Ukrainian rebels honor the government's week-long cease-fire; peace talks were also initiated between the separatists, the ambassador to Russia and an ex-president of the Ukraine standing in for the current administration 2014 Event Iran balks at the terms for peaceful nuclear development suggested by Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States; the nations hope to reach a deal by July 20th; in exchange, sanctions against Iran will be removed 2014 Event Russia seeks to intimidate Finland out of thoughts of joining NATO; a representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that any moves by Finland to do so could potentially trigger World War III 2014 Event Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin targeting assets stored overseas in an effort to avoid taxes; the Indian government estimates that up to $2 trillion may be in hiding; the nation follows China and Russia in magnitude of offshored wealth 2014 Event The Chinese and Russian state energy companies, Gazprom and CPNC, respectively, have entered a deal for Russia to supply China with natural gas; the deal provides a market for Russian gas as European countries seek to reduce their dependence due to Russia's actions 2014 Event Russia makes assurances that the country will not invade Ukraine in its efforts to resolve the dispute over its annexation of Crimea 2014 Event President Obama promises that the U.S. will not take military action in Ukraine in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea 2014 Event Crimean voters support seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia in a referendum deemed illegal by the E.U. and the U.S. 2014 Event President Obama meets with Ukrainian acting Prime Minster Yatsenyuk and vows to 'stand with Ukraine' in its conflict with Russia 2014 Event Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, claims that his decision to leak classified NSA documents about mining emails and telephone call logs, has resulted in several significant threats to his life 2013 Event Russia's Defense Ministry reports the Soyuz-2-1v Russian rocket was successfully launched 2013 Event In Kiev, Russia, anti-government protesters topple the last surviving monument of Vladimir Lenin; the monument fell in Bessarabska Square; it was was pounded with hammers and only some parts of the Soviet hero's legs remained 2013 Event A portion of the Chelyabinsk meteor weighing 1,255lb is recovered by divers in Russia 2013 Event An agreement is made between the U.S. and Russia to draw up a UN Security Council resolution to eliminiate chemical weapons in Syria 2013 Event The UN Security Council receives alleged proof of chemical weapons use by Syrian militants from Russia 2013 Event Russia grants NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden one year of temporary political asylum; Snowden leaves Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport 2013 Event NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden remains in Moscow, Russia; he is stranded at Russia's Sheremetyevo International Airport 2013 Event Russia's parliament passes bills banning homosexual 'propaganda'; police near the Duma take gays into custody after they anti-gay extremists hit them with eggs 2013 Event Russia's President, Vladimir Putin and his wife appear on live television to announce they have divorced after thirty years of marriage 2013 Event Russia enacts a country-wide smoking ban, effecting most public places 2013 Event The Soyuz capsule safely lands in Kazakhstan, carrying Expedition 35 astronauts Thomas Marshburn of the U.S., Chris Hadfield of Canada and Roman Romanenko of Russia back from the International Space Station 2013 Event Americans learn the FBI and CIA had previous intelligence from Russia warning U.S. intelligence agencies about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's extremist connections before the Boston Marathon bombings 2013 Event Russia threatens retaliation after the U.S. imposes sanctions on '18 Magnitsky list' Russians accues of humans rights violations 2013 Event Attracting NATO criticism, Russia conducts unscheduled military exercises in the Black Sea 2013 Event Representatives from the U.S., China, Germany, France, Russia and the U.K., discuss Iran's nuclear program with Iranian officials 2013 Event Russia enacts a law that bans smoking in schools and on subways 2013 Event G20 finance ministers focus on the so-named "currency wars" during their meeting in Moscow, Russia 2012 Event A law banning Americans from adopting Russian children is approved by Russia's parliament; the action is a respons to the U.S. Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act 2012 Event Russia lifts a ban imposed in 1996 on the import of British beef and lamb; the ban, imposed when Britain suffered from mad cow disease (BSE) had been lifted worldwide in 2006 2012 Event In Moscow, tens of thousands protest against Vladimir Putin, chanting, 'We are the power here!' and 'Russia without Putin!' 2012 Event Astronauts, Sunita Williams of the United States, Yuri Malenchenko of Russia and Aki Hoshide of Japan, arrive at the International Space Station for a three-month long mission 2012 Event Soyuz, a spacecraft originally designed for the Soviet space program, lands safely in Kazakhstan, with Oleg Kononenko of Russia, Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, and Don Pettit of the United States, onboard 2012 Event Russia swears in Vladimir Putin for his third, six-year term as President 2012 Event Scientists in Kamchatka, Russia, report sighting the first adult white orca to be seen in the wild 2012 Event The U.S., Russia and China, begin talks about Iran's nuclear program 2012 Event In New Delhi, India, leaders of Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India meet for the 2012 BRICS summit 2011 Event Boris Gryzlov, ally to Vladimir Putin and speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, resigns from his position 2011 Event Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepts a proposal from President Dmitry Medvedev to run in Russia's 2012 Presidential election 2011 Event The 8th largest search engine in the world, Russia's Yandex, marks its first venture outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by expanding into Turkey 2011 Event In the Volga River near Bolgar, Russia, cruise ship Bulgaria sinks; 110 people drown and 80 are rescued alive 2011 Event Russia began searching for a missing military satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit 2010 Event In a new deal, France is contracted to build two warships for Russia 2010 Event Rallies protesting constitutional abuses by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are held in Moscow, Russia 2010 Event Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia, visits the Kuril Islands, the subject of a dispute with Japan 2010 Event In accordance with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1929, Russia bans arms sales to Iran 2010 Event The United Nations