2008 Death Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, writer, won Nobel Prize, 1970, wrote 'The Gulag Archipelago', exiled in 1974, dies at 89 1994 Event Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82) 1994 Event Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83) 1993 Event Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk 1992 Death Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, cosmonaut, dies at 50 1982 Death Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies 1977 Event Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft altitude record of 38.26 km (125,524') 1971 Death Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61 1970 Death Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89 1970 Birthday Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender, Team Kazakhstan, 1998 Olympics 1968 Birthday Aleksandr Koreshkov, hockey forward, Team Kazakhstan, 1998 Olympics 1957 Birthday Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-25 1957 Birthday Aleksandr Ditiatin, born in U.S.S.R., gymnast, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1956 Birthday Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kaleri, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-14 1956 Death Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russian author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54 1955 Birthday Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev, Russian Lt-colonel and cosmonaut 1953 Birthday Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-9 1953 Birthday Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin, born in Russia, cosmonaut 1952 Birthday Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1952 Birthday Aleksandr Zaitsev, U.S.S.R., pairs figure skating, Gold Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics 1951 Birthday Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-2 1948 Birthday Aleksandr S Puchkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1948 Birthday Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-8, T-14, TM-7 1947 Birthday Aleksandr Tkachev, U.S.S.R., parallel bars gymnast, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1947 Birthday Aleksandr Stepanovich Andryushkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1947 Birthday Aleksandr V Rutskoi, Ukrainian Hero of U.S.S.R./Vice President, 1991- 1947 Birthday Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20 1947 Birthday Aleksandr Medved, born in U.S.S.R., wrestler, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1947 Birthday Aleksandr Tikhonova, U.S.S.R., biathalon relay, Gold Medals 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 Olympics 1946 Birthday Aleksandr Gorshlov, ice dancer, holds 6 titles 1946 Birthday Aleksandr Shaparenko, U.S.S.R., 1K kayak, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1944 Birthday Aleksandr Ivanovich Dedkov, cosmonaut 1944 Birthday Aleksandr A. Serebrov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz T-7, T-8, TM-8, TM-17 1943 Birthday Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian, cosmonaut, Soyuz T-9, TM-3 1942 Birthday Aleksandr Yakovlevich Kramarenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1942 Birthday Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov, Russian cosmonaut 1942 Birthday Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1941 Birthday Aleksandr Ragulin, born in U.S.S.R., ice hockey player, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1940 Birthday Aleksandr Y. Kalery, Russian cosmonaut 1937 Birthday Aleksandr Medved, born in U.S.S.R., super heavyweight, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1935 Birthday Aleksandr Alekseyevich Kiselyov, Russia, cosmonaut 1927 Birthday Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1918 Birthday Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, born in Kislovodsk, Russia, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, writer, won Nobel Prize, 1970, wrote 'The Gulag Archipelago', exiled in 1974 1914 Death Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide 1910 Birthday Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian conductor 1902 Event Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St. Petersburg 1894 Death Aleksandr III A Romanov, czar of Russia (1881-94), dies at 49 1890 Event St. Aleksandr Borodons opera "Prins Igor," premieres in Petersburg 1888 Birthday Aleksandr Mikhailov, born in U.S.S.R., astronomer 1881 Birthday Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier, 1917-Prelude to Bolshevism 1878 Event Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bespridannitsa," premieres in Moscow 1875 Event Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St. Petersburg 1859 Event Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow 1855 Event Aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia 1854 Event Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow 1838 Death Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 1838 Death Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 1837 Death Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author 1837 Death Aleksandr Pushkin, poet and novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel 1833 Birthday Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer, Robert LeDiable 1825 Death Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47 1823 Birthday Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright, Artists and Admirers 1804 Birthday Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet, Sasjka, 1804 Birthday Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet, Sasjka, 1801 Event Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia 1799 Birthday Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit 1799 Birthday Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author 1777 Birthday Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia, 1801-25 1263 Death Alexander Nevski, Aleksandr, Russian ruler (1252-63), dies at 43 1220 Birthday Alexander Nevski, Aleksandr, Russian great ruler, 1252-63
