Today in Russia History (Part 6)
Sub-Topics: Chechnya - Dagestan - Kamchatka - Khabarovsk - Mordovia - Moscow - Saint Petersburg - Tatarstan - Volgograd
Historical Events
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1917-06-16 - 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia
1917-06-24 - Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol
1917-07-22 - Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM
1917-09-14 - Kerenski regime declares Russian republic
1917-09-14 - Provisional government of Russia forms, Republic proclaimed
1917-09-15 - Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky
1917-10-25 - In Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power
1917-10-25 - Pan-Russian Congress opens in Petrograd
1917-11-07 - October Revolution (Oct 26 OS) in Russia, Lenin seizes power
1917-12-06 - Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)
1917-12-11 - German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia
1917-12-15 - Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia
1917-12-20 - Russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski
1918-01-25 - Russia declared a republic of Soviets
1918-02-01 - Russia adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Feb 14)
1918-02-16 - Lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day)
1918-02-22 - Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia
1918-02-24 - Estonia declares independence from Russia
1918-03-03 - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria & Russia sign
1918-03-09 - Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
1918-03-11 - Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia
1918-05-26 - Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia
1918-05-28 - Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent
1918-07-10 - Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic forms
1918-08-15 - Russia severs diplomatic ties with US
1918-08-30 - Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot & wounded after speech
1918-09-04 - US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months
1918-09-05 - Decree "On Red Terror" is published in Russia
1918-10-18 - Russian 10th Army drives out White armies of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad)
1918-11-03 - Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I
1918-11-13 - Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
1918-11-18 - Latvia declares independence from Russia
1918-11-28 - Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia & Germany, abdicates
1919-01-01 - Belorussian SSR established
1919-11-07 - US police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers
1919-12-21 - J Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia
1920-01-01 - The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
1920-02-02 - Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace)
1920-05-27 - Tatar ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
1921-02-25 - Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
1921-03-01 - Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia
1921-04-11 - Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
1921-08-14 - Tannu Tuva, later Tuvinian People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Russia).
1921-09-21 - Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians
1921-10-04 - League of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians
1922-04-16 - German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized
1922-04-27 - Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR
1922-05-24 - Russian-Italian trade agreement signed
1922-12-30 - Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR & Transcaucasian SSR
1923-07-10 - 2-pound hailstones kill 23 & many cattle (Rostov, Russia)
1924-01-24 - Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad
1924-08-08 - British-Russian trade agreement signed
1924-09-08 - Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador
1924-10-28 - French-Russian trade agreement signed
1925-01-16 - Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council
1925-10-12 - German-Russian trade agreement signed
1925-12-17 - Russia & Turkey sign non-aggresion pact
1926-04-26 - Germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty
1926-09-28 - Russia & Latvia treaty of neutrality signed
1926-10-19 - Russian Politburo throws out Leo Trotsky & followers
1927-08-19 - Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state.