appoints Russia diplomat, Yury Fedotov, to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2010 Event Russia's Federal Security Service assassinates Magomedali Vagabov, a militant leader reportedly responsible for the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings 2010 Event Large wildfires devastate Russia as pollution hits record levels 2010 Event Russia's worst drought in history prompts Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to temporarily ban the export of flour and wheat 2010 Event The U.K. will increase aid to poor nations, including a 40% increase in Afghanistan, while reducing aid to 'powerhouses' like Russia, China and other eastern European countries 2010 Event South Korea develops a long-range cruise missile reportedly capable of striking North Korea, Japan, Russia and China 2010 Event Russia announces its plan to sell Iran S-300 ground-to-air missiles, claiming that new U.N. sanctions do not cover stationary air defense weaponry 2010 Event Planes across the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia are grounded as a result of the volcanic ash coming from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano 2010 Event Denisova hominin - a previously unknown type of ancient human, is identified by scientists through DNA analysis from a finger discovered in a cave near Siberia, Russia 2009 Event Slovenia agrees to allow Russia's South Stream gas pipeline to Europe pass through their country 2009 Event Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, endorses Russia's decision to turn off gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine 2007 Death Boris Yeltsin, died in Moscow, Russia, at 76, of congestive heart failure 2004 Event After a 2-day standoff, Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia 2004 Death Paul Klebnikov, journalist, Forbes writer murdered in Russia after writing about corruption, dies at 41 1998 Event Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died 1997 Event Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China 1997 Death Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb', dies at 39 1997 Event U.S. telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia 1997 Event For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia) 1997 Event Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia) 1997 Event Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed 1997 Event Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed 1997 Event Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict 1997 Event Progress M-34 Launch (Russia) 1997 Event Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia) 1997 Event Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia) 1997 Event FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia 1997 Event U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21 1995 Event 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2) 1995 Death Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 55 1994 Event 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1) 1994 Event Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile 1993 Event Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader 1993 Event 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27 1992 Event Julia Kurotchkina, 18, of Russia, crowned 42nd Miss World 1992 Event 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43 1991 Event Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States 1991 Event Janajev and KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev 1991 Event Russia and U.S. sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact 1991 Event Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in U.S. 1991 Death Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83 1990 Death Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52 1990 Event 1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds 1988 Event Russia announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan 1987 Death Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86 1987 Event U.S. and Russia sign accord to remove mid range missiles 1987 Event West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia 1987 Event Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from U.S. to Russia across Bering Strait 1987 Death Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia 1986 Event Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia 1984 Event During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" 1983 Event U.S. House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner 1983 Event Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air 1981 Death Lotte Lenya, singer and actress (From Russia With Love), dies in New York at 83 1981 Birthday Anna Kournikova, born in Moscow, Russia, professional tennis player, model, winner, Grand Slam titles in Australia, 1999 and 2002 1980 Death Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33), dies at 30 1980 Event Polish railway workers block railway to Russia 1978 Event Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia 1977 Event Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason 1977 Birthday Anna Baitchik, Miss Russia Universe 1997 1977 Birthday Alexei Morozov, NHL forward, Team Russia, Pittsburgh, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1976 Birthday Anna Smashnova, born in Minsk, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Erlangen GER 1976 Event U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use 1975 Birthday Alexi Komarov, born in Yekaterinburg, Russia, dance skater, & Carr-1995 Pac Champ 1974 Birthday Valeri Bure, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens, Silver Meda 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Sergei Krivokrasov, born in Angarsk, Russia, NHL right wing, Blackhawks, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Sergei Gonchar, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, NHL defenseman, Capitals, 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sochi Russia, tennis star, 1995 doubles-Hamburg 1974 Birthday Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, tennis star 1974 Birthday Sergei Brylin, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center for the New Jersey Devils 1973 Birthday Alexei Yashin, NHL forward, Team Russia, Ottawa, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1973 Birthday Andrei Nikolishin, born in Vorkuta, Russia, NHL center, Hartford Whalers 1973 Birthday Alexei Kovalev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing for the New York Rangers 1973 Birthday Elena Makarova, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Val 1972 Birthday Oleg Fediukov, born in Moscow, Russia, dance skater, & Debbie Koegel 1972 Birthday Vyacheslav Kozlov, Voskresensk, Russia, NHL forward, Detroit Red Wings 1972 Birthday Boris Mironov, born in Moscow, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 2002 Olympics 1972 Event Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon 1971 Birthday Sergei Berezin, Voskrensensk Rus, NHL