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2009 Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, endorses Russia's decision to turn off gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine
2007 Boris Yeltsin, died in Moscow, Russia, at 76, of congestive heart failure 2004 After a 2-day standoff, Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia 2004 Paul Klebnikov, journalist, Forbes writer murdered in Russia after writing about corruption, dies at 41 1998 Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died 1997 Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China 1997 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 U.S. telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia 1997 For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia) 1997 Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia) 1997 Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed 1997 Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed 1997 Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict 1997 Progress M-34 Launch (Russia) 1997 Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia) 1997 Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia) 1997 FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia 1997 U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21 1995 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2) 1995 Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 55 1994 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1) 1994 Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile 1993 Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader 1993 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27 1992 Julia Kurotchkina, 18, of Russia, crowned 42nd Miss World 1992 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43 1991 Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States 1991 Janajev and KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev 1991 Russia and U.S. sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact 1991 Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in U.S. 1991 Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83 1990 Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52 1990 1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds 1988 Russia announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan 1987 Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86 1987 U.S. and Russia sign accord to remove mid range missiles 1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia 1987 Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from U.S. to Russia across Bering Strait 1987 Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia 1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia 1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" 1983 U.S. House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner 1983 Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air 1981 Lotte Lenya, singer and actress (From Russia With Love), dies in New York at 83 1980 Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33), dies at 30 1980 Polish railway workers block railway to Russia 1978 Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia 1977 Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason 1977 Anna Baitchik, Miss Russia Universe 1997 1977 Alexei Morozov, NHL forward, Team Russia, Pittsburgh, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1976 Anna Smashnova, born in Minsk, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Erlangen GER 1976 U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use 1975 Alexi Komarov, born in Yekaterinburg, Russia, dance skater, & Carr-1995 Pac Champ 1974 Valeri Bure, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens, Silver Meda 1998 Olympics 1974 Sergei Krivokrasov, born in Angarsk, Russia, NHL right wing, Blackhawks, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1974 Sergei Gonchar, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, NHL defenseman, Capitals, 1998 Olympics 1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sochi Russia, tennis star, 1995 doubles-Hamburg 1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, tennis star 1974 Sergei Brylin, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center for the New Jersey Devils 1973 Alexei Yashin, NHL forward, Team Russia, Ottawa, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1973 Andrei Nikolishin, born in Vorkuta, Russia, NHL center, Hartford Whalers 1973 Alexei Kovalev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing for the New York Rangers 1973 Elena Makarova, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Val 1972 Oleg Fediukov, born in Moscow, Russia, dance skater, & Debbie Koegel 1972 Vyacheslav Kozlov, Voskresensk, Russia, NHL forward, Detroit Red Wings 1972 Boris Mironov, born in Moscow, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 2002 Olympics 1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon 1971 Sergei Berezin, Voskrensensk Rus, NHL forward, Team Russia, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Oleg Petrov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens 1971 Pavel Bure, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL left wing, Vancouver Canucks 1971 Pavel Bure, NHL forward, Team Russia, Vancouver, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Alexander Selivanov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1971 Peter Tchernyshev, St. Petersburg Russia, dance skater, & Naomi Lang 1970 Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon 1970 Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon 1970 Alexei Zhamnov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1970 Alexei Zhitnik, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Buffalo, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1970 Igor Korolev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHLer, Team Russia, Winnipeg 1970 Sergei Zubov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Pittsburgh 1970 Alexander Karpovtsev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers 1969 Sergei Fedorov, Pskov Russia, NHL forward, Detroit, Silver Medals 1998 Olympics 1969 Igor Kravchuk, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators, Russia, Gold Medals 1988, 1992 Olympics, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 2002 Olympics 1969 Andrei Trefilov, Kirovo Russia, NHL goalie, Buffalo Sabres, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1969 Kitty G, Katia Geiger, Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress 1969 Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits 1969 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon 1969 Igor Larionov, Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward, Team Russia, Detroit 1968 Irina Privalova, Russia, 100m/200m/400m runner 1968 Valeri Zelepukin, NHL forward, New Jersey Devils, Team Russia, Silver Medal1998 Olympics 1968 After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio 1967 Alexander Volkov, born in Russia, tennis star 1966 Igor Kravchuk, Ufa Russia, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, St. Louis 