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Historical Events
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1380-09-08 - Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols
1408-12-05 - Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.
1448-12-05 - Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
1472-06-24 - Zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow
1478-01-18 - Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod
1547-01-16 - Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow
1547-06-21 - Great fire in Moscow
1552-10-29 - Czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle
1569-12-23 - St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1589-01-26 - Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
1612-11-01 - (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
1613-02-21 - Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar
1619-06-24 - Tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow
1642-03-27 - The sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Joseph takes office.
1648-06-10 - Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov
1649-06-01 - Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow
1665-05-05 - Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow
1698-08-25 - Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe
1699-02-04 - 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
1708-09-11 - Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire is no longer a major power.
1752-06-03 - Moscow houses & churchs destroyed by fire
1752-06-06 - 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed
1755-01-25 - Moscow University established on Tatiana Day.
1755-04-26 - 1st Russian university opens (Moscow)
1763-09-01 - Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
1812-09-14 - Napoleon occupies Moscow & fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th)
1812-09-15 - French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow
1812-09-16 - Fire of Moscow
1812-09-18 - Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses & 1,000 churchs
1812-10-19 - Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow
1812-10-24 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
1854-01-25 - Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow
1859-11-16 - Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow
1876-11-17 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patriotic Slavonic March made its premiere in Moscow to a warm reception by the Russian people.
1877-03-04 - Tsjaikovski's incomplete ballet "Zwanenmeer," premieres in Moscow
1878-11-10 - Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bespridannitsa," premieres in Moscow
1879-03-29 - Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow
1882-08-20 - Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" opens in Moscow
1883-05-27 - Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow
1888-03-20 - The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta was staged in Moscow, Russia.
1891-04-23 - Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia
1892-10-08 - Sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow
1896-05-18 - Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1901-01-31 - Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater
1902-10-25 - Maksin Gorki's "Na dne," premieres in Moscow
1904-01-17 - Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater
1908-09-30 - Maurice Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau Blue," premieres in Moscow
1914-12-15 - Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow
1918-03-11 - Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia
1919-03-23 - Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms
1922-05-21 - "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize
1922-09-17 - Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station)
1924-10-12 - Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
1925-12-21 - Eisenstein's movie Potemkin premieres in Moscow
1927-01-09 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' Octet opus 11, premieres in Moscow
1927-12-04 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow
1928-09-28 - Valentin Katayev's "Kvadratura Kruga," premieres in Moscow
1929-02-13 - Vladimir Mayakofsky's "Klop," premieres in Moscow
1930-04-21 - Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid," premieres in Moscow
1933-05-24 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's Preludes, premieres in Moscow
1935-04-28 - Moscow underground opens (81 km long)
1935-05-15 - The Moscow Metro is opened to public.
1936-05-02 - "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow
1936-08-19 - Trial against Ljev Kamenev & Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow
1937-07-12 - -13) Tupolev ANT-25 non-stop flight Moscow to San Jacinto Calif
1941-09-30 - German assault on Moscow: operation-Taifun, begins
1941-10-01 - D Sjostakovitch plane evacuated in Moscow
1941-10-02 - Germans launch attack on Moscow
1941-10-12 - Russian govt moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow
1941-10-16 - Germany advances within 60 miles (96 K) of Moscow
1941-10-25 - Germany attacks Moscow
1941-11-12 - Germany's drive to take Moscow halted
1941-11-23 - German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow
1941-12-05 - Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
1942-08-12 - British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin
1942-08-16 - Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow
1942-08-26 - Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow
1943-10-01 - Averell Harriman named US ambassador to Moscow
1943-10-19 - Conference of foreign ministers in Moscow
1943-11-03 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow
1944-10-09 - British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Moscow
1944-10-19 - British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow
1944-12-02 - General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
1945-01-13 - Prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow
1945-06-24 - The Moscow Victory Parade takes place.
1948-07-08 - 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
1948-10-16 - Demonstration by Moscow Jews honoring Israeli ambassador Golda Meir
1952-10-05 - 19th congress of Communist Party meets in Moscow
1953-01-12 - 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow
1953-03-09 - Josef Stalin buried in Moscow
1954-06-27 - 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
1956-02-14 - 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
1956-02-23 - 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow
1956-06-02 - Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow
1956-06-30 - Lenins politics testament (1923) published in Moscow
1957-01-06 - Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia
1957-05-10 - Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow
1957-10-30 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 11th Symphony premieres in Moscow
1958-04-13 - Van Cliburn is the first American to win the Chaikovsky Compettion in Moscow.
