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 US 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 Oly-Silver-1998, Pittsburgh
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, Oly-S-98
1974 Sergei Krivokrasov, born in Angarsk, Russia, NHL right wing, Blackhawks, Oly-S-98
1974 Sergei Gonchar, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, NHL defenseman, Capitals, Oly-S-1998
1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sochi Russia, tennis star, 1995 doubles-Hamburg
1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, tennis star
1973 Alexei Yashin, NHL forward, Team Russia Oly-Silver-1998, Ottawa
1973 Andrei Nikolishin, born in Vorkuta, Russia, NHL center, Hartford Whalers
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 Oly-S-98, Edmonton
1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon
1971 Sergei Berezin, Voskrensensk Rus, NHL forward, Team Russia, Oly-Si-98
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 Oly-Silver-1998, Vancouver
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 Zhitnik, NHL defenseman, Team Russia Oly-Silver-1998, Buffalo
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, Oly-S-1998
1969 Igor Kravchuk, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators, Russia Oly-Sil-98
1969 Andrei Trefilov, Kirovo Russia, NHL goalie, Buffalo Sabres, Oly-S-98
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 Oly-Sil-98
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, Oly-S-98
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 Mikhail Shtalenkov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL goalie, Team Russia, Anaheim
1964 Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia
1964 Alexei Gusarov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche
1964 "From Russia With Love" premieres in U.S.
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
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, Oly-gold-1964, 68
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, Olympics gold 1956-60-64
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
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 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 Vladimir M. Komarov, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, Voshkod I Soyuz 1
1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, born in Baku, Russia, cellist, Cello Concerto
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, Russia, writer, Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970
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 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, 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 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 Neth/Russ 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, orch leader, Paul Winchell Show
1904 Nathan Milstein, Odessa Russia, concert violinist, Philadelphia Orch 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, Acad Award 1954-High and Mighty
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 Orch
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, orch 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/prof, 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 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, Neth/Russ 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 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 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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