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2009 The Russian Orthodox Church enthrones Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow as Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church
2009 Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, endorses Russia's decision to turn off gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine 2001 Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry 2000 Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation 1997 Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82 1997 Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO 1997 Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies 1997 Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die 1997 Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies 1996 Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71 1996 Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.) 1995 Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir 1995 Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people 1995 Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45 1995 Vladislav Listyev, Russian TV-journalist, murdered at 38 1995 Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Conde, French prince/Russian, dies at 47 1995 Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record) 1995 Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle 1994 Russian troops pull inside Tsjetsjenia 1994 Jesus "Enrique" Lister, Span/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87 1994 Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27 1994 Russian ruble decreases to 3,926 rubles per dollar 1994 Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar 1994 Boris B Yegorov, Russian doctor/cosmonaut (Voskhod I), dies at 56 1994 Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia and Latvia 1994 Leonid Leonov, Russian playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95 1994 Innokenti Smoktunovski, Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69 1994 Bernard Delfont, Russian/British impresario (Thorn EMI), dies at 84 1994 Russian manned space craft TM-18, lands 1994 Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74 1994 Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78 1994 Nikolai Krjoetsjkov, Russian actor (Ballad of Soldatje), dies at 83 1994 Constantine Koukouchkine, Russian diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41 1994 Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed) 1994 Andrei Tsjikatilo, Rostov Ripper, Russian mass murdered, executed 1994 Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 m indoor (8:18.71) 1994 Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at 67 1994 Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76 1994 Russian manned space craft TM-17, lands 1994 Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit 1993 Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69 1993 Russian President Yeltsin shuts Lenin museum 1993 Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 54 1993 Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament) 1993 Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38 1993 Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered 1993 Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 1993 Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84 1993 Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit 1993 Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85 1993 Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies 1993 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident 1993 Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror 1993 Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45") 1993 Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54 1993 George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85 1992 Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80 1992 Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41 1992 Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies 1992 Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50 1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands 1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit 1992 Yevgeny Yevstigneev, Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at 65 1991 Russian president Yeltsin outlaws Communist Party 1991 Kaganovitch, Russian minister of Transport for Stalin, dies 1991 Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected president of Russian Rep 1991 Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77 1991 Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR 1991 Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation 1990 1st Russian Orthodox service in 70 years held in St. Basil's Cathedral 1990 Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 60 1990 Rimantas Antanas Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46 1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic 1990 Venedikt Jerofejev, Russian writer, dies 1990 Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49 1990 Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60 1990 Lev Yashin, Russian Athlete 1989 Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68 1989 Unmanned Russian Mig-23 crashes in Bellegem-Kooigem, Belgium (1 dies) 1989 Andrei A. Gromyko, Russian Politician 1989 Able J Herzberg, Russian/Netherlands lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies 1989 Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123 1989 Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its 1st commercial advertisement 1988 Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies 1988 Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42 1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war 1988 Russian orthodox church celebrates 1,000th anniversary 1988 Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for U.S., executed 1988 Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at 86 1987 Constantin Alajalov, Russian artist, dies at 86 1987 Maria Sharapova, Russian Athlete 1987 Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member 1986 Russian TU-144 flies for 1st time faster than sound 1986 Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director (Stalker), dies at 54 1986 Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed 1986 Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1986 Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die 1986 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland 1985 Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris 1985 Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus 1985 Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus 1985 Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80 1985 Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95 1984 Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55 1984 Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian Celebrity 1984 Russian offensive in Panshirvallei Afghanistan 1984 Michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies 1983 George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79 1983 Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Olympic-bronze-1952), dies at 64 1983 Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean 1982 Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 1982 Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies 1982 Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics, dies at 28 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands and sends back data from Venus 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data 1982 Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39 1982 Vladimir K Zworykin, Russian/American engineer (cathode-ray tube), dies 1981 Amanda Maccaro becomes 1st American to win Russian Ballet Competition 1981 Anna Kournikova, Russian Athlete 1981 Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67 1980 Romain Gary, Russian Novelist 1980 Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident, dies at 42 1980 Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46 1980 Lewis Milestone, Russian Director 1980 Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41 1980 Marat Safin, Russian Athlete 1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78 1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran 1979 Russian ice skaters Protopopov and Beloussova ask for asylum in Switzerland 1979 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed 1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian 1979 Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82 1978 Anastas I Mikojan, Russian politician, dies at 83 1978 Russian dissident Ginsburg/Piatkus/Sjtsjaranki sentence to work camp 1978 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work 1978 Russian president Brezhnev visits West-Germany 1978 Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74 1978 Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace 1977 Aleksei G Stachanov, Russian model miner, dies at 72 1977 Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Russian composer, dies at 78 1977 Russian nuclear sub "Artika" is 1st to North Pole 1977 Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78 1977 Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77 1977 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82 1977 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67 1976 Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity 1976 Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet 1976 Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73 1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball 1976 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75 1976 Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44 1975 Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner. Gold Medal 1956 Olympics, dies at 48 1975 Dimitri Shostakovich, Russian Composer 1975 Vladimir Kramnik, Russian Celebrity 1974 David Oistrach, Russian violinist, dies at 65 1974 Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Netherlands choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70 1974 Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77 1973 Selman A Waksman, Russian/U.S. microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85 1973 Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 33 1973 Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72 1973 Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits U.S. 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany 1973 Grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies 1973 Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki), dies at 67 1972 Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84 1972 Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83 1972 Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber 1972 Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out 1972 David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 1972 Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81 1971 Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61 1971 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying 1971 Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian Athlete 1971 Igor F Strawinsky, Russian composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 88 1971 Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer 1970 Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 1970 Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee 1970 Russian passenger flight hijacked to Turkey 1970 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum 1970 Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89 1970 Alexander Kerensky, Russian Public Servant 1970 Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt 1970 Semjon Timoshenko, Russian marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75 1970 Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61 1969 Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter, dies 1969 Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies 1969 Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus 1969 Piotr F. Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor and director (Chechov), dies at 82 1968 1st supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144) 1968 Irina Privalova, Russian runner, indoor world record 50/60m 1968 Czechoslovakia and Russian "accord" rules allies Soviet forces 1968 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76 1968 Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59 1968 Irina Belova, Russian pentathelete, world record 1992 1968 Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79 1967 Ossip Zadkine, Zadkin, Russian sculptor (Destroyed City), dies at 77 1967 Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch, dies at 80 1967 Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet and writer (9th wave), dies at 76 1967 Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater 1966 Pavel Petrovich Mukhortov, Russian cosmonaut 1966 Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet 1966 Dmitri Volkov, Russian swimmer, world record 1966 Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 31 1966 Sophie Tucker, Russian/US singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79 1966 Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies 1964 Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball 1964 Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84 1964 Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66 1963 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian Businessman 1963 2 Russian space missions return to Earth 1963 2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska 1962 Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin, Russian cosmonaut 1962 Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba 1962 John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba 1962 John F. Kennedy meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko 1962 Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 1962 Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper, world record 1988 1962 Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game 1961 Yuri Ivanovich Malinchenko, Russian Lt-colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-19 1961 Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman 1961 Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter, dies 1961 Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits) 1961 Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt 1961 Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker, world record 5 km 1961 Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russian major/cosmonaut, Mir, Soyuz TM-23 1961 Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain 1960 Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal), dies 1960 Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga - matushka-reka), dies at 63 1960 Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr. Zhivago), dies at 70 1960 Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist, dies at 57 1959 "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer and Spencer hits #91 1958 Fjodor W. Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75 1958 Vasili Yuriyevich Lukiyanyuk, Russian cosmonaut 1958 Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author, dies at 62 1958 Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka, Russian major/cosmonaut, SK: Soyuz TM-28 1958 Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut 1958 Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank 1957 Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies 1957 Tunisia refuses Russian weapons 1957 Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-25 1957 Russian minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed 1957 Pavel V Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-26 1957 Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM 20, STS-84 1957 East Germany accepts 22 Russian divisions 1957 Mark Aldanov, Mark A Landau, Russian/French chemist, dies at 70 1956 Sergei Gayevich Severin, Russian cosmonaut 1956 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest 1956 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR 1956 Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russian author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54 1956 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 1956 Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin 1956 Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91 1956 Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15, SK:TM-28 1955 Anatoly Chubais, Russian Politician 1955 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev, Russian Lt-colonel and cosmonaut 1954 Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies 1954 Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian United Nations ambassador, dies at 70 1954 U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO 1954 Dziga Vertov, Kaufman, Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58 1954 Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies 1953 Valeri Yuriyevich Sharov, Russian cosmonaut 1953 Yuri Viktorovich Prikhodko, Russian cosmonaut 1953 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-9 1953 Irina D Latysheva, Russian cosmonaut 1953 Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested 1953 Irina Rudolfovna Pronina, Russian cosmonaut 1953 Tatyana Providokhina, Russian 1K runner, world record 1953 Valery Grigoriyevich Korzun, Russian colonel/cosmonaut, TM-24 1953 Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader 1953 Sergei Prokofiev, Russian Composer 1953 Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter and the wolf), dies at 61 1952 Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian/U.S. chemist, dies at 85 1952 Valeri I Tokarev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1952 Mikhail Georgiyevich Potapov, Russian cosmonaut 1952 Vladimir Putin, Russian Statesman 1952 Nikolai Alekseyevich Pushenko, Russian Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1952 Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1952 Efim D Bogolyubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63 1952 Tamara Sergeyevna Zakharova, Russian cosmonaut 1951 Maxim M Litvinov, Meyer H Wallach, Russian diplomat, dies at 75 1951 Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancers/pegagoge, dies at 72 1951 Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-2 1951 Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut 1951 Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev, Russian cosmonaut 1951 Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian Major/cosmonaut, TM-19, TM-27 1951 Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51 1950 Boris Vladimirovich Morukov, Russian cosmonaut 1950 Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1950 Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies 1950 Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler, world record 1986 1949 German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day) 1949 Yekaterina Aleksandrowna Ivanova, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-15A 1949 Yuri Michaylovich Baturin, Russian cosmonaut, SK:Soyuz TM-28 1949 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin 1949 Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 1949 Mary Antin, Russian Activist 1949 Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-10 1948 Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasieyv, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-11, TM-18 1948 Ural Nazibovich Sultanov, Russian cosmonaut 1948 Valeri Viktorovich Baberdin, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1948 U.N. reject Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons 1948 Aleksandr S Puchkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1948 Svetlana Y Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-7, T-12, T-15A 1948 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow 1948 Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian Philosopher 1948 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50 1948 Natan Sharansky, Russian Writer 1947 Yelena Ivanovna Dobrokvashina, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-15a 1947 Aleksandr Stepanovich Andryushkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1947 Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1947 Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russian cosmonaut 1947 Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russian cosmonaut 1947 Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher 1947 Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut 1946 Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) executed at 45 1946 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor, dies at 63 1946 Zhirinovsky, Edelstein, Russian ultra nationalist/anti semite 1946 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Edelstein, Russian nationalist/anti-semite 1946 Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR 1946 Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russian cosmonaut, backup TM-6 1946 Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut 1945 Russian troops occupy Harbin and Mukden 1945 Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1945 Russian troops occupied Prague 1945 Russian Army frees Ravensbruck concentration camp 1945 Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62 1945 Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder 1944 Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French painter, dies 1944 Wassily Kandinsky, Russian Artist 1944 Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade 1944 Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria 1944 Russian offensive at Jassy and Kisjinev 1944 Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border 1944 Russian offensive at Weichsel 1944 Russian troops arrive in Weichsel 1944 Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut 1944 Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland 1944 Russian offensive in central front sector 1944 Russian offensive in Carelia 1944 Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim 1944 Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies 1943 Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula 1943 Russian troops liberate Smolensk 1943 Russian 13th/61st Army reconquer Chyernigov 1943 Russian units reach suburbs of Orel 1943 Russian offensive at Orel 1943 Erich Hartmann shoots 7 Russian aircraft at Kursk 1943 Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84 1943 Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 1943 Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian, cosmonaut, Soyuz T-9, TM-3 1943 General Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad 1943 Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov 1943 Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad 1942 Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad 1942 Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don 