1958-06-17 - Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy
Famous Birthdays
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1479-03-26 - Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III
1727-11-01 - Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, founder of the Moscow University (d. 1797)
1782-12-26 - Filaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)
1863-10-09 - Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)
1872-01-06 - Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)
1889-12-24 - Vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco)
1899-08-19 - Olga Baclanova, Moscow Russia, actress (Freaks, Docks of NY)
1899-12-06 - Nikolai Batalov, Moscow Russia, actor (Mother)
1900-03-21 - Eugenie Leontovitch, Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal)
1904-02-16 - George F Kennan, Milwaukee Wisc, US ambassador (to Moscow)
1906-02-16 - Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ (1927)
1906-09-24 - Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor (Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong)
1908-09-30 - David Oistrakh, Odessa Russia, violinist/prof (Moscow Conservatory)
1913-11-30 - John K M McCaffery, Moscow Idaho, TV host (One Minute Please)
1914-03-06 - Kirill P Kondrashin, Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981)
1921-05-21 - Andrei Sakharov, Moscow, physicist, human rights worker (Nobel '75)
1923-02-15 - Yelena Bonner, Moscow, soviet disident/wife of Andre Sakharov
1927-03-16 - Vladimir M Komarov, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Voshkod I Soyuz 1)
1928-09-06 - Evgeny Svetlanov, Moscow Russia, conductor (Siberian Fantasy)
1930-04-25 - Paul Mazursky, Brooklyn, writer/director (Moscow on the Hudson)
1931-05-04 - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio)
1932-12-16 - Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin, Moscow, composer (Humpback Horse)
1935-11-23 - Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 11)
1936-09-21 - Yuriy Luzhkov, Russian politician, mayor of Moscow
1941-07-19 - Natalya Bessmertnova, Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970)
1941-11-15 - Daniel Manus Pinkwater, US, sci-fi author (Magic Moscow)
1953-10-30 - Alexander Fedorovich Poleshchuk, Moscow, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-16)
1957-03-30 - Elena V Kondakova, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (STS 84)
1957-06-29 - Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuba, actress (Moscow on the Hudson)
1958-04-20 - Viacheslav Fetisov, Moscow, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Detroit)
1961-07-26 - Yolanda Chen, Moscow Russia, triple jumper (indoor record)
1964-01-14 - Sergei Nemchinov, Moscow Rus, NHL center (NY Islanders, Oly-Silver-98)
1964-07-08 - Alexei Gusarov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1964-08-09 - Yuri Khmylev, Moscow Rus, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
1965-10-16 - German Titov, Moscow Rus, NHL center (Calgary Flames, Oly-Silver-1998)
1965-10-20 - M Shtalenkov, Moscow Rus, NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1965-10-20 - Mikhail Shtalenkov, Moscow Russia, NHL goalie (Team Russia, Anaheim)
1965-12-25 - Dmitri Mironov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins, Anaheim)
1966-04-15 - Andrei Olhovskiy, Moscow Russia, tennis pro
1970-04-07 - Alexander Karpovtsev, Moscow Russia, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1970-07-22 - Sergei Zubov, Moscow Russia, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Pittsburgh)
1970-09-06 - Igor Korolev, Moscow Russia, NHLer (Team Russia, Winnipeg)
1970-10-01 - Alexei Zhamnov, Moscow Rus, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets, Oly-S-98)
1971-03-23 - Alexander Selivanov, Moscow Rus, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1971-03-31 - Pavel Bure, Moscow Rus, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
1971-04-18 - Oleg Petrov, Moscow Rus, NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens)
1971-06-08 - Elena Brioukhovets, Odessa Ukraine, tennis star (finalist 1990 Moscow)
1972-03-21 - Boris Mironov, Moscow, NHL defenseman (Team Russia Oly-S-98, Edmonton)
1972-10-20 - Oleg Fediukov, Moscow Russia, dance skater (& Debbie Koegel)
1973-02-01 - Elena Makarova, Moscow Russia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Val)
1973-02-24 - Alexei Kovalev, Moscow Rus, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1974-01-13 - Sergei Brylin, Moscow Rus, NHL center (NJ Devils)
1974-06-13 - Valeri Bure, Moscow Rus, NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens, Oly-S-98)
Famous Deaths
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1303-03-04 - Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)
1340-03-31 - Ivan I of Russia, Prince of Moscow (b. 1288)
1359-11-13 - Ivan II, great ruler of Moscow & Vladimir, dies
1406-09-16 - Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)
1462-03-27 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
1533-12-03 - Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54
1569-12-23 - St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1633-10-01 - Filaret, [Fjodor N Romanov], patriarch of Moscow, dies
1671-06-16 - Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow
1812-11-11 - Platon Levshin, Metropoitan of Moscow (b. 1737)
1905-02-17 - Serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered
1918-07-06 - Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies
1955-05-03 - Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies
1971-09-13 - Nikita Krushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow
