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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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