1966 Valeri Kamensky, born in Voskresensk, Russia, NHL left wing, Avalanche, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1966 Andrei Olhovskiy, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis pro 1966 Alexander Semak, Ufa Russia, NHL center for the New York Islanders 1966 Andrei Chesnokov, Russia, tennis star 1965 Dmitri Mironov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman, Pitts Penguins, Anaheim 1965 M Shtalenkov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL goalie, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1965 Mikhail Shtalenkov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL goalie, Team Russia, Anaheim 1965 German Titov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, Calgary Flames, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1964 Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia 1964 Yuri Khmylev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres 1964 Alexei Gusarov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1964 "From Russia With Love" premieres in U.S. 1964 Sergei Nemchinov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, New York Islanders, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1963 U.S., Russia and England sign nuclear Test ban treaty 1963 Yuri Yuriyevich Krikun, born in Russia, cosmonaut 1962 John F. Kennedy warns Russia U.S. will not allow Soviet missiles to remain in Cuba 1962 Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 1962 Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, born in Russia, major/cosmonaut 1962 Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1961 Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovitsj kicked out of Russia's Communist Party 1961 Yolanda Chen, born in Moscow, Russia, triple jumper, indoor record 1961 Grigory Levenfish, International chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 1961 Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 1960 Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers in a U-2 spy plane 1960 Pavel P Parenago, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 53 1958 Viacheslav Fetisov, born in Moscow, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Detroit 1958 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 Elena V. Kondakova, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, STS-84 1957 Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow, Russia 1956 Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12 1956 Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kaleri, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-14 1956 Natalya Dmitriyevna Kuleshova, born in Russia, cosmonaut 1956 Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1955 Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany 1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) 1954 Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina, Russia, doctor/cosmonaut 1954 Sergei Nikolayevich Tresvyatsky, Russia, cosmonaut 1954 Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition 1953 Olga Nikolayevna Klyushnikova, Russia, cosmonaut 1953 Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation 1953 Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb 1953 Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin, born in Kirya Russia, cosmonaut, STS-71, TM-27 1953 Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin, born in Russia, cosmonaut 1953 Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel 1952 W de Basil, US Voskresenski, Russia, ballet dancer, dies 1951 Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb 1951 Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1951 International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics 1951 Yakov Smirnoff, born in Russia, comedian, It's a wonderful country 1950 Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 33 1950 Nikolai Sergeivich Grekov, Russia, cosmonaut 1950 Svetlana Georgievna Beregovkina, Russia, cosmonaut 1949 Alexander Godunov, Russia, composer/dancer, Bolshoi, defected 1979 1949 Nikolai Tikhonovich Moskalenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1948 Sergei Bodrov, born in Khabarovsk, Russia, director, Katala, Somebody to Love 1947 Alexei Ivanovich Bobrov, Russia, cosmonaut 1946 Viktor Viktorovich Zabolotsky, born in Russia, cosmonaut, BST-02 1945 U.S., Russia, England and France agree to split occupied Germany 1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders 1945 Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin 1945 Russia liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) 1944 Russia and Bulgaria sign weapon pact 1944 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin 1944 Finland and Russia agree to cease fire 1943 Inna Churikova, Russia, actress, Theme 1943 Yuri Fedorovich Isaulov, Russia, cosmonaut 1943 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 Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia and Balkan 1942 Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front 1942 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Kramarenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1942 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred 1942 Great Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia 1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943 1942 Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1942 Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia 1942 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1941 Romanian Legionnaires enter Odessa Russia 1941 Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" and would "never rise again" 1941 German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children 1941 Finland enters WW II against Russia 1941 Germans advanced into Russia and took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas 1941 Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia 1940 Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut 1940 Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russia, cosmonaut 1940 Vladimir Timofeyevich Isakov, Russia, cosmonaut 1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus 1940 Russia begins new offensive against Finland 1940 Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia 1939 Germany and Russia agree to partition Poland 1939 Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner 1939 Valeri Vasilyevich Illarianov, Russia, cosmonaut 1938 Yuri Temirkanov, Nalchik Russia, conductor, Kirov 1938 Pia Lindstrom, critic, WNBC-TV, journalist, From Russia With Love 1938 Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1938 Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor, Atlanta Symph 1938 Cesar Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia and 1931), dies at 46 1938 Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer and choreographer, Kirov 1938 Vladimir Grigoryevich Fartushny, Russia, cosmonaut 1937 Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Illyin, Russia, cosmonaut 1937 Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut 1937 Igor Petrovich Volk, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz T-12 1936 Sergei Nikolayevich Gaidukov, Russia, cosmonaut 1936 Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov, Russia, cosmonaut 1936 Michael White, theater/film producer, From Russia With Love 1935 Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov, Russia, pairs skater, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1935 Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 7, 11 1935 Mikhail Ivanovich Lisun, Russia, cosmonaut 1935 Eduard Pavlovich Kugno, Russia, cosmonaut 1935 Aleksandr Alekseyevich Kiselyov, Russia, cosmonaut 1935 Valentin Nikolaevich N Benderov, Russia, cosmonaut 1934 Alfred Schnittke, Russia, composer, St. Florian 1934 Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russia, cosmonaut, Vostok 1 backup 1934 Yuri Gagarin, born in Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space, aboard Vostok 1 1933 Vladimir Borisovich Alekseyev, Russia, cosmonaut 1933 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet, Bratsk Station 1932 Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov, Russia, cosmonaut 1932 Oleg Protopopov, born in Russia, olympic pairs skater, Gold 1964, 68 1932 Paul Doumer, President France (1931-32), assassin by Russia's Paul Gargalov 1932 Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 18 backup 1932 Boris Shakhlin, Russia, gymnast, Gold Medals 1956, 1960, 1964 Olympics 1932 Raisa Maximovna Titorenko Gorbachev, Russia's 1st lady, 1982-1991 1932 Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russia, cosmonaut 1931 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio 1931 Eunice Gayson, born in London, England, actress, Dr. No, From Russia With Love 1931 Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov, Russia, cosmonaut 1931 Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies 1930 Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 12a backup 1930 Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russia, cosmonaut 1930 Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist, Budapest 3rd place-1956 1930 Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russia, cosmonaut 1929 Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57 1929 Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey 1929 Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72 1928 Veijo Meri, born in Viipuri, now Vyborg, Russia, writer, novelist, poet, focuses on absurdity of war, published biography of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1928 Evgeny Svetlanov, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Siberian Fantasy 1928 Bella Davidovich, born in Baku, Russia, pianist, Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel 1928 Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 7, 16 1927 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1927 Peter Bayliss, born in Thames, England, actor, From Russia With Love 1927 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 Vladimir M. Komarov, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, Voshkod I Soyuz 1 1926 Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russia, cosmonaut 1926 Russia and Latvia treaty of neutrality signed 1926 Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russia, cosmonaut, Voskhod 1 backup 1926 Germany and Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty 1926 Lev Stepanovich Demin, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 15 1925 Russia and Turkey sign non-aggresion pact 1924 Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist, Lenin Prize-1952 1924 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador 1923 2-pound hailstones kill 23 and many cattle, Rostov, Russia 1922 Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, Kirovabad Russia, Azerbaijani composer, Shur 1922 Nikolaj G. Bassov, born in Russia, atomic physicist, laser, Nobel 1964 1921 Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia 1920 Isaac Stern, born in Kreminiecz, Russia, violinist, debut San Francisco Symph 1920 Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace) 1920 Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer, I Robot, Foundation Trilogy 1919 J Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia 1918 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, born in Kislovodsk, Russia, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, writer, won Nobel Prize, 1970, wrote 'The Gulag Archipelago', exiled in 1974 1918 Latvia declares independence from Russia 1918 Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I 1918 U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months 1918 Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech 1918 Russia severs diplomatic ties with U.S. 1918 Nicolas II Aleksandrovitch, last tsar of Russia, executed at 50 1918 Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration, dies in Geneva, Switzerland, at age 60 1918 Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia 1918 Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria and Russia sign 1918 Estonia declares independence from Russia 1918 Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia 1918 Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day) 1918 Russia adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Feb 14) 1918 Russia declared a republic of Soviets 1917 Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia 1917 German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia 1917 Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day) 1917 October Revolution (Oct 26 OS) in Russia, Lenin seizes power 1917 In Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power 1917 Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky 1917 Provisional government of Russia forms, Republic proclaimed 1917 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia 1917 Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world") 1917 Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution 1917 Tsar Nicolas II of Russia abdicates the throne 1917 February revolution begins in Russia 1916 Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist, Brussels Competition-1938 1916 Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia 1915 Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria 1915 German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia 1915 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia 1915 Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65 1915 Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine 1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Russia declares Turkey the war 1914 Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London 1914 St. Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd 1914 Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die) 1914 Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia 1914 Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I 1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize 1914 Austrian-Hungary and Russia proclaim general mobilization 1914 Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary 1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 1914 Kirill P. Kondrashin, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Hollywood Bowl 1981 1914 Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia 1913 Francis De Wolff, England, actor, From Russia With Love 1912 Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor, From Russia With Love 1912 Leonid V Kantorovich, St. Petersburg Russia, economist, Nobel 1911 Pjotr A Stolypin, premier of Russia (1906-11), dies 1911 Pjotr A Stolypin, premier of Russia (1906-11), dies 1911 Pjotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11), murdered at 49 1911 Piotr Stolypin, Russia's PM, assassinated by Mordka Bogrov 1910 Russia absorbs Finland 1910 Galina Ulanova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina, Bolshoi 1908 David Oistrakh, born in Odessa, Russia, violinist and professor, Moscow Conservatory 1908 Russia takes part of Poland 1908 Arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright, Paolo Paoli 1907 Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet 1907 England, Russia and France form Triple Entente 1907 Tamara Geva, born in Russia, dancer, actress, choreographer, married to George Balanchine 1907 Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer, Russia Black on White 1906 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1906 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1906 Albert B Sabin, Russia, U.S. microbiologist, oral polio vaccine 1906 George Sanders, Russia, actor, All About Eve-Academy Award 1950 1906 Pogrom against Jews in Bialystok, Polish Russia 1906 Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time 1905 Netherlands/Russian Count Witte becomes premier of Russia 1905 Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia 1905 Tsar of Russia accepts 1st Duma (Parliament) 1905 1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia 1905 Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1905 Sam Levene, Russia, actor, Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang 1905 John Gart, Russia, orchestra leader, Paul Winchell Show 1904 Nathan Milstein, born in Odessa, Russia, concert violinist, Philadelphia Orchestra 1942 1904 Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire, 1904 Sergei Yutkevich, St. Petersburg Russia, director, Otello, Banya 1904 Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire, 1904 Tom Conway, Russia, actor, Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show 1904 Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1904 Japan declares war on Russia 1904 Alexandra Danilova, Peterhof Russia, ballerina, Turning Point 1903 Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia 1903 Nikolai Cherkasov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actor, Ivan the Terrible 1903 Arthur Tracy, born in Russia, street singer, Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight 1903 Russia prohibits meetings dealing with Zionist 1903 Leonid Kinskey, St. Petersburg Russia, actor, Casablanca 1903 Gregor Piatigorsky, born in Ekaterinoslav, Russia, cellist, or 4/20 1903 Nicolas Nabokov, Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer, Holy Devil 1902 Leon Belasco, Odessa Russia, actor, Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen 1901 Andre Kostelanetz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Lincoln Portrari 1901 Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar 1901 Lev N. Lunts, Russia, writer, Outside the Law, City of Truth 1901 Mark Donskoy, born in Odessa, Russia, director, Heart of a Mother 1900 Constantin Alajalov, Russia, artist, Ditters and Jitters 1900 Efrem Kurtz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Houston Symph 1948-54 1900 Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer, Zavod, 1900 Jennie Tourel, St. Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera 1943-47 1900 Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author, House is not a Home 1900 Eugenie Leontovitch, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Homicidal 1899 Nikolai Batalov, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Mother 1899 Akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor, For Whom the Bell Tolls 1899 Olga Baclanova, born in Moscow, Russia, actress, Freaks, Docks of New York 1899 Vladimir Nabokov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, novelist, Lolita, Ada 1899 Alexander Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1898 Jews are expelled from Kiev, Russia 1898 Sergei Eisenstein, Russia, director, Battleship Potemkin, 1897 Olga Chekova, born in Russia, actress, Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children 1897 Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor and director, Corsican Brothers 1896 Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St. Petersburg Russia, poet 1896 Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned 1896 Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist, Chopin 1895 Nikolai A. Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of U.S.S.R., 1955-58 1895 Mary Marquet, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actress, Matter of Resistance 1894 Aleksandr III A Romanov, czar of Russia (1881-94), dies at 49 1894 Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer, Academy Award 1954-High and Mighty 1894 Nikita Khrushchev, born in Kalinovka, Russia, 1st secretary U.S.S.R., 1953 - 1964 1894 France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia 1893 Russia signs military accord with France 1893 Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France 1893 Fabien Sevitzky, Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1892 Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer, Bio in Sonata Form 1892 Alexander Alekhine, Russia, world chess champion, 1927-35, 37-46 1892 Billy West, Russia, actor, Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy 1892 Edward H Carr, born in England, historian, History of Soviet Russia 1892 Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin 1891 Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor, Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody 1891 Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia, playwright/novelist, Black Snow 1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow, Russia 1890 Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour 1890 Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet, Dr. Zhivago, Nobel 1958, 1889 Vladimir Sokoloff, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Road to Morocco 1889 Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer and violinist 1889 Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor 1887 Marc Chagall, born in Vitebsk, Russia, artist, I and The Village 1886 Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia 1886 Modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia 1886 Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter, Erasmus Prize 1960 1885 Louis B Mayer, Minsk Russia, motion-picture executive, MGM 1884 Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright, We 1884 Sophie