2015 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledges that the country is aiding the forces of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad with military expertise and equipment; Putin states that troops may also be sent in the future to help fight against ISIL 2015 Event Gazprom, the state-owned Russian energy company, is sued by the E.U. for antitrust violations, including seeking control of pipelines in exchange for gas, charging steep prices, and limiting gas flows to nations beyond eastern Europe 2014 Event James Watson, one of three scientists to co-discover DNA structure, has auctioned off the 1962 Nobel Prize medal he received for the achievement; Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov paid $4.8 million for the medal but then returned it to Watson 2014 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he will step down when he has reached constitutional term limits; Putin has served as either president or prime minister continually since the year 2000 and may run for a final presidential term in 2018 2014 Event Sweden is searching for a potential Russian submarine intrusion in its waters after detecting a Russian-language emergency communication; Russian officials deny knowledge of any distressed submarines operating in Sweden's territory 2014 Event Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, has been suspended for a year and fined $25,000 by the Women's Tennis Association Tour for making derogatory gender-based remarks about tennis champion sisters Serena and Venus Williams 2014 Event Russian troops along the Ukrainian border have been ordered to withdraw to their home bases by President Vladimir Putin; the move comes ahead of meetings between Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko 2014 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko have agreed to a peace plan that would retain rebel control of parts of eastern Ukraine; the two presidents hope to continue negotiations on Friday 2014 Event In the face of signs that Russian troops and equipment are aiding rebels in eastern Ukraine, the E.U. proposes further sanctions against Russia; President Vladimir Putin denies the charges while calling for independent statehood of the region 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during a conference in Minsk to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine; Putin agreed to support peace, while Poroshenko promised to develop cease-fire plans 2014 Event Over 250 Russian trucks enter embattled eastern Ukraine without permission to deliver humanitarian aid; NATO questions the true intent of the convoy, claiming that Russia has used deceptive 'aid' convoys in other conflicts 2014 Event Russia counters sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union by banning all imports of dairy, fish, meat, fruit and vegetables; Ukrainian flights have also been prohibited from Russian air space 2014 Event Days after imposing additional sanctions against Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama contacts Russian President Vladimir Putin to express concern about Russia's continuing support of Ukrainian separatists 2014 Event U.S. officials state that Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by test-firing a type of cruise missile; Russian officials argue against the charge 2014 Event The U.S. adds new sanctions against Russia, prohibiting certain Russian international businesses from accessing U.S. capital markets; the move extends previous sanctions targeting specific individuals and their companies 2014 Event The week-long cease-fire in the Ukraine has been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who urged separatist fighters to stop fighting and instead hold discussions with the Ukrainian government 2014 Event Russia seeks to intimidate Finland out of thoughts of joining NATO; a representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that any moves by Finland to do so could potentially trigger World War III 2014 Event World leaders gather in France to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day; Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko and others concerning the need to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine 2014 Event Russian president Vladimir Putin says that he will respect the outcome of the upcoming Ukrainian elections, despite the fact that Viktor Yanukovych, the former Ukrainian president, has not had his position terminated by legal means 2014 Event The Chinese and Russian state energy companies, Gazprom and CPNC, respectively, have entered a deal for Russia to supply China with natural gas; the deal provides a market for Russian gas as European countries seek to reduce their dependence due to Russia's actions 2014 Event Russian president Vladimir Putin bans cursing in creative works and media outlets, with fines on individuals and companies for using bad language; the stated purpose of the law is to protect Russian language and culture 2013 Event Breaking with long-standing tradition among Russian heads of state, President Vladimir Putin delivered two New Year's speeches rather than one; he made his second stres from Khaborovsk, a city that experienced devastating floods this summer 2013 Event Russia's Defense Ministry reports the Soyuz-2-1v Russian rocket was successfully launched 2013 Event The International Olympic Committee announces it will punish athletes who support Russian LGBT rights at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games 2013 Event U.S. President Barack Obama announces plans to pull out of a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month; the meeting was set to occur before the September G-20 meeting in St. Petersburg 2013 Event Despite differences with the Russian government and President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Barack Obama affirms that the U.S. will attend the G-20 meeting in St. Petersburg 2013 Event Russian politician Alexei Navalny, a prominent opposition figure, registers as candidate for Mayor in Moscow's September's election 2013 Event In a major effort to reduce dependency on Russian gas imports, the government of Ukraine signs a $10 billion shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell 2013 Event Actor Gerard Depardieu is granted citizenship by Russian President, Vladimir Putin; Depardieu renounced his French citizenship due to the country's high taxes 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 Russian spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-07M, is launched in Kazakhstan, with cosmonauts Roman Romanenko, Chris Hadfield and Thomas Marshburn for the ISS Expedition 34 and 35 crews 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 2012 Event Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's President, signs a controversial law concerning the status of 18 languages as regional and minority languages; the law allows officials in Russian-speaking regions of the country to use Russian in documents and at public events 2012 Event The black box is recovered from the Russian passenger jet that carried 44 passengers and crashed in the Indonesian province of West Java, leaving no survivors 2012 Event Facing fuel shortages after a fall storm, preparations are made for the US Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Healy to accompany Russian tanker Renda to deliver fuel 2010 Event Experts believe three Russian satellites that failed to reach orbit after launching from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome have crashed into the Pacific Ocean 2010 Event Georgia changes its second language to English; Russian was originally its second language 2009 Event The Russian Orthodox Church enthrones Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow as Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church 2009 Event Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, endorses Russia's decision to turn off gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine 2001 Event Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry 2000 Event Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation 1997 Death Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82 1997 Event Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO 1997 Death Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies 1997 Event Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die 1997 Death Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies 1996 Death Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71 1996 Event Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.) 