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| Mar. 29 |
Moscow |
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Russia to expel 60 US diplomats, close US consulate in St. Petersburg |
| Mar. 26 |
Washington |
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Trump expelling 60 Russian diplomats in wake of UK nerve agent attack The United States, European Union countries, Canada and Ukraine expelled more than 100 Russian diplomats on Monday | |
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Siberia |
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Russia Kemerovo fire: Shopping centre exits 'were blocked'
| Mar.18 |
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International monitors slam Russian election as 'overly controlled' |
| Mar.15 |
Washington |
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In joint statement, world leaders agree Russia behind nerve agent attack Trump, Macron, Merkel and May said they 'abhor' the attack against Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury on March 4 | |
| Mar.7 |
England |
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Russian spy: Police seek to identify nerve agent source
Map of Salisbury Wiltshire United Kingdom Counter-terrorism officers are working to uncover the origin of the nerve agent used in the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia | |
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| Feb.11 |
Moscow |
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Russia jet carrying 71 people crashes after Moscow take-off
| Feb.3 |
Northern Syria |
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Russian fighter jet shot down in Syria's Idlib province |
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| Jan.28 |
Moscow |
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Navalny detained on day of protests |
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| Dec.11 |
Northern Syria |
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Putin orders withdrawal of Russian troops in visit to Syrian base |
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| Jul.30 |
Moscow |
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Putin orders 755 US diplomatic staff to leave |
| Jul.10 |
Washington |
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Email 'linked Kremlin to Trump son meeting' |
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| Apr.3 |
St. Petersburg |
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St. Petersburg subway blast: Attacker planted two bombs
Map of Sennaya Ploshchad St. Petersburg Russia The man suspected of killing 11 people in a St Petersburg train is in his early 20s and from Central Asia. At least 45 people were injured in the explosion between two undergroun... | |
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| Dec.29 |
Washington |
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Obama expels 35 Russian diplomats in retaliation for hacking |
| Dec.24 |
Sochi |
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Russian military plane 'crashes in Black Sea near Sochi'
Map of Sochi The plane disappeared from radar 20 minutes after taking off from Adler. Tu-154 was carrying service personnel, members of the choir and reporters. The plane was reportedly flyi... | |
| Dec.19 |
Turkey |
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Russian ambassador to Turkey shot dead in Ankara |
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| Jul.21 |
Switzerland |
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Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month's Games
Map of Avenue de Beaumont 2 1012 Lausanne Switzerland Russian track and field athletes will remain banned from the Olympics following claims the country ran a state-sponsored doping program
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| Mar.18 |
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All 61 aboard Dubai airliner killed in crash in south Russia |
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| Nov.24 |
Northern Syria |
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Russia warplane shot down in Syria
Map of Latakia Syria Russian President Vladimir Putin has bitterly condemned the downing of a Russian jet on the Turkey-Syria border
| Nov.9 |
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Athletics doping: Wada commission wants Russia ban |
| Oct.31 |
Sinai |
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No survivors on Russian airliner KGL9268
Map of Hasna Egypt Airbus A-321 has crashed in central Sinai killing all 224 people on board. It left the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bound for St Petersburg
| Sep.30 |
Northern Syria |
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Russia launches first airstrikes in Syria |
| May.9 |
Moscow |
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Russia stages massive WWII parade |
| Feb.27 |
Moscow |
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Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead
| Feb.18 |
Donbass |
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Ukraine troops pull back from a key town as truce falters |
| Feb.12 |
Belarus |
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Ukraine ceasefire deal reached |
| Jan.24 |
Donbass |
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Rockets kill 21 in Ukraine city as rebel offensive begins |
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| Nov.2 |
Donbass |
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Ukrainian breakaway regions hold elections |
| Sep.5 |
Belarus |
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Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels sign ceasefire deal |
| Sep.1 |
NATO |
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NATO to create 'high-readiness force,' secretary-general says |
| Aug.28 |
Donbass |
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1,000 Russian troops have entered Ukraine
Map of Novoazovsk Donetsk Ukraine A top Ukrainian army officer said a 'full-scale invasion' of his country was under way, as a U.S. say up to 1,000 Russian troops had crossed the border
| Aug.24 |
Donbass |
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Donetsk rebels parade captured soldiers |
| Aug.22 |
Donbass |
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Russian convoy rolls into Ukraine |
| Aug.11 |
Moscow |
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Putin taunts West with humanitarian convoy in eastern Ukraine |
| Jul.5 |
Donbass |
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Donetsk rebels in mass withdrawal |
| May.27 |
Donbass |
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Dozens die as Donetsk airport 'retaken' |
| May.11 |
Donbass |
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Ukraine rebels claim poll victory |
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Eastern Ukraine |
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Ukraine rebels hold self-rule vote |
| May.2 |
Ukraine |
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Police: 38 dead in protest-linked Odessa fire |
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Donbass |