forward, Team Russia, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Oleg Petrov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens 1971 Birthday Pavel Bure, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL left wing, Vancouver Canucks 1971 Birthday Pavel Bure, NHL forward, Team Russia, Vancouver, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Alexander Selivanov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1971 Birthday Peter Tchernyshev, St. Petersburg Russia, dance skater, & Naomi Lang 1970 Event Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon 1970 Event Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon 1970 Birthday Alexei Zhamnov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1970 Birthday Alexei Zhitnik, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Buffalo, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1970 Birthday Igor Korolev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHLer, Team Russia, Winnipeg 1970 Birthday Sergei Zubov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Pittsburgh 1970 Birthday Alexander Karpovtsev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers 1969 Birthday Sergei Fedorov, Pskov Russia, NHL forward, Detroit, Silver Medals 1998 Olympics 1969 Birthday Igor Kravchuk, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators, Russia, Gold Medals 1988, 1992 Olympics, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 2002 Olympics 1969 Birthday Andrei Trefilov, Kirovo Russia, NHL goalie, Buffalo Sabres, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1969 Birthday Kitty G, Katia Geiger, Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress 1969 Event Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits 1969 Event Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon 1969 Birthday Igor Larionov, Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward, Team Russia, Detroit 1968 Birthday Irina Privalova, Russia, 100m/200m/400m runner 1968 Birthday Valeri Zelepukin, NHL forward, New Jersey Devils, Team Russia, Silver Medal1998 Olympics 1968 Event After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio 1967 Birthday Alexander Volkov, born in Russia, tennis star 1966 Birthday Igor Kravchuk, Ufa Russia, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, St. Louis 1966 Birthday Valeri Kamensky, born in Voskresensk, Russia, NHL left wing, Avalanche, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1966 Birthday Andrei Olhovskiy, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis pro 1966 Birthday Alexander Semak, Ufa Russia, NHL center for the New York Islanders 1966 Birthday Andrei Chesnokov, Russia, tennis star 1965 Birthday Dmitri Mironov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman, Pitts Penguins, Anaheim 1965 Birthday M Shtalenkov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL goalie, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1965 Birthday Mikhail Shtalenkov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL goalie, Team Russia, Anaheim 1965 Birthday German Titov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, Calgary Flames, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1964 Event Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia 1964 Birthday Yuri Khmylev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres 1964 Birthday Alexei Gusarov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1964 Event "From Russia With Love" premieres in U.S. 1964 Birthday Sergei Nemchinov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, New York Islanders, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1963 Event U.S., Russia and England sign nuclear Test ban treaty 1963 Birthday Yuri Yuriyevich Krikun, born in Russia, cosmonaut 1962 Event John F. Kennedy warns Russia U.S. will not allow Soviet missiles to remain in Cuba 1962 Event Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 1962 Birthday Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, born in Russia, major/cosmonaut 1962 Birthday Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1961 Event Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovitsj kicked out of Russia's Communist Party 1961 Birthday Yolanda Chen, born in Moscow, Russia, triple jumper, indoor record 1961 Death Grigory Levenfish, International chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 1961 Event Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 1960 Event Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers in a U-2 spy plane 1960 Death Pavel P Parenago, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 53 1958 Birthday Viacheslav Fetisov, born in Moscow, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Detroit 1958 Birthday Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb' 1957 Birthday Elena V. Kondakova, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, STS-84 1957 Event Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow, Russia 1956 Birthday Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12 1956 Birthday Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kaleri, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-14 1956 Birthday Natalya Dmitriyevna Kuleshova, born in Russia, cosmonaut 1956 Birthday Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1955 Birthday Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1955 Event Russia ends state of war with Germany 1954 Event 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) 1954 Birthday Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina, Russia, doctor/cosmonaut 1954 Birthday Sergei Nikolayevich Tresvyatsky, Russia, cosmonaut 1954 Event Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition 1953 Birthday Olga Nikolayevna Klyushnikova, Russia, cosmonaut 1953 Event Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation 1953 Event Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb 1953 Birthday Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin, born in Kirya Russia, cosmonaut, STS-71, TM-27 1953 Birthday Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin, born in Russia, cosmonaut 1953 Event Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel 1952 Birthday Vladimir Putin, born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, second President of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister of Russia 1952 Death W de Basil, US Voskresenski, Russia, ballet dancer, dies 1951 Event Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb 1951 Birthday Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1951 Event International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics 1951 Birthday Yakov Smirnoff, born in Russia, comedian, It's a wonderful country 1950 Birthday Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 33 1950 Birthday Nikolai Sergeivich Grekov, Russia, cosmonaut 1950 Birthday Svetlana Georgievna Beregovkina, Russia, cosmonaut 1949 Birthday Alexander Godunov, Russia, composer/dancer, Bolshoi, defected 1979 1949 Birthday Nikolai Tikhonovich Moskalenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1948 Birthday Sergei Bodrov, born in Khabarovsk, Russia, director, Katala, Somebody to Love 1947 Birthday Alexei Ivanovich Bobrov, Russia, cosmonaut 1946 Birthday Viktor Viktorovich Zabolotsky, born in Russia, cosmonaut, BST-02 1945 Event U.S., Russia, England and France agree to split occupied Germany 1945 Event Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders 1945 Event Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin 1945 Event Russia liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) 1944 Event Russia and Bulgaria sign weapon pact 1944 Event British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin 1944 Event Finland and Russia agree to cease fire 1943 Birthday Inna Churikova, Russia, actress, Theme 1943 Birthday Yuri Fedorovich Isaulov, Russia, cosmonaut 1943 Event Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany 1942 Event Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia and Balkan 1942 Event Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front 1942 Birthday Aleksandr Yakovlevich Kramarenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1942 Event 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred 1942 Event Great Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia 1942 Event Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943 1942 Birthday Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1942 Event Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia 1942 Birthday Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1941 Event Romanian Legionnaires enter Odessa Russia 1941 Event Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" and would "never rise again" 1941 Event German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children 1941 Event Finland enters WW II against Russia 1941 Event Germans advanced into Russia and took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas 1941 Event Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia 1940 Birthday Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut 1940 Birthday Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russia, cosmonaut 1940 Birthday Vladimir Timofeyevich Isakov, Russia, cosmonaut 1940 Event Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus 1940 Event Russia begins new offensive against Finland 1940 Event Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia 1939 Event Germany and Russia agree to partition Poland 1939 Event Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner 1939 Birthday Valeri Vasilyevich Illarianov, Russia, cosmonaut 1938 Birthday Yuri Temirkanov, Nalchik Russia, conductor, Kirov 1938 Birthday Pia Lindstrom, critic, WNBC-TV, journalist, From Russia With Love 1938 Birthday Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1938 Birthday Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor, Atlanta Symph 1938 Death Cesar Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia and 1931), dies at 46 1938 Birthday Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer and choreographer, Kirov 1938 Birthday Vladimir Grigoryevich Fartushny, Russia, cosmonaut 1937 Birthday Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Illyin, Russia, cosmonaut 1937 Birthday Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut 1937 Birthday Igor Petrovich Volk, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz T-12 1936 Birthday Sergei Nikolayevich Gaidukov, Russia, cosmonaut 1936 Birthday Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov, Russia, cosmonaut 1936 Birthday Michael White, theater/film producer, From Russia With Love 1935 Birthday Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov, Russia, pairs skater, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1935 Birthday Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 7, 11 1935 Birthday Mikhail Ivanovich Lisun, Russia, cosmonaut 1935 Birthday Eduard Pavlovich Kugno, Russia, cosmonaut 1935 Birthday Aleksandr Alekseyevich Kiselyov, Russia, cosmonaut 1935 Birthday Valentin Nikolaevich N Benderov, Russia, cosmonaut 1934 Birthday Alfred Schnittke, Russia, composer, St. Florian 1934 Birthday Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russia, cosmonaut, Vostok 1 backup 1934 Birthday Yuri Gagarin, born in Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space, aboard Vostok 1 1933 Birthday Vladimir Borisovich Alekseyev, Russia, cosmonaut 1933 Birthday Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet, Bratsk Station 1932 Birthday Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov, Russia, cosmonaut 1932 Birthday Oleg Protopopov, born in Russia, olympic pairs skater, Gold 1964, 68 1932 Death Paul Doumer, President France (1931-32), assassin by Russia's Paul Gargalov 1932 Birthday Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 18 backup 1932 Birthday Boris Shakhlin, Russia, gymnast, Gold Medals 1956, 1960, 1964 Olympics 1932 Birthday Raisa Maximovna Titorenko Gorbachev, Russia's 1st lady, 1982-1991 1932 Birthday Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russia, cosmonaut 1931 Birthday Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio 1931 Birthday Eunice Gayson, born in London, England, actress, Dr. No, From Russia With Love 1931 Birthday Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov, Russia, cosmonaut 1931 Birthday Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies 1930 Birthday Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 12a backup 1930 Birthday Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russia, cosmonaut 1930 Birthday Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist, Budapest 3rd place-1956 1930 Birthday Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russia, cosmonaut 1929 Death Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57 1929 Event Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey 1929 Death Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72 1928 Birthday Veijo Meri, born in Viipuri, now Vyborg, Russia, writer, novelist, poet, focuses on absurdity of war, published biography of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1928 Birthday Evgeny Svetlanov, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Siberian Fantasy 1928 Birthday Bella Davidovich, born in Baku, Russia, pianist, Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel 1928 Birthday Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 7, 16 1927 Birthday Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1927 Birthday Peter Bayliss, born in Thames, England, actor, From Russia With Love 1927 Birthday Mstislav Rostropovich, born in Russia, Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, nickname "Slava", cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century 1927 Birthday Vladimir M. Komarov, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, Voshkod I Soyuz 1 1926 Birthday Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russia, cosmonaut 1926 Event Russia and Latvia treaty of neutrality signed 1926 Birthday Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russia, cosmonaut, Voskhod 1 backup 1926 Event Germany and Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty 1926 Birthday Lev Stepanovich Demin, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 15 1925 Event Russia and Turkey sign non-aggresion pact 1924 Birthday Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist, Lenin Prize-1952 1924 Event Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador 1923 Event 2-pound hailstones kill 23 and many cattle, Rostov, Russia 1922 Birthday Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, Kirovabad Russia, Azerbaijani composer, Shur 1922 Birthday Nikolaj G. Bassov, born in Russia, atomic physicist, laser, Nobel 1964 1921 Event Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia 1920 Birthday Isaac Stern, born in Kreminiecz, Russia, violinist, debut San Francisco Symph 1920 Event Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace) 1920 Birthday Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer, I Robot, Foundation Trilogy 1919 Event J Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia 1918 Birthday Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, born in Kislovodsk, Russia, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, writer, won Nobel Prize, 1970, wrote 'The Gulag Archipelago', exiled in 1974 1918 Event Latvia declares independence from Russia 1918 Event Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 Event Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I 1918 Event U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months 1918 Event Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech 1918 Event Russia severs diplomatic ties with U.S. 1918 Death Nicolas II Aleksandrovitch, last tsar of Russia, executed at 50 1918 Death Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration, dies in Geneva, Switzerland, at age 60 1918 Event Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia 1918 Event Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia 1918 Event Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria and Russia sign 1918 Event Estonia declares independence from Russia 1918 Event Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia 1918 Event Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day) 1918 Event Russia adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Feb 14) 1918 Event Russia declared a republic of Soviets 1917 Event Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia 1917 Event German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia 1917 Event Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day) 1917 Event October Revolution (Oct 26 OS) in Russia, Lenin seizes power 1917 Event In Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power 1917 Event Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky 1917 Event Provisional government of Russia forms, Republic proclaimed 1917 Event 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia 1917 Event Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world") 1917 Event Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution 1917 Event Tsar Nicolas II of Russia abdicates the throne 1917 Event February revolution begins in Russia 1916 Birthday Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist, Brussels Competition-1938 1916 Event Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia 1915 Event Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Event German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia 1915 Event Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia 1915 Death Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65 1915 Event Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine 1914 Event Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Event Russia declares Turkey the war 1914 Event Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Event Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London 1914 Event St. Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd 1914 Event Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die) 1914 Event Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia 1914 Event Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia 1914 Event Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I 1914 Event German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize 1914 Event Austrian-Hungary and Russia proclaim general mobilization 1914 Event Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary 1914 Event Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 1914 Birthday Kirill P. Kondrashin, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Hollywood Bowl 1981 1914 Event Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia 1913 Birthday Francis De Wolff, England, actor, From Russia With Love 1912 Birthday Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor, From Russia With Love 1912 Birthday Leonid V Kantorovich, St. Petersburg Russia, economist, Nobel 1911 Death Pjotr A Stolypin, premier of Russia (1906-11), dies 1911 Death Pjotr A Stolypin, premier of Russia (1906-11), dies 1911 Death Pjotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11), murdered at 49 1911 Death Piotr Stolypin, Russia's PM, assassinated by Mordka Bogrov 1910 Event Russia absorbs Finland 1910 Birthday Galina Ulanova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina, Bolshoi 1908 Birthday David Oistrakh, born in Odessa, Russia, violinist and professor, Moscow Conservatory 1908 Event Russia takes part of Poland 1908 Birthday Arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright, Paolo Paoli 1907 Event Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet 1907 Event England, Russia and France form Triple Entente 1907 Birthday Tamara Geva, born in Russia, dancer, actress, choreographer, married to George Balanchine 1907 Birthday Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer, Russia Black on White 1906 Birthday Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1906 Birthday Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1906 Birthday Albert B Sabin, Russia, U.S. microbiologist, oral polio vaccine 1906 Birthday George Sanders, Russia, actor, All About Eve-Academy Award 1950 1906 Event Pogrom against Jews in Bialystok, Polish Russia 1906 Event Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time 1905 Event Netherlands/Russian Count Witte becomes premier of Russia 1905 Event Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia 1905 Event Tsar of Russia accepts 1st Duma (Parliament) 1905 Event 1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia 1905 Event Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1905 Birthday Sam Levene, Russia, actor, Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang 1905 Birthday John Gart, Russia, orchestra leader, Paul Winchell Show 1904 Birthday Nathan Milstein, born in Odessa, Russia, concert violinist, Philadelphia Orchestra 1942 1904 Birthday Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire, 1904 Birthday Sergei Yutkevich, St. Petersburg Russia, director, Otello, Banya 