1928-09-28 - Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler
1928-10-22 - China expels all Russian instructors & civil servants
1929-01-31 - Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey
1929-05-03 - Prussia bans anti-fascists
1929-06-14 - Prussia & Vatican sign Concord
1929-08-11 - Russian-Chinese border fights
1932-04-24 - German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia)
1932-05-13 - Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar
1932-10-04 - Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov marries Yelena Sergeyevna
1933-02-06 - Pres von Hindenburg & von Papen end Prussian parliament
1933-02-19 - Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers
1933-04-11 - Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia
1934-04-20 - Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police
1935-07-13 - US-Russian commerce treaty takes effect
1935-08-31 - Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 6 hours, 105 tons of cabbages
1937-07-31 - Politburo enables Operative Order 00447: execute 193,000 Russians
1937-12-07 - Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe
1938-12-08 - LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police
1939-04-16 - Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact
1939-04-17 - Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact
1939-05-19 - Churchill signs British-Russian anti-nazi pact
1939-09-17 - Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner
1939-09-30 - Germany & Russia agree to partition Poland
1939-11-26 - 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border
1939-11-28 - Soviet govt revokes Russian-Finnish non-attack treaty
1939-12-09 - Russian air raid on Helsinki
1939-12-19 - Russian air & ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa
1940-01-05 - Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
1940-02-01 - Russia begins new offensive against Finland
1940-02-23 - Russian troops conquer Lasi Island
1940-03-12 - Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus
1940-03-13 - Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische
1940-12-11 - Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault
1941-01-01 - Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff
1941-04-13 - Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
1941-05-06 - Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia
1941-06-24 - Germans advanced into Russia & took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk & Kaunas
1941-06-25 - -26] Russian counter attack at Rovno
1941-06-26 - Finland enters WW II against Russia
Famous Birthdays
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1889-04-09 - Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer/violinist
1889-04-14 - Efim D Bogoljubov, Russian chess player
1889-04-24 - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
1889-06-23 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)
1889-12-24 - Vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco)
1890-01-10 - Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (d. 1957)
1890-02-10 - Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) [OS]
1890-02-18 - Boris L Pasternak, Russian poet/writer (Dr Zhivago) [NS]
1890-07-11 - Georg Annenkov, Russian/French painter
1890-08-05 - Naum Gabo, [Pevsner], Russian/US sculptor (Stillife Flower)
1890-08-12 - Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
1890-09-17 - Lubov Tchernicheva, Russian ballerina
1890-11-23 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
1891-01-03 - Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]
1891-01-15 - Osip E Mandelstam, Warsaw Poland, Russian poet (Noise of Time)
1891-05-15 - Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia, playwright/novelist (Black Snow)
1891-08-02 - Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian, linguist (d. 1971)
1891-08-29 - Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody)
1891-09-14 - Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
1891-12-23 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (d. 1956)
1892-01-12 - Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1976)
1892-02-14 - Nikolaj A Orloff, Russian/British pianist (Chopin)
1892-05-19 - Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS]
1892-05-31 - Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Bespokojnaja Joenostj) [NS]
1892-05-31 - Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (d. 1968)
1892-06-28 - Edward H Carr, England, historian (History of Soviet Russia)
1892-07-08 - Pavel Korin, Russian painter (d. 1967)
1892-09-22 - Billy West, Russia, actor (Further Perils of Laurel & Hardy)
1892-10-09 - Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (d. 1941)
1892-10-19 - Alexander A Aljechin, Russian/French chess champ (1927-35, 37-46)
1892-11-01 - Alexander Alekhine, Russia, world chess champion (1927-35, 37-46)
1892-12-11 - Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer (Bio in Sonata Form)
1893-02-21 - Celia Lovsky, Russian-born actress (d. 1979)
1893-09-29 - Fabien Sevitzky, Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor (Phila Orch)
1894-03-30 - Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin)
1894-05-10 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty)
1894-06-08 - Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist (Ogelala)
1894-06-13 - Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Konarmija, Marija) [or Jul 13]
1894-07-09 - Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1894-07-19 - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician (d. 1959)
1895-04-14 - Mary Marquet, St Petersburg Russia, actress (Matter of Resistance)
1895-04-24 - S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner
1895-06-11 - Nikolai A Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-58)
1895-07-29 - Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author
1895-08-10 - Michail M Soschtschenko, Russian author
1895-09-21 - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
1895-09-30 - Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (d. 1980)
1895-11-17 - Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (d. 1975)
1896-01-02 - Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)
1896-01-31 - Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1966)
1896-02-16 - Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin)
1896-02-26 - Andrei A Zjdanov, Russian politician (against kosmopolitism)
1896-04-15 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
1896-07-01 - Pavel G Antokolski, Russian poet/director (Syn) [NS]