Tucker, Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas 1882 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia 1882 Igor Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer, Rite of Spring, 1882 Igor Stravinsky, born in Oranienbaum Russia, composer, Rite of Spring 1882 Albert Coates, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor and composer, Eagle 1882 Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer 1881 Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62 1880 Mikhail Fokine, born in Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance 1880 Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt 1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English 1877 Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1876 Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress, Waterloo Bridge 1874 Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor, Boston Symp 1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff, born in Novgorod, Russia, composer, Prelude in C# Minor 1872 Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, born in Russia, dance master, Imperial Ballet 1872 Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director 1870 Ivan Bunin, Russia, poet and novelist, Gentleman from SF-Nobel 1933 1869 Hans Erich Pfitzner, born in Moscow, Russia, composer, Krakquer Begrus 1868 Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia, 1894-1917 1867 U.S. takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia 1867 U.S. buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 1866 Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia 1865 Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint 1865 Alexander K Glazunov, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, Chopiniana 1865 Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70 1863 Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist and professor, Moscow Cons 1888-91 1863 Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russia, director, Stanislavski Method 1862 Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St. Petersburg Russia) 1862 Pyotr A. Stolypin, premier Russia, 1906-11 1861 Warsaw Massacre: Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russia 1860 Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Tagarov Russia, playwright, Cherry Orchard 1859 Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician, Armenian Rhapsody 1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia 1856 Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, born in Tambov, Russia, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration 1856 Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russia, composer, Oresteia 1856 Nicholas Nikolajevitsj, ruler of Russia 1856 Andrey Markov, born in Russia, mathematician, Markov Chain 1856 Peace between England and Russia 1856 Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1855 Anatoli Liadov, St. Petersburg, Russia, composer, Enchanted Lake, 1855 Aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia 1855 Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 1854 During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia 1850 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology, Nobel 1904 1849 Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria and Russia 1849 Sergei J Witte, Netherlands/Russian count/premier Russia 1846 Peter Carl Faberge, Russia, goldsmith/jeweler/egg maker 1844 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, born in Tikhvin, Russia, composer, Scheherazade 1843 Gleb Uspensky, Russia, author, Power of the Soil 1840 England, Russia, Austria and Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance 1840 Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk, Russia, composer, 1812 Overture 1837 Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer, Tamara 1834 Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium 1833 Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer, Robert LeDiable 1833 Russia and Turkey sign defense treaty 1830 England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium 1829 Jews expelled from Nikolayev and Sevastopol Russia 1829 Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople 1828 Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1828 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence 1828 Russia and Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai 1826 Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist, Family of Noblemen 1825 Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins 1825 Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47 1825 Russia and Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary 1824 Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' N 1821 Nikolai Nekrasov, Russ, poet/journalist, Who Can be Happy in Russia? 1821 Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Russia, novelist, Crime and Punishment 1818 Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine 1818 Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright, Fathers and Sons, 1818 Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright, Fathers and Sons, 1818 Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England 1818 Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia, 1855-81 1815 Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance 1815 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign Holy Alliance 1813 Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia) 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia 1812 Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer, Oblomov 1812 Napoleon invades Russia 1807 France, Russia and Prussia sign Peace of Tilsit 1804 Mikhail Ivan Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer, Jota Aragonesa 1801 Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia 1801 Paul I, tsar of Russia (1796-1801), strangled at 46 1799 Russia leaves second anti-French Coalition 1799 England and Russia decide to invade Bataafse Republic 1799 Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit 1799 Alexandr Pushkin, Russia, writer, Eugene Onegin, 5/26 OS 1799 Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer, Eugene Onegin 1798 Russia and England sign Second anti-French Coalition 1798 Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books 1797 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty 1796 Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Catharina II, "the Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia, 1825-55 1795 3rd partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia 1795 Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I 1793 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia 1793 Prussia and Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided) 1792 Karl Ernst von Baler, Russia, naturalist, discovered human ovum 1792 Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Jassy 1791 Sergey Aksakov, Russia, novelist, Chronicles of a Russian Family 1791 Nikolaj A. Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter, Account about Holland 1790 Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Verela 1788 Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement, dies 1788 Austria declares war on Russia 1787 Turkey declares war on Russia 1784 Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople 1783 Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia 1783 Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim 1777 Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia, 1801-25 1775 Peter the Great, Russia 1775 Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia 1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia 1764 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23 1762 Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 1762 Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34 1762 Russia and Prussia sign peace treaty 1762 Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty 1762 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 1761 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia 1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia 1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed 1756 Russia joins the Alliance of Versailles 1755 England and Russia sign military agreement 1746 Russia and Austria sign agreements 1746 Russia and Austria signs treaty of cooperation 1743 Sweden and Russia sign peace treaty 1742 Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia 1741 Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia 1740 Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia 1740 Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47 1740 Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia 1740 Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47 1740 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41 1740 Czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews 1740 Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne 1739 Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade 1734 England and Russia sign trade agreement 1732 Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha 1730 Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement 1730 Peter II Alekseyevitch, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 1730 Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 1729 Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia, 1762-96 1729 Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia, 1762-96 1728 Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia, 1761-62 1727 Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia 1727 Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies 1727 Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia 1727 Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42 1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52 1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 1724 Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1717 France, Russia and Prussia sign agreement 1716 Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece 1715 Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia, 1727-30 1715 Peter II, czar of Russia, 1727-30 1714 Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty 1713 Russia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1712 Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic, Viaggio in Russia 1709 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great 1709 Elizabeth, empress of Russia, to Peter the Great and Catherine I 1706 Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen 1700 King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva 1700 Turkey declares war on Russia 1700 Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar 1699 Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden 1698 Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards 1696 Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman, Turkey, 1730-54, fought Austria and Russia 1696 Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies 1693 Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia, 1730-40, 1693 Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia, 1730-40, 2/7 NS 1693 Anna Ivanova Romanova, daughter of Ivan V/empress of Russia, 1730-40 1690 Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great 1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia 1689 China and Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul) 1689 Russia began taxing men's beards 1684 Catherine I, empress of Russia, 1725-27 1684 Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia 1682 Sofia names herself regent of Russia 1682 Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies 1681 Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies 1676 Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46 1676 Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia 1672 Peter I Romanov, tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 1672 Peter I, the Great, tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 1672 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 1667 Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty 1667 Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia and Poland sign peace treaty 1667 Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland and Russia 1667 Russia and Poland sign Truce of Androsovo 1666 Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia, 1682-89 1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia and Sweden sign peace treaty 1657 Sophia, regent of Russia, 1682-89 1656 Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant 1656 Treaty of Vilnius: Russia and Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant 1645 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies 1645 Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar of Russia 1634 Russia and Poland sign Peace treaty of Polianov 1629 Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia 1618 Russia and Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino 1617 Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa 1613 Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia 1610 Forges Dimitri 2, czar of Russia, murdered 1610 Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia 1610 Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia and Sweden 1606 Forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered 1606 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia 1605 Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies 1605 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies 1598 Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia 1598 Theodorus I, Fedor Ivanovitch, czar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40 1596 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia, 1613-45, 1st Romanov 1582 Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland, loses access to Baltic 1570 Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed 1557 Theodorus I, Fedor Ivanovitsj, czar of Russia, 1584-98 1557 1st Russian Embassy opens in London, Russia and U.S. sign trade agreement 1530 Ivan IV, the Terrible, 1st tsar of Russia, 1533-84 990 Russia adopts Julian calendar |
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