1995 Death Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion, dies of heart attack at 28 1995 Event Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir 1995 Event Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people 1995 Death Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45 1995 Death Vladislav Listyev, Russian TV-journalist, murdered at 38 1995 Death Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Conde, French prince/Russian, dies at 47 1995 Event Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record) 1995 Death Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle 1994 Event Russian troops pull inside Tsjetsjenia 1994 Death Jesus "Enrique" Lister, Span/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87 1994 Death Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27 1994 Event Russian ruble decreases to 3,926 rubles per dollar 1994 Event Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar 1994 Death Boris B Yegorov, Russian doctor/cosmonaut (Voskhod I), dies at 56 1994 Event Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia and Latvia 1994 Death Leonid Leonov, Russian playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95 1994 Death Innokenti Smoktunovski, Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69 1994 Death Bernard Delfont, Russian/British impresario (Thorn EMI), dies at 84 1994 Event Russian manned space craft TM-18, lands 1994 Death Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74 1994 Death Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78 1994 Death Nikolai Krjoetsjkov, Russian actor (Ballad of Soldatje), dies at 83 1994 Death Constantine Koukouchkine, Russian diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41 1994 Event Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed) 1994 Death Andrei Tsjikatilo, Rostov Ripper, Russian mass murdered, executed 1994 Event Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 m indoor (8:18.71) 1994 Death Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at 67 1994 Death Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76 1994 Event Russian manned space craft TM-17, lands 1994 Event Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit 1993 Death Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69 1993 Event Russian President Yeltsin shuts Lenin museum 1993 Death Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 54 1993 Event Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament) 1993 Death Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38 1993 Death Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered 1993 Death Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 1993 Death Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84 1993 Event Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit 1993 Death Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85 1993 Death Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies 1993 Death Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident 1993 Event Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror 1993 Event Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45") 1993 Death Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54 1993 Death George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85 1992 Death Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80 1992 Death Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41 1992 Death Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies 1992 Death Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50 1992 Event Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands 1992 Event Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit 1992 Death Yevgeny Yevstigneev, Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at 65 1991 Event Russian president Yeltsin outlaws Communist Party 1991 Death Kaganovitch, Russian minister of Transport for Stalin, dies 1991 Event Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected president of Russian Rep 1991 Death Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77 1991 Event Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR 1991 Event Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation 1990 Event 1st Russian Orthodox service in 70 years held in St. Basil's Cathedral 1990 Death Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 60 1990 Death Rimantas Antanas Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46 1990 Event Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic 1990 Death Venedikt Jerofejev, Russian writer, dies 1990 Death Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49 1990 Death Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60 1990 Death Lev Yashin, Russian Athlete 1989 Death Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68 1989 Event Unmanned Russian Mig-23 crashes in Bellegem-Kooigem, Belgium (1 dies) 1989 Death Andrei A. Gromyko, Russian Politician 1989 Death Able J Herzberg, Russian/Netherlands lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies 1989 Death Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123 1989 Event Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its 1st commercial advertisement 1988 Death Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies 1988 Death Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42 1988 Event Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war 1988 Event Russian orthodox church celebrates 1,000th anniversary 1988 Death Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for U.S., executed 1988 Death Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at 86 1987 Death Constantin Alajalov, Russian artist, dies at 86 1987 Birthday Maria Sharapova, Russian Athlete 1987 Event Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member 1986 Event Russian TU-144 flies for 1st time faster than sound 1986 Death Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director (Stalker), dies at 54 1986 Event Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed 1986 Event Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1986 Event Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die 1986 Event Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland 1985 Event Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris 1985 Event Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus 1985 Event Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus 1985 Death Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80 1985 Death Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95 1984 Death Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55 1984 Birthday Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian Celebrity 1984 Event Russian offensive in Panshirvallei, Afghanistan 1984 Death Michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies 1983 Death George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79 1983 Death Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Olympic-bronze-1952), dies at 64 1983 Event Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean 1982 Death Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 1982 Death Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies 1982 Death Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics, dies at 28 1982 Event Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands and sends back data from Venus 1982 Event Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data 1982 Death Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39 1982 Death Vladimir K Zworykin, Russian/American engineer (cathode-ray tube), dies 1981 Event Amanda Maccaro becomes 1st American to win Russian Ballet Competition 1981 Death Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67 1980 Death Romain Gary, Russian Novelist 1980 Death Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident, dies at 42 1980 Death Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46 1980 Death Lewis Milestone, Russian Director 1980 Death Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41 1980 Birthday Marat Safin, Russian Athlete 1980 Death Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78 1980 Event Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran 1979 Event Russian ice skaters Protopopov and Beloussova ask for asylum in Switzerland 1979 Event 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed 1979 Event Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian 1979 Death Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82 1978 Death Anastas I Mikojan, Russian politician, dies at 83 1978 Event Russian dissident Ginsburg/Piatkus/Sjtsjaranki sentence to work camp 1978 Event Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work 1978 Event Russian president Brezhnev visits West-Germany 1978 Death Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74 1977 Death Aleksei G Stachanov, Russian model miner, dies at 72 1977 Death Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Russian composer, dies at 78 1977 Event Russian nuclear sub "Artika" is 1st to North Pole 1977 Death Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78 1977 Death Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77 1977 Death Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82 1977 Death Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67 1976 Death Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity 1976 Event Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet 1976 Death Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73 1976 Event Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball 1976 Death S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75 1976 Death Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44 1975 Death Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner. Gold Medal 1956 Olympics, dies at 48 1975 Death Dimitri Shostakovich, Russian Composer 1975 Birthday Vladimir Kramnik, Russian Celebrity 1974 Death David Oistrach, Russian violinist, dies at 65 1974 Death Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Netherlands choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70 1974 Death Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77 1973 Death Selman A Waksman, Russian/U.S. microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85 1973 Death Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 33 1973 Death Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72 1973 Death Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39 1973 Event Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France 1973 Event Russian party leader Brezhnev visits U.S. 1973 Event Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany 1973 Death Grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies 1973 Death Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki), dies at 67 1972 Death Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84 1972 Death Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83 1972 Event Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber 1972 Event Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out 1972 Death David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 1972 Death Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81 1971 Death Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61 1971 Event 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying 1971 Birthday Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian Athlete 1971 Death Igor F Strawinsky, Russian composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 88 1971 Death Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer 1970 Death Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 1970 Event Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee 1970 Event Russian passenger flight hijacked to Turkey 1970 Event Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum 1970 Death Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89 1970 Death Alexander Kerensky, Russian Public Servant 1970 Event Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt 1970 Death Semjon Timoshenko, Russian marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75 1970 Death Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61 1969 Death Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter, dies 1969 Death Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies 1969 Event Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus 1969 Death Piotr F. Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor and director (Chechov), dies at 82 1968 Event 1st supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144) 1968 Birthday Irina Privalova, Russian runner, indoor world record 50/60m 1968 Event Czechoslovakia and Russian "accord" rules allies Soviet forces 1968 Death Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76 1968 Death Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59 1968 Birthday Irina Belova, Russian pentathelete, world record 1992 1968 Death Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79 1967 Death Ossip Zadkine, Zadkin, Russian sculptor (Destroyed City), dies at 77 1967 Death Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch, dies at 80 1967 Death Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet and writer (9th wave), dies at 76 1967 Birthday Sergei Grinkov, born in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion 1966 Birthday Pavel Petrovich Mukhortov, Russian cosmonaut 1966 Death Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet 1966 Birthday Dmitri Volkov, Russian swimmer, world record 1966 Death Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 31 1966 Death Sophie Tucker, Russian/US singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79 1966 Death Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies 1964 Event Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball 1964 Death Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84 1964 Death Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66 1963 Birthday Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian Businessman 1963 Event 2 Russian space missions return to Earth 1963 Event 2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska 1962 Birthday Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin, Russian cosmonaut 1962 Event Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba 1962 Event John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba 1962 Event John F. Kennedy meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko 1962 Event Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 1962 Birthday Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper, world record 1988 1962 Event Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game 1961 Birthday Yuri Ivanovich Malinchenko, Russian Lt-colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-19 1961 Death Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman 1961 Death Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter, dies 1961 Event Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits) 1961 Event Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt 1961 Birthday Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker, world record 5 km 1961 Birthday Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russian major/cosmonaut, Mir, Soyuz TM-23 1961 Event Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain 1960 Death Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal), dies 1960 Death Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga - matushka-reka), dies at 63 1960 Death Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr. Zhivago), dies at 70 1960 Death Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist, dies at 57 1959 Event "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer and Spencer hits #91 1958 Death Fjodor W. Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75 1958 Birthday Vasili Yuriyevich Lukiyanyuk, Russian cosmonaut 1958 Death Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author, dies at 62 1958 Birthday Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka, Russian major/cosmonaut, SK: Soyuz TM-28 1958 Birthday Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut 1958 Event Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank 1957 Death Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies 1957 Event Tunisia refuses Russian weapons 1957 Birthday Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-25 1957 Event Russian minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed 1957 Birthday Pavel V Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-26 1957 Birthday Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM 20, STS-84 1957 Event East Germany accepts 22 Russian divisions 1957 Death Mark Aldanov, Mark A Landau, Russian/French chemist, dies at 70 1956 Birthday Sergei Gayevich Severin, Russian cosmonaut 1956 Event 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest 1956 Event Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR 1956 Death Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russian author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54 1956 Death Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 1956 Event Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin 1956 Death Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91 1956 Birthday Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15, SK:TM-28 1955 Birthday Anatoly Chubais, Russian Politician 1955 Birthday Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev, Russian Lt-colonel and cosmonaut 1954 Death Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies 1954 Death Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian United Nations ambassador, dies at 70 1954 Event U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO 1954 Death Dziga Vertov, Kaufman, Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58 1954 Death Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies 1953 Birthday Valeri Yuriyevich Sharov, Russian cosmonaut 1953 Birthday Yuri Viktorovich Prikhodko, Russian cosmonaut 1953 Birthday Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-9 1953 Birthday Irina D Latysheva, Russian cosmonaut 1953 Event Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested 1953 Birthday Irina Rudolfovna Pronina, Russian cosmonaut 1953 Birthday Tatyana Providokhina, Russian 1K runner, world record 1953 Birthday Valery Grigoriyevich Korzun, Russian colonel/cosmonaut, TM-24 1953 Death Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader 1953 Death Sergei Prokofiev, Russian Composer 1953 Death Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter and the wolf), dies at 61 1952 Death Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian/U.S. chemist, dies at 85 1952 Birthday Valeri I Tokarev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1952 Birthday Mikhail Georgiyevich Potapov, Russian cosmonaut 1952 Birthday Vladimir Putin, born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, second President of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister of Russia 1952 Birthday Nikolai Alekseyevich Pushenko, Russian Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1952 Birthday Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1952 Death Efim D Bogolyubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63 1952 Birthday Tamara Sergeyevna Zakharova, Russian cosmonaut 1951 Death Maxim M Litvinov, Meyer H Wallach, Russian diplomat, dies at 75 1951 Death Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancers/pegagoge, dies at 72 1951 Birthday Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-2 1951 Birthday Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut 1951 Birthday Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev, Russian cosmonaut 1951 Birthday Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian Major/cosmonaut, TM-19, TM-27 1951 Death Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51 1950 Birthday Boris Vladimirovich Morukov, Russian cosmonaut 