1942 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski 1942 Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division 1942 Russian counter offensive at Stalingrad 1942 Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow 1942 Mikhailmichel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer/choreographer, dies 1942 Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48 1942 Russian anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko 1942 4th Russian Pantser army forms with 80 tanks 1942 Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover 1942 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov, Russian cosmonaut 1942 Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer 1942 Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-6, TM-18 1942 Valeri Abramovich Voloshin, Russian cosmonaut 1941 El Lissitzky, Russian Artist 1941 L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle 1941 Russian 20th army recaptures Soljetsjnogorsk 1941 Russian 16th army recaptures Krijukovo 1941 Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army 1941 Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow 1941 German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks) 1941 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war) 1941 English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran 1941 Viktor Mikhailovich Pisarev, Russian cosmonaut 1941 20 divisions of Russian 6th/12th Army surrender at Oeman 1941 German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman 1941 Russian counter attack at Rovno 1941 Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Zakat, Marija), executed at 46 1941 Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff 1940 Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut 1940 Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault 1940 Aleksandr Y. Kalery, Russian cosmonaut 1940 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 1940 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist and composer, dies at 68 1940 Vladimir Koppen, Russian/German/Australia meteorologist, dies at 93 1940 Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies 1940 Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut 1940 Russian troops conquer Lasi Island 1940 Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist 1939 Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa 1939 Russian Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die 1939 Russian air raid on Helsinki 1939 Russian offensive under General Zjoekov against Japanese invasion in Mongolia 1939 Ansar Ilgamovich Sharafutdinov, Russian cosmonaut 1939 Zhanna Dmitriyevna Yerkina, Russian cosmonaut 1939 Stalin requests British, French and Russian anti-nazi pact 1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70 1939 Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky, Russian cosmonaut 1938 LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police 1938 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67 1938 Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75 1938 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35 1938 Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident 1938 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man and Mark), dies at 65 1938 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77 1937 Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe 1937 Irina Bayanovna Solovyova, Russian cosmonaut 1937 Eduard N. Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut 1937 Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich, Russian cosmonaut 1937 Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75 1936 Mikhail Vladimirovich Sologub, Russian cosmonaut 1936 Yuri Nikolayevich Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut 1936 Grogorij J Zinovjev, Russian revolutionary, dies 1936 Alexander Berkman, Russian Writer 1936 Maxim Gorki, Alexei M Peshkov, Russian writer (Mother), dies at 68 1936 Maxim Gorky, Russian Novelist 1936 Galina Shostakovich, daughter of Russian composer Dmitri 1936 Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86 1936 Ivan Pavlov, Russian Psychologist 1935 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian Scientist 1935 Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 6 hours, 105 tons of cabbages 1935 U.S. - Russian commerce treaty takes effect 1935 Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies 1935 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75 1934 Catherine Kunstantino Breshkovsky, mother of Russian revolution, dies 1934 Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut 1934 Eduard Bagritsky, Dzjubin, Russian poet/journalist, dies at 38 1933 Nikolaj N Joedenitsj, Russian general/contra revolutionary, dies at 71 1933 Mars Zakirovich Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut 1933 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist and conductor, dies at 52 1932 Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov marries Yelena Sergeyevna 1932 Robert Rozjdestvenski, Russian poet, Requiem, Userjoz 1932 Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar 1932 Yevgeni Alekseyevich Zaikin, Russian cosmonaut, Voshkod 2 backup 1932 Nikolai Stepanovich Porvatkin, Russian cosmonaut 1932 Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director, Solaris, Stalker 1932 Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian Director 1931 Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist and son of David Oistrach 1931 Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut 1931 Viktor Korchnoi, Russian 1931 Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies 1931 Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies 1930 Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky, Russian cosmonaut 1930 Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet, dies 1929 Lev Jasjin, Russian soccer player, goalie 1929 Lev Yashin, Russian Athlete 1928 China expels all Russian instructors and civil servants 1928 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49 1928 Serge Gainsbourg, Ginsburg, Russian/French singer, Ford Mustang 1927 Sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66 1927 Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 1926 Russian Politburo throws out Leo Trotsky and followers 1925 Sergei Yesenin, Russian Poet 1925 Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist 1925 Boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies 1925 Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76 1925 Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council 1924 Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26 1924 Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author, Student! 