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'Many dead' in Ukraine offensive |
| Apr.26 |
Donbass |
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Ukraine crisis: Observers held captive |
| Apr.15 |
Donbass |
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Ukraine begins 'anti-terror' action |
| Apr.6 |
Donbass |
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Pro-Russians storm government office in Donetsk
Map of Donetsk Ukraine Pro-Russian protesters have stormed the regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk
| Mar.27 |
UN Gen. Assembly |
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U.N. General Assembly: Crimean referendum invalid |
| Mar.22 |
Crimea |
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Forces storm Ukrainian military bases |
| Mar.16 |
Crimea |
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Crimea referendum: Voters 'back Russia union'
Map of Crimea Some 95.5% of voters in Crimea have supported joining Russia, officials say. after half the votes have been counted in a disputed referendum
| Feb.27 |
Crimea |
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Russian troops seize govt buildings in Crimea |
| Feb.7 |
Sochi |
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Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics opens with glittering ceremony
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| Dec.29 |
Volga Region |
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2nd deadly explosion hits Volgograd |
| Dec.20 |
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Khodorkovsky leaves Russian prison after Putin signs pardon |
| Nov.17 |
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'Dozens dead' in Russian plane crash |
| Jul.17 |
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Protest leader Alexei Navalny convicted |
| Apr.25 |
Moscow |
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Dozens die in Russia hospital fire |
| Feb.15 |
Ural |
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Meteor injures hundreds in Russia
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| Aug.17 |
Moscow |
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Pussy Riot found guilty of hooliganism |
| Mar.4 |
Moscow |
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Putin declares win in elections |
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| Sep.7 |
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Airliner with ice hockey team in fatal crash |
| Jul.10 |
Volga Region |
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Cruise ship sinks with 182 aboard |
| Jan.24 |
Moscow |
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Blast rocks Moscow's main airport |
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| Dec.27 |
Moscow |
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Russian court finds Khodorkovsky guilty |
| Aug.2 |
Moscow |
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Russian fires prompt state of emergency Authorities have imposed a state of emergency around about 500 towns and villages because of wildfires burning across the west of the countr...
| Apr.10 |
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Polish president died in plane crash
Tupolev 154, carrying Lech Kaczynski, has crashed near a Russian airport. 87 people were killed; there were no survivors
| Mar.28 |
Moscow |
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Dozens killed in subway blasts |
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| Dec.4 |
Ural |
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152 killed in nightclub blast and fire |
| Jan.6 |
European Union |
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European gas supplies disrupted |
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| Nov.21 |
Moscow |
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Russia extends presidential term |
| Aug.8 |
South Ossetia |
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Georgia under attack by Russian tanks
Georgia's president said that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians
| Mar.2 |
Moscow |
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Medvedev 'heading for clear win' |
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| Apr.26 |
Estonia |
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Estonia removes Soviet memorial |
| Apr.23 |
Moscow |
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Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies |
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| Nov.23 |
London |
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Poisoned former KGB spy dies |
| Mar.3 |
Moscow |
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Hamas visits Moscow |
| Jan.1 |
Ukraine |
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Russia cuts gas supplies |
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| Aug.6 |
Russian Far East |
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Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe |
| May.31 |
Moscow |
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Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years |
| May.9 |
Moscow |
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Leaders mourn Soviet wartime dead |
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| Sep.3 |
North Caucasus |
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350 dead after troops storm school |
| Aug.24 |
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Two passenger jets crash |
| Mar.14 |
Moscow |
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Putin claims second term |
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| Oct.25 |
Moscow |
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Russian troops storm theater |
| Aug.19 |
Chechnya |
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Crash: 115 servicemen dead |
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| Mar.27 |
Moscow |
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Putin elected president |
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| Dec. 11, 1994 |
Chechnya |
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First Chechen War A conflict between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
| Dec. 26, 1991 |
Moscow |
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union The declaration acknowledging the independence of the erstwhile Soviet republics and creating the Commonwealth of Independent States
| Feb. 15, 1989 |
Afghanistan |
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End of Soviet–Afghan War Part of the Cold War, it was fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces against multi-national insurgent groups called the Mujahideen
| Mar. 11, 1985 |
Moscow |
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Premier of Soviet Union Gorbachev was elected General Secretary by the Politburo. His policies of glasnost and perestroika contributed to the end of the Cold War
| Sep. 1, 1983 |
Russian Far East |
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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down
The airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island, in the Sea of Japa...