1950 Birthday Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1950 Death Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies 1950 Birthday Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler, world record 1986 1949 Event German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day) 1949 Birthday Yekaterina Aleksandrowna Ivanova, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-15A 1949 Birthday Yuri Michaylovich Baturin, Russian cosmonaut, SK:Soyuz TM-28 1949 Event Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin 1949 Death Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 1949 Death Mary Antin, Russian Activist 1949 Birthday Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-10 1948 Birthday Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasieyv, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-11, TM-18 1948 Birthday Ural Nazibovich Sultanov, Russian cosmonaut 1948 Birthday Valeri Viktorovich Baberdin, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1948 Event U.N. reject Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons 1948 Birthday Aleksandr S Puchkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1948 Birthday Svetlana Y Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-7, T-12, T-15A 1948 Event 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow 1948 Death Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian Philosopher 1948 Death Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50 1948 Birthday Natan Sharansky, Russian Writer 1947 Birthday Yelena Ivanovna Dobrokvashina, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-15a 1947 Birthday Aleksandr Stepanovich Andryushkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1947 Birthday Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1947 Birthday Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russian cosmonaut 1947 Birthday Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russian cosmonaut 1947 Death Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher 1947 Birthday Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut 1946 Death Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) executed at 45 1946 Death Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor, dies at 63 1946 Birthday Zhirinovsky, Edelstein, Russian ultra nationalist/anti semite 1946 Birthday Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Edelstein, Russian nationalist/anti-semite 1946 Event Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR 1946 Birthday Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russian cosmonaut, backup TM-6 1946 Birthday Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut 1945 Event Russian troops occupy Harbin and Mukden 1945 Birthday Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1945 Event Russian troops occupied Prague 1945 Event Russian Army frees Ravensbruck concentration camp 1945 Death Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62 1945 Event Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder 1944 Death Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French painter, dies 1944 Death Wassily Kandinsky, Russian Artist 1944 Event Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade 1944 Event Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria 1944 Event Russian offensive at Jassy and Kisjinev 1944 Event Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border 1944 Event Russian offensive at Weichsel 1944 Event Russian troops arrive in Weichsel 1944 Birthday Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut 1944 Event Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland 1944 Event Russian offensive in central front sector 1944 Event Russian offensive in Carelia 1944 Event Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim 1944 Death Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies 1943 Event Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula 1943 Event Russian troops liberate Smolensk 1943 Event Russian 13th/61st Army reconquer Chyernigov 1943 Event Russian units reach suburbs of Orel 1943 Event Russian offensive at Orel 1943 Event Erich Hartmann shoots 7 Russian aircraft at Kursk 1943 Death Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84 1943 Death Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 1943 Birthday Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian, cosmonaut, Soyuz T-9, TM-3 1943 Event General Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad 1943 Event Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov 1943 Event Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad 1942 Event Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad 1942 Event Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don 1942 Event 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski 1942 Event Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division 1942 Event Russian counter offensive at Stalingrad 1942 Event Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow 1942 Death Mikhailmichel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer/choreographer, dies 1942 Death Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48 1942 Event Russian anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko 1942 Event 4th Russian Pantser army forms with 80 tanks 1942 Event Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover 1942 Birthday Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov, Russian cosmonaut 1942 Birthday Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer 1942 Birthday Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-6, TM-18 1942 Birthday Valeri Abramovich Voloshin, Russian cosmonaut 1941 Death El Lissitzky, Russian Artist 1941 Death L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle 1941 Event Russian 20th army recaptures Soljetsjnogorsk 1941 Event Russian 16th army recaptures Krijukovo 1941 Event Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army 1941 Event Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow 1941 Event German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks) 1941 Event 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war) 1941 Event English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran 1941 Birthday Viktor Mikhailovich Pisarev, Russian cosmonaut 1941 Event 20 divisions of Russian 6th/12th Army surrender at Oeman 1941 Event German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman 1941 Event Russian counter attack at Rovno 1941 Death Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Zakat, Marija), executed at 46 1941 Event Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff 1940 Birthday Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut 1940 Event Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault 1940 Birthday Aleksandr Y. Kalery, Russian cosmonaut 1940 Death Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 1940 Death Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist and composer, dies at 68 1940 Death Vladimir Koppen, Russian/German/Australia meteorologist, dies at 93 1940 Death Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies 1940 Birthday Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut 1940 Event Russian troops conquer Lasi Island 1940 Death Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist 1939 Event Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa 1939 Event Russian Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die 1939 Event Russian air raid on Helsinki 1939 Event Russian offensive under General Zjoekov against Japanese invasion in Mongolia 1939 Birthday Ansar Ilgamovich Sharafutdinov, Russian cosmonaut 1939 Birthday Zhanna Dmitriyevna Yerkina, Russian cosmonaut 1939 Event Stalin requests British, French and Russian anti-nazi pact 1939 Death Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70 1939 Birthday Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky, Russian cosmonaut 1938 Event LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police 1938 Death Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67 1938 Death Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75 1938 Death Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35 1938 Birthday Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident 1938 Death Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man and Mark), dies at 65 1938 Death Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77 1937 Event Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe 1937 Birthday Irina Bayanovna Solovyova, Russian cosmonaut 1937 Birthday Eduard N. Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut 1937 Birthday Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich, Russian cosmonaut 1937 Death Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75 1936 Birthday Mikhail Vladimirovich Sologub, Russian cosmonaut 1936 Birthday Yuri Nikolayevich Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut 1936 Death Grogorij J Zinovjev, Russian revolutionary, dies 1936 Death Alexander Berkman, Russian Writer 1936 Death Maxim Gorki, Alexei M Peshkov, Russian writer (Mother), dies at 68 1936 Death Maxim Gorky, Russian Novelist 1936 Birthday Galina Shostakovich, daughter of Russian composer Dmitri 1936 Death Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86 1936 Death Ivan Pavlov, Russian Psychologist 1935 Death Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian Scientist 1935 Event Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 6 hours, 105 tons of cabbages 1935 Event U.S. - Russian commerce treaty takes effect 1935 Death Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies 1935 Death Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75 1934 Death Catherine Kunstantino Breshkovsky, mother of Russian revolution, dies 1934 Birthday Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut 1934 Death Eduard Bagritsky, Dzjubin, Russian poet/journalist, dies at 38 1933 Death Nikolaj N Joedenitsj, Russian general/contra revolutionary, dies at 71 1933 Birthday Mars Zakirovich Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut 1933 Death Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist and conductor, dies at 52 1932 Event Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov marries Yelena Sergeyevna 1932 Birthday Robert Rozjdestvenski, Russian poet, Requiem, Userjoz 1932 Event Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar 1932 Birthday Yevgeni Alekseyevich Zaikin, Russian cosmonaut, Voshkod 2 backup 1932 Birthday Nikolai Stepanovich Porvatkin, Russian cosmonaut 1932 Birthday Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director, Solaris, Stalker 1932 Birthday Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian Director 1931 Birthday Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist and son of David Oistrach 1931 Birthday Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut 1931 Birthday Viktor Korchnoi, Russian 1931 Birthday Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies 1931 Death Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies 1930 Birthday Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky, Russian cosmonaut 1930 Death Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet, dies 1929 Birthday Lev Jasjin, Russian soccer player, goalie 1929 Birthday Lev Yashin, Russian Athlete 1928 Event China expels all Russian instructors and civil servants 1928 Death Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49 1928 Birthday Serge Gainsbourg, Ginsburg, Russian/French singer, Ford Mustang 1927 Death Sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66 1927 Death Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 1926 Event Russian Politburo throws out Leo Trotsky and followers 1925 Death Sergei Yesenin, Russian Poet 1925 Birthday Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist 1925 Death Boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies 1925 Death Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76 1925 Event Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council 1924 Death Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26 1924 Birthday Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author, Student! 1924 Death Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23 1924 Event Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad 1924 Death Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53 1924 Death Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader 1923 Death Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer, dies at 60 1923 Birthday Dmitri T Jazov, Russian minister of defense, 1991 coup 1923 Death Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated 1922 Death Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor and director, dies at 39 1922 Birthday Iser J Koepermann, Russian/U.S. world checkers champ, 1958-68, 75-76 1922 Event Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR 1922 Birthday Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot, downed 352 Russian aircrafts 1922 Death Dmitri B Shostakovich, father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies 1922 Birthday Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster 1921 Death Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russian baron/general, dies 1921 Death Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40 1921 Birthday Nina Vyroubova, Russian/French ballerina, Pavlova-prize 1957 1921 Event Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR 1921 Death Pjotr A Kropotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78 1920 Death Salomon Anski, Russian/Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57 1920 Event Tatar ASSR forms in Russian SFSR 1920 Death Alexander Koltsjak, Admiral/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed 1920 Birthday George Skibine, Russian/U.S. dancer and choreographer, Tragedy in Verona 1919 Birthday Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian Inventor 1919 Event U.S. police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers 1919 Death Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer (Seven Hangs), dies at 48 1919 Death Leonid Andreyev, Russian Playwright 1919 Birthday Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player 1919 Death Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher and writer, dies at 62 1918 Event Russian 10th Army drives out White armies of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad) 1918 Death Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60 1918 Birthday Vladimir Dudentzev, Russian writer 1918 Event Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic forms 1918 Death Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies 1918 Event Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent 1918 Event Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party 1917 Event Russian secret police in Czechoslovakia forms under Felix Dzerzjinski 1917 Event Kerenski regime declares Russian republic 1917 Death Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed 1917 Event Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM 1917 Event Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol 1917 Event Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate 1917 Event Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1917 Event Russian revolution breaks out in Petrograd 1917 Event Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (OS) 1917 Event Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1917 Event Russian revolution breaks out 1917 Death Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 1916 Death Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 1916 Death Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated 1916 Death Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered 1916 Death Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russian bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies 1916 Event Russian offensive in Armenia 1916 Event Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack 1916 Event Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia 1916 Event Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia 1916 Event Russian offensive in Kaukasus 1915 Event Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia 1915 Event Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia 1915 Birthday Margarita J Aliger, Russian poet, Zoja, 1915 Birthday Margarita J Aliger, Russian poet, Zoja, 1915 Event Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army 1915 Death Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, Russian composer (Oresteia), dies at 58 1915 Death Alexander N. Skriabin, Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 1915 Death Alexander Scriabin, Russian Composer 1915 Event 20th Russian Army corps surrenders 1915 Event 2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army 1915 Event Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops 1914 Event British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany 1914 Event Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army 1914 Death Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide 1914 Event 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, General Martos caught 1914 Death ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle 1914 Event 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles 1914 Event Russian army atacks Austrian army in Galicia 1914 Event Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army 1914 Event Battle at Gumbinnen, East-Prussia: Russian beat Germans 1914 Death Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 1914 Event Russian troops take East-Prussia and occupy Marggrabowa 1914 Event Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia 1914 Birthday Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary 1914 Birthday Romain Gary, Russian Novelist 1913 Event Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers 1913 Birthday Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer 1913 Event Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane) 1912 Birthday Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, Arkadia 598-Schubert 1911 Birthday Anatol Rapoport, Russian/US mathem/biologist, game theory 1910 Birthday David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music 1910 Death Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 1910 Death Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War and Peace), dies at 82 1910 Birthday Soulima Stravinsky, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Russian pianist, Igor's son 1910 Birthday Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian conductor 1910 Death Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Russian composer (Islamej), dies at 73 1910 Birthday Joeri German, Russian writer 1909 Death Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 1909 Death Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/translator, dies at 53 1909 Birthday Andrei A. Gromyko, Russian Politician 1909 Birthday Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity 1909 Birthday Mary Antin, Russian Activist 1909 Event Russian tsar Nicolas II dissolves Finnish Diet 1909 Birthday Lev D Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel 1962 1909 Death Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60 1908 Birthday Viktor A Ambartsoemjan, Russian astronomer, Stalin Prize 1946, 1950 1908 Death Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 1908 Birthday Boris N Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer 1908 Birthday Boris N. Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer 1907 Death Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79 1907 Death Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72 1906 Birthday Dimitri Shostakovich, Russian Composer 1906 Birthday Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP 1906 Birthday Wassely Leontief, Russian/U.S. economist, Nobel 1973 1906 Birthday Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer 1906 Death Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer and conductor c t, dies at 44 1906 Birthday Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist 1905 Event Netherlands/Russian Count Witte becomes premier of Russia 1905 Event "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties 1905 Event Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish 1905 Event Russian tsar installs "Imperial Duma," without legislative powers 1905 Event Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin" 1905 Event Warsaw and Lodz revolt against Russian occupation 1905 Event Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima 1905 Birthday Grigorij M. Kosinzev, Russian director 1905 Birthday Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author, Sputniki 1905 Event Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops 1904 Event Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship 1904 Event Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur 1904 Event Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian 1904 Death Plehve, Russian foreign minister (bomb under carriage), dies 1904 Death Anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44 1904 Death Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist 1904 Death N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies 1904 Birthday Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Netherlands choreographer 1904 Death Vasili Vereshtshagin, Russian painter (War and Peace), dies 1904 Event Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1904 Birthday Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer, La Chatte 1903 Birthday Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer, When the Cranes Fly 1903 Birthday Grigori V Aleksandrov, Russian director, Veselye Rebjata 1903 Birthday Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist, 1st Rus nuclear bomb 1902 Birthday Michail A Suslov, Russian party ideologist 1902 Birthday Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, Ultimatum Factory, 1902 Birthday Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, Ultimatum Factory, 1902 Birthday Nathalie Sarraute, Cherniak, Russian/French playwright 1902 Death Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, dies at 58 1902 Death Sipyagain, Russian Minister of Interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated 1901 Birthday Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory 1901 Birthday Alexander Alexeieff, Russian/French painter and graphic artist 1900 Birthday Andrei Vlasov, Russian general, Red Army, Wehrmacht 1900 Birthday Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet, Life of Tchernyshevsky 1900 Death Ivan K Aivazovski, Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at 82 1899 Birthday Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist, Po Zakonu 1898 Death Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78 1898 Death Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78 1898 Birthday Alexandra G "Alja" von Hoyer-Rachmanova, Russian/Australia author, Students 1898 Birthday Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer, Gayaneh 1898 Birthday Paul Urysohn, Russian mathematician 1898 Birthday Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director, Alexandr Nevski, 1897 Birthday Iwan S. Konew, Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw 1896 Birthday Constantine Rokossovski, Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland 1896 Birthday Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense, WW II 1896 Birthday Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer, against Pasternak, 1896 Birthday Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer, against Pasternak, 1896 Birthday Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author, Volga 1896 Birthday Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author, Volga 1896 Birthday Pavel G. Antokolski, Russian poet/director, Syn, 1896 Birthday Andrei A. Zjdanov, Russian politician, against kosmopolitism 1896 Birthday Dziga Vertiv, Denis A Kaufman, Russian director, Sjagai, Soviet! 1895 Birthday Eduard Bagritsky, Dzhubin, Russian poet/journalist, South-West 1895 Birthday Lewis Milestone, Russian Director 1895 Birthday Sergei Yesenin, Russian Poet 1895 Birthday Michail M Soschtschenko, Russian author 1895 Birthday Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author 1895 Birthday S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner 1895 Birthday Semjon Timoshenko, Russian marshal/inspector-general, WW II 1894 Death Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64 1894 Birthday Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist 1894 Birthday Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, Ogelala 1894 Birthday Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder, Ilyushin 1893 Birthday Abel J Herzberg, Russian/Dutch writer, Persecution of Jews 1893 Death Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 1892 Birthday Alexander A Aljechin, Russian/French chess champ, 1927-35, 37-46 1892 Birthday Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian Poet 1892 Event Russian/French generals Obruchev/Boisdeffre signs Duple Alliance 1892 Birthday Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author, Bespokojnaja Joenostj, 1892 Birthday Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author, Povestj Zjizni, 1892 Birthday Nikolaj A. Orloff, Russian/British pianist, Chopin 1891 Birthday Sergei Prokofiev, Russian Composer 1891 Death Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian Mathematician 1891 Birthday Osip E Mandelstam, Warsaw Poland, Russian poet, Noise of Time 1891 Birthday Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet and author, Kamenj 1890 Birthday El Lissitzky, Russian Artist 1890 Birthday Lubov Tchernicheva, Russian ballerina 1890 Birthday Naum Gabo, Pevsner, Russian/US sculptor, Stillife Flower 1890 Birthday Ossip Zadkine, Russian/French sculptor, Destroyed City 1890 Birthday Georg Annenkov, Russian/French painter 1890 Birthday Boris L Pasternak, Russian poet and writer, Dr. Zhivago, 1890 Birthday Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist 1889 Birthday Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet 1889 Birthday Efim D. Bogoljubov, Russian chess player 1889 Death Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65 1889 Birthday Pitirim A. Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, Social mobility 1888 Birthday Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder 1888 Birthday Selman Waksman, Russian/U.S. microbiologist, Nobel 1951 1888 Birthday Anna Achmatova, AA Gorenko, Russian conductor, Tsjetki 1887 Birthday John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions 1887 Birthday Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch 1887 Death Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73 1887 Death Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 1887 Death Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 1886 Birthday Mark Aldanov, Landau, Russian/French chemist/writer 1886 Birthday Grigory K Ordzhonikidze, Sergo, Russian revolutionary politician 1886 Birthday Mark Aldanov, Landau, Russian/French chemist, Myslitel, 1886 Birthday Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor and director, Chechov 1883 Birthday Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian lawyer/Foreign Minister/UN-ambassador 1883 Birthday Adolf A Joffe, Russian revolutionary/writer, Brest-Litovsk 1883 Birthday Grogorij J Zinovjev, Gerson Radomyslski, Russian 1883 Birthday Fjodor W. Gladkow, Russian writer, Cement 1883 Birthday Aleksander V. Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor 1883 Death Pavel Melnikov, Petsjerski, Russian historian, dies at 64 1883 Birthday Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor and director, Eric XIV 1883 Death Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies 1883 Birthday Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, Pjotr Peroyj, 1882 Death Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, dies at 35 1882 Event 14 Russian Jews of Bilu, arrive in Jaffa Palestine 1882 Event Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms 1881 Birthday Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier, 1917-Prelude to Bolshevism 1881 Event Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad 1881 Birthday Alexander Kerensky, Simbirsk, Russian PM, 1917 1881 Birthday Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter 1881 Death Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 1881 Death Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime and Punishment), dies at 59 1881 Death Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist 1881 Death Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 1880 Birthday Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Netherlands violinist and conductor 1880 Birthday Alexander A Block, Russian poet, Dvenatsat 1880 Birthday Alexander A Block, Russian poet, Dvenatsat 1880 Birthday Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist, crystal 1880 Birthday Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher 1879 Birthday Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000 1879 Birthday Leon Davidovitsj Trotsky, Leib Bronstein, Russian revolutionary 1879 Birthday Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician 1879 Birthday Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, President of 1st Soviet, 1879 Birthday Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer 1878 Birthday Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman 1878 Birthday Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai 1878 Birthday Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general, White Armies, WW II 1878 Event Russian assault on Plevna Turkey, 7,300 Russian casualties 1877 Death Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56 1877 Birthday Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer, Iveren 1876 Birthday Maxim M Litvinov, Meyer H Wallach, Russian diplomat 1876 Death Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary 1875 Death Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 1875 Birthday Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state 1875 Death Aleksei K Tolstoi, Kozjma Prutkov, Russian poet and writer, dies at 58 1875 Death Aleksei K Tolstoi, Kozjma Prutkov, Russian poet, dies at 58 1874 Birthday Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian Philosopher 1874 Birthday Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor, Houligan 1873 Birthday L Martov, Yuly O Tsederbaum, Russian revolutionary 1873 Birthday Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano, Rigoletto 1873 Birthday Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/U.S. pianist/composer, Aleko 1873 Birthday Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist, Pages from My Life 1872 Birthday Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina, 1894-1918 1872 Birthday Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist and composer 1872 Death Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 1872 Birthday Alexander Scriabin, Russian Composer 1871 Death Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45 1871 Birthday Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer, Red Laugh 1871 Birthday Leonid Andreyev, Russian Playwright 1871 Birthday Gregory Efimovich Rasputin, mad Russian monk 1870 Death Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 1870 Birthday Alexander Berkman, Russian Writer 1870 Birthday Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok 1870 Birthday Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok 1870 Birthday Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice, 1918-19 1870 Birthday Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader 1870 Death Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies 1870 Death Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 1869 Birthday Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin 1869 Birthday Nadezhda Konstantinova Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Soc-Dem 1868 Birthday Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer 1868 Birthday Maxim Gorky, Russian Novelist 1867 Birthday Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist 1866 Birthday Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French abstract painter, Dreamy Inspiration 1866 Birthday Wassily Kandinsky, Russian Artist 1866 Birthday Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet 1866 Birthday Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet 1865 Birthday Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint 1865 Death Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist, dies at 71 1864 Birthday Alexander Tikhonovich Gretsjaninow, Russian/US composer, Snow White 1863 Event 5 Russian warships welcomed in New York City 1862 Birthday Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer 1862 Birthday Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer 1862 Birthday Nikolaj N Yudenitcch, Russian general/counter-revolutionary 1862 Death Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] 1862 Death Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 1861 Event Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg 1861 Birthday Sergei D Sazonov, Russian minister of Foreign Affairs, 1910-16 1861 Event Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom 1861 Event Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland 1861 Event Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom 1861 Birthday Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author, Im Kampf um Gott 1860 Death Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43 1860 Birthday Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter 1860 Birthday Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter 1860 Birthday Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist 1860 Birthday Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author, Journal 1859 Birthday Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist, Esperanto 1859 Death Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67 1859 Birthday Sholom Aleichem, Russian Writer 1858 Birthday Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, playwright, Life in Russian Theater 1858 Event Partial emancipation of Russian serfs 1857 Birthday Michail V Aleksejev, Russian general, WW I-chief of staff 1857 Event Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die 1857 Birthday Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian Scientist 1857 Death Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer, dies at 53 1856 Birthday Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist 1856 Birthday Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, Laodania 1856 Birthday Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, Laodania 1856 Event Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns 1856 Death Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies 1855 Birthday Ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist, new types of fruit 1855 Death Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russian writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies 1855 Birthday Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake 1855 Birthday Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake, 1854 Event Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000 1854 Death ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann 1853 Event Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki, Japan 1852 Death Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69 1852 Death Nikolai Gogol, Russian playwright (Dead Soles), dies 1852 Birthday Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author, Tjoma Kartashov 1852 Birthday Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author, Tjoma Kartashov 1850 Birthday Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian Mathematician 1849 Birthday Sergei J Witte, Netherlands/Russian count/premier Russia 1848 Birthday Zinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian Vice-Admiral 1848 Death Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies 1848 Birthday Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general and minister of War 1847 Birthday Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, Catechism Revolutionary 1846 Birthday Vladimir Koppen, Russian/German meteorologist 1846 Death Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 1846 Death Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 1845 Birthday Alexander III A Romanov, Russian tsar, 1881-94 1845 Birthday Alexander III, St. Petersburg, Russian tsar, 1881-94, 3/10 NS 1843 Birthday Vasili V Vereshchagin, Russian painter, War and Peace 1843 Birthday Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, Peter the Great 1842 Birthday Pjotr A. Kopotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist 1842 Birthday Peter Kropotkin, Russian Revolutionary 1842 Birthday Vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian 1841 Death Mikhail Lermontov, Russian Poet 1840 Birthday Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski 1840 Birthday Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski 1840 Birthday Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1812 Overture, 5/7 NS 1839 Birthday Modest P. Mussorgsky, Russian composer, Boris Godunov 1838 Death Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 1838 Death Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 1837 Death Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle 1837 Death Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 1837 Death Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author 1834 Birthday Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist, Periodic Table 1829 Birthday Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer 1828 Birthday Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1827 Birthday Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer/senator 1827 Event Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russian/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet 1826 Death Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer, hanged at 33 1826 Birthday Alexander Aphanashev, Russian story teller, Narodnye roesskie skazki 1824 Birthday Constantine D. Uschinsky, Russian theorist 1824 Birthday Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator 1823 Birthday Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, Denj, Moskvitsh 1823 Birthday Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright, Artists and Admirers 1822 Birthday Lev A. Mej, Russian nobleman/poet 1821 Birthday Nikolai A. Nekrasov, Russian poet, Russkije Zjenjshiny 1821 Birthday Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist 1821 Birthday Fjodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Russian novelist 1821 Birthday Aleksej F. Pisemski, Russian writer, Clodhopper 1819 Birthday Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet, Stichotvorenija 1818 Birthday Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, V Lesach 1818 Birthday Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, V Lesach 1818 Death Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian Field Marshal/War Minister, dies 1817 Birthday Aleksei K Tolstoi, Kozjma Prutkov, Russian poet and writer 1817 Birthday Aleksei K Tolstoi, Kozjma Prutkov, Russian poet and writer 1817 Birthday Constantine S. Aksakov, Russian historian and poet 1816 Event Dutch King Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna 1814 Birthday Mikhail Lermontov, Russian Poet 1814 Birthday Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet and writer, Demon and other poems 1814 Birthday Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist 1814 Birthday Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary 1813 Birthday Pavel Annenkov, Russian lit historian, Zametsjatelnoje desjatiletie 1812 Death Pyotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle 1812 Event 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River 1811 Birthday Vissarion Belinsky, born in Sveaborg, Finland, Russian author, Literary Review 1811 Event Russian settlers establish Ft. Ross trading post, north of SF 1809 Birthday Nikolai Gogol, father of 19th-century Russian realism, Dead Souls 1805 Event Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French 1804 Birthday Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet, Sasjka, 1804 Birthday Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet, Sasjka, 1803 Birthday Michail I Glinka, Russian composer 1800 Birthday Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/author, Povesti 1799 Event Convention of Alkmaar: English/Russian invasion army departs 1799 Event Battle at Castricum: French and Bataafs army beats English/Russian army 1799 Event English and Russian invasion army conquerors Receiver 1799 Birthday Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit 1799 Birthday Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author 1797 Birthday Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author 1796 Death Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty 1796 Birthday Nikoli A. Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, Sotsjinenija, 1796 Birthday Nikoli A. Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, Sotsjinenija, 1794 Event Russian troops occupy Warsaw 1794 Birthday Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist 1793 Birthday Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer 1792 Event Russian army enters Poland 1791 Birthday Sergey Aksakov, Russia, novelist, Chronicles of a Russian Family 1791 Birthday Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer, Semejnaja chronika 1790 Event Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks 1789 Death Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 1789 Birthday Pavel P. Gagarin, Russian monarch 1788 Event Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov 1788 Event Russian fleet destroys Swedish 1785 Event Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges 1784 Event Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK 1783 Death Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64 1783 Birthday Vasili A. Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator, Homer 1783 Birthday Vasili A. Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator, Homerus 1780 Birthday Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs 1775 Death Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies 1772 Death Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 1770 Event Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish 1770 Birthday Nikita P. Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs 1765 Death Michail vs. Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 1762 Event Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II 1762 Event Russian tsarina Catharina II grabs power 1761 Birthday Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Scot/Russian minister of War 1761 Event Russian army occupies Kolberg 1760 Event Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin 1760 Event Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin 1760 Event Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin 1760 Event Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin 1758 Death Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-Field Marshal, dies at 56 1758 Event Russian troops occupy Konigsberg, East Prussia 1757 Event Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia 1755 Event 1st Russian university opens (Moscow) 1755 Event Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University 1751 Event England signs Austrian and Russian alliance 1748 Birthday Amalia Furstin von Gallitzin, wife of Russian monarch Golitsyn 1744 Birthday Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian/Russian master builder, Hermitage Theater 1741 Event Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers 1738 Death Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed 1734 Birthday Grigori G Orlov, Russian guard officer/favorite of Catharina II 1734 Event Russian army occupies Danzig 1729 Birthday Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty 1728 Death Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian General-Admiral, dies at about 57 1728 Birthday Peter III, Kiel Germany, Russian tsar, 1762, husband of Catherine 1728 Birthday Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia, 1761-62 1727 Event Russian and Chinese accord to correct boundaries 1722 Event Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia 1721 Event Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1719 Event Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact 1718 Birthday Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/diplomat, plot against Peter III 1716 Event Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar 1716 Event Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar 1715 Event Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund 1715 Event Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund 1714 Event Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet 1711 Birthday Michail V Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet 1710 Event Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget 1708 Event Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1708 Event Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1702 Birthday Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-Field Marshal 1699 Event Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 1698 Event Russian czar Peter the Great begins term 1698 Event Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam 1698 Event Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England 1690 Birthday Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI 1675 Event Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut 1671 Birthday Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader 1671 Death Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed 1671 Event Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin 1670 Event Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers 1654 Event Russian troops occupy Smolensk on Poland 1653 Event Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine 1613 Event Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar 1610 Event Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russian and Sweden 1608 Event Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-govt 1605 Event Valse Dimitri crowned Russian tsar for 1st time 1603 Death Irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies 1598 Event Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I 1591 Death Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 1584 Death Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 1581 Birthday Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of Ivan IV "the Terrible" 1563 Event Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania 1557 Event 1st Russian Embassy opens in London, Russia and U.S. sign trade agreement 1547 Event Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova 1505 Death Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies 1440 Birthday Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar, 1462-1505, conquered Lithuania 1392 Death Sergius van Radonesj, Russian saint, dies at 78 1314 Birthday Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint 1263 Death Alexander Nevski, Aleksandr, Russian ruler (1252-63), dies at 43 1220 Birthday Alexander Nevski, Aleksandr, Russian great ruler, 1252-63