1924 Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23 1924 Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad 1924 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53 1924 Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader 1923 Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer, dies at 60 1923 Dmitri T Jazov, Russian minister of defense, 1991 coup 1923 Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated 1922 Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor and director, dies at 39 1922 Iser J Koepermann, Russian/U.S. world checkers champ, 1958-68, 75-76 1922 Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR 1922 Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot, downed 352 Russian aircrafts 1922 Dmitri B Shostakovich, father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies 1922 Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster 1921 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russian baron/general, dies 1921 Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40 1921 Nina Vyroubova, Russian/French ballerina, Pavlova-prize 1957 1921 Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR 1921 Pjotr A Kropotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78 1920 Salomon Anski, Russian/Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57 1920 Tatar ASSR forms in Russian SFSR 1920 Alexander Koltsjak, Admiral/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed 1920 George Skibine, Russian/U.S. dancer and choreographer, Tragedy in Verona 1919 Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian Inventor 1919 U.S. police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers 1919 Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer (Seven Hangs), dies at 48 1919 Leonid Andreyev, Russian Playwright 1919 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player 1919 Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher and writer, dies at 62 1918 Russian 10th Army drives out White armies of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad) 1918 Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60 1918 Vladimir Dudentzev, Russian writer 1918 Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic forms 1918 Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies 1918 Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent 1918 Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party 1917 Russian secret police in Czechoslovakia forms under Felix Dzerzjinski 1917 Kerenski regime declares Russian republic 1917 Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed 1917 Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM 1917 Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol 1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate 1917 Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1917 Russian revolution breaks out in Petrograd 1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (OS) 1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1917 Russian revolution breaks out 1917 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 1916 Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 1916 Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated 1916 Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered 1916 Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russian bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies 1916 Russian offensive in Armenia 1916 Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack 1916 Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia 1916 Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia 1916 Russian offensive in Kaukasus 1915 Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia 1915 Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia 1915 Margarita J Aliger, Russian poet, Zoja, 1915 Margarita J Aliger, Russian poet, Zoja, 1915 Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army 1915 Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, Russian composer (Oresteia), dies at 58 1915 Alexander N. Skriabin, Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 1915 Alexander Scriabin, Russian Composer 1915 20th Russian Army corps surrenders 1915 2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army 1915 Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops 1914 British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany 1914 Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army 1914 Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide 1914 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, General Martos caught 1914 ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle 1914 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles 1914 Russian army atacks Austrian army in Galicia 1914 Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army 1914 Battle at Gumbinnen, East-Prussia: Russian beat Germans 1914 Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 1914 Russian troops take East-Prussia and occupy Marggrabowa 1914 Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia 1914 Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary 1914 Romain Gary, Russian Novelist 1913 Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers 1913 Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer 1913 Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane) 1912 Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, Arkadia 598-Schubert 1911 Anatol Rapoport, Russian/US mathem/biologist, game theory 1910 David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music 1910 Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 1910 Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War and Peace), dies at 82 1910 Soulima Stravinsky, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Russian pianist, Igor's son 1910 Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian conductor 1910 Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Russian composer (Islamej), dies at 73 1910 Joeri German, Russian writer 1909 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 1909 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/translator, dies at 53 1909 Andrei A. Gromyko, Russian Politician 1909 Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity 1909 Mary Antin, Russian Activist 1909 Russian tsar Nicolas II dissolves Finnish Diet 1909 Lev D Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel 1962 1909 Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60 1908 Viktor A Ambartsoemjan, Russian astronomer, Stalin Prize 1946, 1950 1908 Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 1908 Boris N Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer 1908 Boris N. Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer 1907 Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79 1907 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72 1906 Dimitri Shostakovich, Russian Composer 1906 Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP 1906 Wassely Leontief, Russian/U.S. economist, Nobel 1973 1906 Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer 1906 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer and conductor c t, dies at 44 1906 Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist 1905 Netherlands/Russian Count Witte becomes premier of Russia 1905 "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties 1905 Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish 1905 Russian tsar installs "Imperial Duma," without legislative powers 1905 Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin" 1905 Warsaw and Lodz revolt against Russian occupation 1905 Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima 1905 Grigorij M. Kosinzev, Russian director 1905 Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author, Sputniki 1905 Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops 1904 Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship 1904 Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur 1904 Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian 1904 Plehve, Russian foreign minister (bomb under carriage), dies 1904 Anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44 1904 Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist 1904 N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies 1904 Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Netherlands choreographer 1904 Vasili Vereshtshagin, Russian painter (War and Peace), dies 1904 Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1904 Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer, La Chatte 1903 Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer, When the Cranes Fly 1903 Grigori V Aleksandrov, Russian