| Nov. 10, 1982 |
Moscow |
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Death of Leonid Brezhnev
He died aged 76 after suffering a heart attack following years of serious ailments. His death was officially acknowledged on 11 November
| Aug. 21, 1968 |
Czech Republic |
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Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union and its main allies invaded Czechoslovakia in order to halt Alexander Dubcek's Prague Spring political liberalisation refor...
| Apr. 12, 1961 |
Kazakhstan |
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin is first man in space
A Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut; the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Eart...
| Oct. 4, 1957 |
Kazakhstan |
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Sputnik I launched
The Soviet Union launched the first artificial Earth satellite into an elliptical low Earth orbit. It was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere
| Mar. 5, 1953 |
Moscow |
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Death of Joseph Stalin
| Jun. 24, 1948 |
Berlin |
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Russian blockade of Berlin began
| Sep. 2, 1945 |
Tokyo |
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Japan surrender signed
| Aug. 2, 1945 |
Eastern Germany |
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Potsdam Conference ended
| May. 9, 1945 |
Berlin |
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World War II ends in Europe
| Jan. 27, 1945 |
Poland |
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Auschwitz concentration camp liberated
| Jan. 31, 1943 |
Volga Region |
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Germans surrendered at Stalingrad
| Jun. 22, 1941 |
Belarus |
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Germany invades Russia
| Aug. 21, 1940 |
Mexico |
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Trotsky assassinated in Mexico |
| Jul. 12, 1918 |
Ural |
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Tsar Nicholas murdered by Bolsheviks
| Mar. 15, 1917 |
St. Petersburg |
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February Revolution in Russia
| Nov. 6, 1917 |
St. Petersburg |
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Bolshevik Revolution
| Dec. 15, 1916 |
St. Petersburg |
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Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin murdered
| Oct. 26, 1905 |
Ukraine |
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Mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin |
| Jan. 22, 1905 |
St. Petersburg |
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Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg
| Feb. 7, 1904 |
Tokyo |
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Russo-Japanese War declared
| Jun. 17, 1882 |
St. Petersburg |
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Igor Stravinsky born |
| Apr. 9, 1870 |
Volga Region |
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin born
| Mar. 30, 1867 |
Alaska |
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U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia |
| Jan. 13, 1864 |
St. Petersburg |
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Zemstvos, or provincial assemblies, formed in Russea |
| Mar. 3, 1861 |
St. Petersburg |
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Emancipation Edict liberates Russian serfs
| Sep. 11, 1855 |
Crimea |
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Sebastopol surrendered
| May. 7, 1840 |
Ural |
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky born
| Dec. 26, 1825 |
St. Petersburg |
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Decembrist uprising in Russia
| Sep. 26, 1815 |
Paris |
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Holy Alliance between Russia, Austria, and Prussia
| Oct. 19, 1812 |
Moscow |
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Napoleon begins retreat from Moscow |
| Oct. 22, 1721 |
St. Petersburg |
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Peter I proclaimed Emperor of all the Russias
| Jun. 9, 1672 |
Moscow |
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Peter the Great born
| Jan. 16, 1547 |
Moscow |
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First Russian Tsar, Ivan the Terrible, crowned |