2012 Event A law banning Americans from adopting Russian children is approved by Russia's parliament; the action is a respons to the U.S. Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act 2012 Event Sergei Udaltsov, a Russian leftist protest leader is charged with plotting 'mass disorder', facing a sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted 2012 Event NASA reports its three-man crew of Joe Acaba and Russian colleagues Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin landed safely in the Russian-made Soyuz capsule after 123 days at the International Space Station 1995 Death Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion, dies of heart attack at 28 1994 Death Sergei F Bondartsjoek, actor and director (Waterloo), dies at 74 1994 Event Sergei Bubka ploe vaults his 35th world record (6.14 m) 1993 Death Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 1993 Event Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m) 1993 Event Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m) 1992 Death Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41 1992 Event Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m) 1991 Death Sergei Ajromeiev, soviet general, commits suicide 1991 Event Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m) 1991 Event Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20' 1990 Event New Jersey Devils sign Russians Viacheslav Fetisov and Sergei Starikov 1990 Death Pimen, Sergei Irzyekov, patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79 1988 Event Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev and Jean-Loup Chretien launch 1986 Death Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut, dies at 76 1985 Death Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80 1984 Event Sergei Bubka of U.S.S.R. pole vaults a record 5.89 m 1983 Event Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of U.S.S.R. jerks a record 261 kg 1977 Death Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82 1977 Event Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki 1975 Birthday Sergei Gusev, Nizhny Tagil Rus, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars 1974 Birthday Sergei Yerkovich, hockey defenseman, Team Belarus 1998 1974 Birthday Sergei Stas, NHL defenseman, Team Belarus, 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Sergei Krivokrasov, born in Angarsk, Russia, NHL right wing, Blackhawks, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Sergei Gonchar, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, NHL defenseman, Capitals, 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Sergei Brylin, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center for the New Jersey Devils 1971 Birthday Sergei Berezin, Voskrensensk Rus, NHL forward, Team Russia, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Sergei Bruguera, Spain, tennis star 1970 Birthday Sergei Zubov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Pittsburgh 1970 Death Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92 1969 Birthday Sergei Fedorov, Pskov Russia, NHL forward, Detroit, Silver Medals 1998 Olympics 1967 Birthday Sergei Grinkov, born in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion 1966 Death Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies 1964 Birthday Sergei Nemchinov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, New York Islanders, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1962 Birthday Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, born in Russia, major/cosmonaut 1958 Birthday Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, Rus, cosmonaut, TM-7, TM-12, STS-60 1958 Event Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR) 1958 Birthday Sergei Shakrai, U.S.S.R., figure skater 1980 Olympics silver 1958 Birthday Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut 1956 Birthday Sergei Gayevich Severin, Russian cosmonaut 1956 Birthday Sergei Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 57 kg freestyle wrestler, 1980 Olympics gold 1956 Birthday Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15, SK:TM-28 1955 Birthday Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1954 Birthday Sergei Nikolayevich Tresvyatsky, Russia, cosmonaut 1953 Death Sergei Prokofiev, Russian Composer 1953 Death Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter and the wolf), dies at 61 1952 Death Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer, dies at 75 1951 Birthday Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut 1948 Birthday Sergei Bodrov, born in Khabarovsk, Russia, director, Katala, Somebody to Love 1948 Death Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50 1944 Event Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne 1943 Death Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 1941 Event Sergei Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia 1940 Event Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet premieres in Leningrad 1939 Event Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe 1936 Birthday Sergei Nikolayevich Gaidukov, Russia, cosmonaut 1934 Death Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad 1929 Death Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57 1929 Event Sergei Prokoviev's ballet "Prodigal Son," premieres in Paris 1927 Death Sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66 1926 Event Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts 1926 Birthday Sergei Filatov, U.S.S.R., equestrian dressage 1960 Olympics gold 1925 Death Sergei Yesenin, Russian Poet 1925 Death Sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30 1920 Birthday Sergei F Bondarchuk, director/actor, Boris Godunov, Step, Otello 1915 Death Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65 1910 Birthday Pimen, Sergei Irzjekov, patriarch Russian-Orthodox Cathederal 1910 Birthday Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut 1907 Birthday Sergei Korolev, scientist 1904 Birthday Sergei Yutkevich, St. Petersburg Russia, director, Otello, Banya 1898 Birthday Sergei Eisenstein, Russia, director, Battleship Potemkin, 1898 Birthday Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director, Alexandr Nevski, 1895 Birthday Sergei Jessenin, writer 1895 Birthday Sergei Yesenin, Russian Poet 1894 Birthday Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder, Ilyushin 1892 Event Sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow 1891 Birthday Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, composer 1891 Birthday Sergei Prokofiev, Russian Composer 1891 Birthday Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Sontsovka Ukraine, composer 1882 Death Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, dies at 35 1877 Birthday Sergei U.S. Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-orthodox church 1877 Birthday Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer 1873 Birthday Sergei Rachmaninoff, born in Novgorod, Russia, composer, Prelude in C# Minor 1873 Birthday Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/U.S. pianist/composer, Aleko 1872 Birthday Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, born in Russia, dance master, Imperial Ballet 1872 Birthday Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director 1861 Birthday Sergei D Sazonov, Russian minister of Foreign Affairs, 1910-16 1859 Death Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67 1856 Birthday Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russia, composer, Oresteia 1849 Birthday Sergei J Witte, Netherlands/Russian count/premier Russia 1847 Birthday Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, Catechism Revolutionary 1791 Birthday Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer, Semejnaja chronika