director, Veselye Rebjata 1903 Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist, 1st Rus nuclear bomb 1902 Michail A Suslov, Russian party ideologist 1902 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, Ultimatum Factory, 1902 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, Ultimatum Factory, 1902 Nathalie Sarraute, Cherniak, Russian/French playwright 1902 Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, dies at 58 1902 Sipyagain, Russian Minister of Interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated 1901 Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory 1901 Alexander Alexeieff, Russian/French painter and graphic artist 1900 Andrei Vlasov, Russian general, Red Army, Wehrmacht 1900 Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet, Life of Tchernyshevsky 1900 Ivan K Aivazovski, Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at 82 1899 Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist, Po Zakonu 1898 Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78 1898 Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78 1898 Alexandra G "Alja" von Hoyer-Rachmanova, Russian/Australia author, Students 1898 Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer, Gayaneh 1898 Paul Urysohn, Russian mathematician 1898 Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director, Alexandr Nevski, 1897 Iwan S. Konew, Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw 1896 Constantine Rokossovski, Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland 1896 Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense, WW II 1896 Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer, against Pasternak, 1896 Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer, against Pasternak, 1896 Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author, Volga 1896 Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author, Volga 1896 Pavel G. Antokolski, Russian poet/director, Syn, 1896 Andrei A. Zjdanov, Russian politician, against kosmopolitism 1896 Dziga Vertiv, Denis A Kaufman, Russian director, Sjagai, Soviet! 1895 Eduard Bagritsky, Dzhubin, Russian poet/journalist, South-West 1895 Lewis Milestone, Russian Director 1895 Sergei Yesenin, Russian Poet 1895 Michail M Soschtschenko, Russian author 1895 Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author 1895 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner 1895 Semjon Timoshenko, Russian marshal/inspector-general, WW II 1894 Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64 1894 Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist 1894 Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, Ogelala 1894 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder, Ilyushin 1893 Abel J Herzberg, Russian/Dutch writer, Persecution of Jews 1893 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 1892 Alexander A Aljechin, Russian/French chess champ, 1927-35, 37-46 1892 Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian Poet 1892 Russian/French generals Obruchev/Boisdeffre signs Duple Alliance 1892 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author, Bespokojnaja Joenostj, 1892 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author, Povestj Zjizni, 1892 Nikolaj A. Orloff, Russian/British pianist, Chopin 1891 Sergei Prokofiev, Russian Composer 1891 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian Mathematician 1891 Osip E Mandelstam, Warsaw Poland, Russian poet, Noise of Time 1891 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet and author, Kamenj 1890 El Lissitzky, Russian Artist 1890 Lubov Tchernicheva, Russian ballerina 1890 Naum Gabo, Pevsner, Russian/US sculptor, Stillife Flower 1890 Ossip Zadkine, Russian/French sculptor, Destroyed City 1890 Georg Annenkov, Russian/French painter 1890 Boris L Pasternak, Russian poet and writer, Dr. Zhivago, 1890 Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist 1889 Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet 1889 Efim D. Bogoljubov, Russian chess player 1889 Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65 1889 Pitirim A. Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, Social mobility 1888 Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder 1888 Selman Waksman, Russian/U.S. microbiologist, Nobel 1951 1888 Anna Achmatova, AA Gorenko, Russian conductor, Tsjetki 1887 John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions 1887 Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch 1887 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73 1887 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 1887 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 1886 Mark Aldanov, Landau, Russian/French chemist/writer 1886 Grigory K Ordzhonikidze, Sergo, Russian revolutionary politician 1886 Mark Aldanov, Landau, Russian/French chemist, Myslitel, 1886 Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor and director, Chechov 1883 Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian lawyer/Foreign Minister/UN-ambassador 1883 Adolf A Joffe, Russian revolutionary/writer, Brest-Litovsk 1883 Grogorij J Zinovjev, Gerson Radomyslski, Russian 1883 Fjodor W. Gladkow, Russian writer, Cement 1883 Aleksander V. Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor 1883 Pavel Melnikov, Petsjerski, Russian historian, dies at 64 1883 Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor and director, Eric XIV 1883 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies 1883 Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, Pjotr Peroyj, 1882 Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, dies at 35 1882 14 Russian Jews of Bilu, arrive in Jaffa Palestine 1882 Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms 1881 Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier, 1917-Prelude to Bolshevism 1881 Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad 1881 Alexander Kerensky, Simbirsk, Russian PM, 1917 1881 Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter 1881 Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 1881 Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime and Punishment), dies at 59 1881 Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist 1881 Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 1880 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Netherlands violinist and conductor 1880 Alexander A Block, Russian poet, Dvenatsat 1880 Alexander A Block, Russian poet, Dvenatsat 1880 Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist, crystal 1880 Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher 1879 Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000 1879 Leon Davidovitsj Trotsky, Leib Bronstein, Russian revolutionary 1879 Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician 1879 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, President of 1st Soviet, 1879 Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer 1878 Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman 1878 Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai 1878 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general, White Armies, WW II 1878 Russian assault on Plevna Turkey, 7,300 Russian casualties 1877 Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56 1877 Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer, Iveren 1876 Maxim M Litvinov, Meyer H Wallach, Russian diplomat 1876 Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary 1875 Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 1875 Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state 1875 Aleksei K Tolstoi, Kozjma Prutkov, Russian poet and writer, dies at 58 1875 Aleksei K Tolstoi, Kozjma Prutkov, Russian poet, dies at 58 1874 Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian Philosopher 1874 Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor, Houligan 1873 L Martov, Yuly O Tsederbaum, Russian revolutionary 1873 Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano, Rigoletto 1873 Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/U.S. pianist/composer, Aleko 1873 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist, Pages from My Life 1872 Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina, 1894-1918 1872 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist and composer 1872 Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 1872 Alexander Scriabin, Russian Composer 1871 Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45 1871 Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer, Red Laugh 1871 Leonid Andreyev, Russian Playwright 1871 Gregory Efimovich Rasputin, mad Russian monk 1870 Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 1870 Alexander Berkman, Russian Writer 1870 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok 1870 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok 1870 Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice, 1918-19 1870 Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader 1870 Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies 1870 Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 1869 Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin 1869 Nadezhda Konstantinova Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Soc-Dem 1868 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer 1868 Maxim Gorky, Russian Novelist 1867 Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist 1866 Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French abstract painter, Dreamy Inspiration 1866 Wassily Kandinsky, Russian Artist 1866 Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet 1866 Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet 1865 Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint 1865 Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist, dies at 71 1864 Alexander Tikhonovich Gretsjaninow, Russian/US composer, Snow White 1863 5 Russian warships welcomed in New York City 1862 Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer 1862 Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer 1862 Nikolaj N Yudenitcch, Russian general/counter-revolutionary 1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] 1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 1861 Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg 1861 Sergei D Sazonov, Russian minister of Foreign Affairs, 1910-16 1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom 1861 Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland 1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom 1861 Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author, Im Kampf um Gott 1860 Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43 1860 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter 1860 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter 1860 Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist 1860 Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author, Journal 1859 Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist, Esperanto 1859 Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67 1859 Sholom Aleichem, Russian Writer 1858 Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, playwright, Life in Russian Theater 1858 Partial emancipation of Russian serfs 1857 Michail V Aleksejev, Russian general, WW I-chief of staff 1857 Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die 1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian Scientist 1857 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer, dies at 53 1856 Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist 1856 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, Laodania 1856 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, Laodania 1856 Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns 1856 Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies 1855 Ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist, new types of fruit 1855 Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russian writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies 1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake 1855 Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake, 1854 Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000 1854 ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann 1853 Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki, Japan 1852 Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69 1852 Nikolai Gogol, Russian playwright (Dead Soles), dies 1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author, Tjoma Kartashov 1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author, Tjoma Kartashov 1850 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian Mathematician 1849 Sergei J Witte, Netherlands/Russian count/premier Russia 1848 Zinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian Vice-Admiral 1848 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies 1848 Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general and minister of War 1847 Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, Catechism Revolutionary 1846 Vladimir Koppen, Russian/German meteorologist 1846 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 1846 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 1845 Alexander III A Romanov, Russian tsar, 1881-94 1845 Alexander III, St. Petersburg, Russian tsar, 1881-94, 3/10 NS 1843 Vasili V Vereshchagin, Russian painter, War and Peace 1843 Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, Peter the Great 1842 Pjotr A. Kopotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist 1842 Peter Kropotkin, Russian Revolutionary 1842 Vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian 1841 Mikhail Lermontov, Russian Poet 1840 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski 1840 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski 1840 Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1812 Overture, 5/7 NS 1839 Modest P. Mussorgsky, Russian composer, Boris Godunov 1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 1837 Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle 1837 Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 1837 Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author 1834 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist, Periodic Table 1829 Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer 1828 Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1827 Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer/senator 1827 Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russian/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet 1826 Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer, hanged at 33 1826 Alexander Aphanashev, Russian story teller, Narodnye roesskie skazki 1824 Constantine D. Uschinsky, Russian theorist 1824 Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator 1823 Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, Denj, Moskvitsh 1823 Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright, Artists and Admirers 1822 Lev A. Mej, Russian nobleman/poet 1821 Nikolai A. Nekrasov, Russian poet, Russkije Zjenjshiny 1821 Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist 1821 Fjodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Russian novelist 1821 Aleksej F. Pisemski, Russian writer, Clodhopper 1819 Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet, Stichotvorenija 1818 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, V