1904 Birthday Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire, 1904 Birthday Tom Conway, Russia, actor, Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show 1904 Event Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1904 Event Japan declares war on Russia 1904 Birthday Alexandra Danilova, Peterhof Russia, ballerina, Turning Point 1903 Event Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia 1903 Birthday Nikolai Cherkasov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actor, Ivan the Terrible 1903 Birthday Arthur Tracy, born in Russia, street singer, Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight 1903 Event Russia prohibits meetings dealing with Zionist 1903 Birthday Leonid Kinskey, St. Petersburg Russia, actor, Casablanca 1903 Birthday Gregor Piatigorsky, born in Ekaterinoslav, Russia, cellist, or 4/20 1903 Birthday Nicolas Nabokov, Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer, Holy Devil 1902 Birthday Leon Belasco, Odessa Russia, actor, Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen 1901 Birthday Andre Kostelanetz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Lincoln Portrari 1901 Birthday Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar 1901 Birthday Lev N. Lunts, Russia, writer, Outside the Law, City of Truth 1901 Birthday Mark Donskoy, born in Odessa, Russia, director, Heart of a Mother 1900 Birthday Constantin Alajalov, Russia, artist, Ditters and Jitters 1900 Birthday Efrem Kurtz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Houston Symph 1948-54 1900 Birthday Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer, Zavod, 1900 Birthday Jennie Tourel, St. Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera 1943-47 1900 Birthday Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author, House is not a Home 1900 Birthday Eugenie Leontovitch, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Homicidal 1899 Birthday Nikolai Batalov, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Mother 1899 Birthday Akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor, For Whom the Bell Tolls 1899 Birthday Olga Baclanova, born in Moscow, Russia, actress, Freaks, Docks of New York 1899 Birthday Vladimir Nabokov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, novelist, Lolita, Ada 1899 Birthday Alexander Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1898 Event Jews are expelled from Kiev, Russia 1898 Birthday Sergei Eisenstein, Russia, director, Battleship Potemkin, 1897 Birthday Olga Chekova, born in Russia, actress, Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children 1897 Birthday Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor and director, Corsican Brothers 1896 Birthday Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St. Petersburg Russia, poet 1896 Event Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned 1896 Birthday Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist, Chopin 1895 Birthday Nikolai A. Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of U.S.S.R., 1955-58 1895 Birthday Mary Marquet, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actress, Matter of Resistance 1894 Death Aleksandr III A Romanov, czar of Russia (1881-94), dies at 49 1894 Birthday Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer, Academy Award 1954-High and Mighty 1894 Birthday Nikita Khrushchev, born in Kalinovka, Russia, 1st secretary U.S.S.R., 1953 - 1964 1894 Event France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia 1893 Event Russia signs military accord with France 1893 Event Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France 1893 Birthday Fabien Sevitzky, Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1892 Birthday Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer, Bio in Sonata Form 1892 Birthday Alexander Alekhine, Russia, world chess champion, 1927-35, 37-46 1892 Birthday Billy West, Russia, actor, Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy 1892 Birthday Edward H Carr, born in England, historian, History of Soviet Russia 1892 Event Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin 1891 Birthday Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor, Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody 1891 Birthday Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia, playwright/novelist, Black Snow 1891 Event Jews are expelled from Moscow, Russia 1890 Birthday Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour 1890 Birthday Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet, Dr. Zhivago, Nobel 1958, 1889 Birthday Vladimir Sokoloff, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Road to Morocco 1889 Birthday Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer and violinist 1889 Birthday Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor 1887 Birthday Marc Chagall, born in Vitebsk, Russia, artist, I and The Village 1886 Event Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia 1886 Event Modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia 1886 Birthday Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter, Erasmus Prize 1960 1885 Birthday Louis B Mayer, Minsk Russia, motion-picture executive, MGM 1884 Birthday Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright, We 1884 Birthday Sophie Tucker, Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas 1882 Event 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia 1882 Birthday Igor Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer, Rite of Spring, 1882 Birthday Igor Stravinsky, born in Oranienbaum Russia, composer, Rite of Spring 1882 Birthday Albert Coates, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor and composer, Eagle 1882 Birthday Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer 1881 Death Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62 1880 Birthday Mikhail Fokine, born in Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance 1880 Event Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt 1879 Event Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English 1877 Event Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1876 Birthday Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress, Waterloo Bridge 1874 Birthday Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor, Boston Symp 1873 Birthday Sergei Rachmaninoff, born in Novgorod, Russia, composer, Prelude in C# Minor 1872 Birthday Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, born in Russia, dance master, Imperial Ballet 1872 Birthday Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director 1870 Birthday Ivan Bunin, Russia, poet and novelist, Gentleman from SF-Nobel 1933 1869 Birthday Hans Erich Pfitzner, born in Moscow, Russia, composer, Krakquer Begrus 1868 Birthday Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia, 1894-1917 1867 Event U.S. takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia 1867 Event U.S. buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 1866 Event Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia 1865 Birthday Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint 1865 Birthday Alexander K Glazunov, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, Chopiniana 1865 Death Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70 1863 Birthday Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist and professor, Moscow Cons 1888-91 1863 Birthday Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russia, director, Stanislavski Method 1862 Event Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St. Petersburg Russia) 1862 Birthday Pyotr A. Stolypin, premier Russia, 1906-11 1861 Event Warsaw Massacre: Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russia 1860 Birthday Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Tagarov Russia, playwright, Cherry Orchard 1859 Birthday Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician, Armenian Rhapsody 1858 Event Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia 1856 Birthday Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, born in Tambov, Russia, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration 1856 Birthday Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russia, composer, Oresteia 1856 Birthday Nicholas Nikolajevitsj, ruler of Russia 1856 Birthday Andrey Markov, born in Russia, mathematician, Markov Chain 1856 Event Peace between England and Russia 1856 Event Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1855 Birthday Anatoli Liadov, St. Petersburg, Russia, composer, Enchanted Lake, 1855 Event Aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia 1855 Death Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 1854 Event During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia 1850 Birthday Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1849 Birthday Ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology, Nobel 1904 1849 Event Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria and Russia 1849 Birthday Sergei J Witte, Netherlands/Russian count/premier Russia 1846 Birthday Peter Carl Faberge, Russia, goldsmith/jeweler/egg maker 1844 Birthday Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, born in Tikhvin, Russia, composer, Scheherazade 1843 Birthday Gleb Uspensky, Russia, author, Power of the Soil 1840 Event England, Russia, Austria and Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance 1840 Birthday Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk, Russia, composer, 1812 Overture 1837 Birthday Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer, Tamara 1834 Event Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium 1833 Birthday Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer, Robert LeDiable 1833 Event Russia and Turkey sign defense treaty 1830 Event England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium 1829 Event Jews expelled from Nikolayev and Sevastopol Russia 1829 Event Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople 1828 Birthday Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1828 Event Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence 1828 Event Russia and Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai 1826 Birthday Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist, Family of Noblemen 1825 Event Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins 1825 Death Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47 1825 Event Russia and Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary 1824 Event Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' N 1821 Birthday Nikolai Nekrasov, Russ, poet/journalist, Who Can be Happy in Russia? 1821 Birthday Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Russia, novelist, Crime and Punishment 1818 Event Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine 1818 Birthday Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright, Fathers and Sons, 1818 Birthday Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright, Fathers and Sons, 1818 Event Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England 1818 Birthday Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia, 1855-81 1815 Event Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance 1815 Event Russia, Prussia and Austria sign Holy Alliance 1813 Event Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia) 1812 Event Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia 1812 Event Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia 1812 Birthday Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer, Oblomov 1812 Event Napoleon invades Russia 1807 Event France, Russia and Prussia sign Peace of Tilsit 1804 Birthday Mikhail Ivan Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer, Jota Aragonesa 1801 Event Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia 1801 Death Paul I, tsar of Russia (1796-1801), strangled at 46 1799 Event Russia leaves second anti-French Coalition 1799 Event England and Russia decide to invade Bataafse Republic 1799 Birthday Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit 1799 Birthday Alexandr Pushkin, Russia, writer, Eugene Onegin, 5/26 OS 1799 Birthday Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer, Eugene Onegin 1798 Event Russia and England sign Second anti-French Coalition 1798 Event Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books 1797 Event Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty 1796 Death Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Death Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Death Catharina II, "the Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Birthday Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia, 1825-55 1795 Event 3rd partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia 1795 Birthday Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I 1793 Event 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia 1793 Event Prussia and Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided) 1792 Birthday Karl Ernst von Baler, Russia, naturalist, discovered human ovum 1792 Event Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Jassy 1791 Birthday Sergey Aksakov, Russia, novelist, Chronicles of a Russian Family 1791 Birthday Nikolaj A. Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter, Account about Holland 1790 Event Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Verela 1788 Death Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement, dies 1788 Event Austria declares war on Russia 1787 Event Turkey declares war on Russia 1784 Event Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople 1783 Event Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia 1783 Event Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim 1777 Birthday Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia, 1801-25 1775 Birthday Peter the Great, Russia 1775 Death Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia 1772 Event 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia 1764 Death Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23 1762 Death Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 1762 Death Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34 1762 Event Russia and Prussia sign peace treaty 1762 Event Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty 1762 Death Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 1761 Death Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 1760 Event Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia 1760 Event Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia 1756 Event Russia joins the Alliance of Versailles 1755 Event England and Russia sign military agreement 1746 Event Russia and Austria sign agreements 1746 Event Russia and Austria signs treaty of cooperation 1743 Event Sweden and Russia sign peace treaty 1742 Event Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia 1741 Event Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia 1740 Event Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia 1740 Death Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47 1740 Event Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia 1740 Death Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47 1740 Birthday Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41 1740 Event Czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews 1740 Event Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne 1739 Event Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade 1734 Event England and Russia sign trade agreement 1732 Event Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha 1730 Birthday Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement 1730 Death Peter II Alekseyevitch, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 1730 Death Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 1729 Birthday Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia, 1762-96 1729 Birthday Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia, 1762-96 1728 Birthday Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia, 1761-62 1727 Event Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia 1727 Death Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies 1727 Event Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia 1727 Death Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42 1725 Death Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52 1725 Death Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 1724 Event Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1717 Event France, Russia and Prussia sign agreement 1716 Event Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece 1715 Birthday Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia, 1727-30 1715 Birthday Peter II, czar of Russia, 1727-30 1714 Event Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty 1713 Event Russia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1712 Birthday Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic, Viaggio in Russia 1709 Birthday Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great 1709 Birthday Elizabeth, empress of Russia, to Peter the Great and Catherine I 1706 Event Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen 1700 Event King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva 1700 Event Turkey declares war on Russia 1700 Event Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar 1699 Event Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden 1698 Event Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards 1696 Birthday Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman, Turkey, 1730-54, fought Austria and Russia 1696 Death Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies 1693 Birthday Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia, 1730-40, 1693 Birthday Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia, 1730-40, 2/7 NS 1693 Birthday Anna Ivanova Romanova, daughter of Ivan V/empress of Russia, 1730-40 1690 Birthday Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great 1689 Event Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia 1689 Event China and Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul) 1689 Event Russia began taxing men's beards 1684 Birthday Catherine I, empress of Russia, 1725-27 1684 Birthday Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia 1682 Event Sofia names herself regent of Russia 1682 Death Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies 1681 Death Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies 1676 Death Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46 1676 Event Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia 1672 Birthday Peter I Romanov, tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 1672 Birthday Peter I, the Great, tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 1672 Birthday Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 1667 Event Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty 1667 Event Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia and Poland sign peace treaty 1667 Event Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland and Russia 1667 Event Russia and Poland sign Truce of Androsovo 1666 Birthday Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia, 1682-89 1661 Event Treaty of Kardis: Russia and Sweden sign peace treaty 1657 Birthday Sophia, regent of Russia, 1682-89 1656 Event Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant 1656 Event Treaty of Vilnius: Russia and Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant 1645 Death Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies 1645 Event Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar of Russia 1634 Event Russia and Poland sign Peace treaty of Polianov 1629 Birthday Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia 1618 Event Russia and Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino 1617 Event Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa 1613 Event Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia 1610 Death Forges Dimitri 2, czar of Russia, murdered 1610 Event Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia 1610 Event Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia and Sweden 1606 Death Forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered 1606 Event 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia 1605 Death Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies 1605 Death Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies 1598 Event Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia 1598 Death Theodorus I, Fedor Ivanovitch, czar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40 1596 Birthday Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia, 1613-45, 1st Romanov 1582 Event Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland, loses access to Baltic 1570 Death Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed 1557 Birthday Theodorus I, Fedor Ivanovitsj, czar of Russia, 1584-98 1557 Event 1st Russian Embassy opens in London, Russia and U.S. sign trade agreement 1530 Birthday Ivan IV, the Terrible, 1st tsar of Russia, 1533-84 990 Event Russia adopts Julian calendar