Lesach 1818 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, V Lesach 1818 Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian Field Marshal/War Minister, dies 1817 Aleksei K Tolstoi, Kozjma Prutkov, Russian poet and writer 1817 Aleksei K Tolstoi, Kozjma Prutkov, Russian poet and writer 1817 Constantine S. Aksakov, Russian historian and poet 1816 Dutch King Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna 1814 Mikhail Lermontov, Russian Poet 1814 Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet and writer, Demon and other poems 1814 Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist 1814 Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary 1813 Pavel Annenkov, Russian lit historian, Zametsjatelnoje desjatiletie 1812 Pyotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle 1812 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River 1811 Vissarion Belinsky, born in Sveaborg, Finland, Russian author, Literary Review 1811 Russian settlers establish Ft. Ross trading post, north of SF 1809 Nikolai Gogol, father of 19th-century Russian realism, Dead Souls 1805 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French 1804 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet, Sasjka, 1804 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet, Sasjka, 1803 Michail I Glinka, Russian composer 1800 Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/author, Povesti 1799 Convention of Alkmaar: English/Russian invasion army departs 1799 Battle at Castricum: French and Bataafs army beats English/Russian army 1799 English and Russian invasion army conquerors Receiver 1799 Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit 1799 Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author 1797 Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author 1796 Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty 1796 Nikoli A. Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, Sotsjinenija, 1796 Nikoli A. Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, Sotsjinenija, 1794 Russian troops occupy Warsaw 1794 Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist 1793 Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer 1792 Russian army enters Poland 1791 Sergey Aksakov, Russia, novelist, Chronicles of a Russian Family 1791 Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer, Semejnaja chronika 1790 Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks 1789 Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 1789 Pavel P. Gagarin, Russian monarch 1788 Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov 1788 Russian fleet destroys Swedish 1785 Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges 1784 Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK 1783 Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64 1783 Vasili A. Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator, Homer 1783 Vasili A. Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator, Homerus 1780 Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs 1775 Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies 1772 Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 1770 Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish 1770 Nikita P. Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs 1765 Michail vs. Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 1762 Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II 1762 Russian tsarina Catharina II grabs power 1761 Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Scot/Russian minister of War 1761 Russian army occupies Kolberg 1760 Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin 1760 Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin 1760 Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin 1760 Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin 1758 Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-Field Marshal, dies at 56 1758 Russian troops occupy Konigsberg, East Prussia 1757 Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia 1755 1st Russian university opens (Moscow) 1755 Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University 1751 England signs Austrian and Russian alliance 1748 Amalia Furstin von Gallitzin, wife of Russian monarch Golitsyn 1744 Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian/Russian master builder, Hermitage Theater 1741 Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers 1738 Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed 1734 Grigori G Orlov, Russian guard officer/favorite of Catharina II 1734 Russian army occupies Danzig 1729 Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty 1728 Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian General-Admiral, dies at about 57 1728 Peter III, Kiel Germany, Russian tsar, 1762, husband of Catherine 1728 Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia, 1761-62 1727 Russian and Chinese accord to correct boundaries 1722 Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia 1721 Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1719 Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact 1718 Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/diplomat, plot against Peter III 1716 Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar 1716 Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar 1715 Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund 1715 Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund 1714 Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet 1711 Michail V Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet 1710 Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget 1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1702 Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-Field Marshal 1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 1698 Russian czar Peter the Great begins term 1698 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam 1698 Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England 1690 Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI 1675 Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut 1671 Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader 1671 Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed 1671 Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin 1670 Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers 1654 Russian troops occupy Smolensk on Poland 1653 Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine 1613 Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar 1610 Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russian and Sweden 1608 Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-govt 1605 Valse Dimitri crowned Russian tsar for 1st time 1603 Irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies 1598 Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I 1591 Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 1584 Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 1581 Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of Ivan IV "the Terrible" 1563 Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania 1557 1st Russian Embassy opens in London, Russia and U.S. sign trade agreement 1547 Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova 1505 Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies 1440 Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar, 1462-1505, conquered Lithuania 1392 Sergius van Radonesj, Russian saint, dies at 78 1314 Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint 1263 Alexander Nevski, Aleksandr, Russian ruler (1252-63), dies at 43 1220 Alexander Nevski, Aleksandr, Russian great ruler, 1252-63 |
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