1896-08-15 - Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985)
1896-08-27 - Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (d. 1984)
1896-09-20 - Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [NS=Oct 2]
1896-10-02 - Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20]
1896-11-17 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (d. 1934)
1896-11-19 - Georgy Zhukov, Russian general (d. 1974)
1896-11-20 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (d. 1977)
1896-11-22 - Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [OS]
1896-12-04 - Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]
1896-12-11 - Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense (WW II) [OS-Dec 2]
1896-12-21 - Constantine Rokossovski, Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland
1896-12-22 - Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet
1897-01-28 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (d. 1986)
1897-04-20 - Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers)
1897-04-26 - Olga Chekova, Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children)
1898-01-10 - Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director (Alexandr Nevski) [OS]
1898-01-23 - Sergei Eisenstein, Russia, director (Battleship Potemkin) [NS]
1898-02-03 - Paul Urysohn, Russian mathematician
1898-02-21 - Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh)
1898-12-22 - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock, Russian physicist (d. 1974)
1899-01-01 - Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu)
1899-01-02 - Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer
1899-02-19 - Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
1899-04-23 - Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg Russia, novelist (Lolita, Ada)
1899-04-24 - Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)
1899-06-26 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
1899-08-19 - Olga Baclanova, Moscow Russia, actress (Freaks, Docks of NY)
1899-10-29 - Akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
1899-12-06 - Nikolai Batalov, Moscow Russia, actor (Mother)
1900-02-08 - Ivan Ivanov-Vano Soviet animator and Russian animation director (d. 1987)
1900-03-21 - Eugenie Leontovitch, Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal)
1900-04-16 - Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author (House is not a Home)
1900-06-22 - Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47)
1900-07-10 - Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk, priest and wonder-worker (d. 1979)
1900-07-12 - Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet (Life of Tchernyshevsky)
1900-08-11 - Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod) [NS]
1900-08-22 - Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964)
1900-09-01 - Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht)
1900-11-07 - Efrem Kurtz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symph 1948-54)
1900-11-18 - Constantin Alajalov, Russia, artist (Ditters & Jitters)
1900-11-19 - Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian scientist (d. 1980)
1901-01-18 - Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1973)
1901-03-06 - Mark Donskoy, Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother)
1901-04-05 - Alexander Alexeieff, Russian/French painter/graphic artist
1901-05-02 - Lev N Lunts, Russia, writer (Outside the Law, City of Truth)
1901-06-05 - Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar
Famous Deaths
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1966-01-14 - Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies
1966-02-18 - Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 31
1966-10-24 - Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1896)
1967-06-07 - Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
1967-08-31 - Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet/writer (9th wave), dies at 76
1967-09-19 - Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
1967-09-27 - Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch, dies at 80
1967-11-22 - Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892)
1968-02-10 - Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79
1968-04-01 - Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59
1968-07-14 - Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76
1968-07-14 - Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (b. 1892)
1968-11-07 - Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (b. 1906)
1969-03-04 - Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born film empresario (b. 1881)
1969-03-06 - Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (b. 1952)
1969-07-19 - Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies
1970-01-17 - Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoonist (b. 1890)
1970-03-16 - Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61
1970-04-17 - Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92
1970-06-11 - Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89
1970-07-21 - Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
1970-08-22 - Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (b. 1895)
1970-12-09 - Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65
1971-12-09 - Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (b. 1874)
1972-01-10 - Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
1972-02-21 - Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891)
1972-03-15 - Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (b. 1910)
1972-06-26 - David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61
1972-10-26 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83
1972-12-23 - Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84
1973-01-15 - Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
1973-03-06 - Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki), dies at 67
1973-05-11 - Grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies
1973-07-04 - Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39
1973-07-11 - Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72
1973-07-19 - Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 33
1973-08-16 - Selman A Waksman, Russian/US microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85
1974-01-05 - Lev Oborin, Russian pianist (b. 1907)
1974-06-18 - Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77
1974-07-09 - Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70
1974-08-24 - Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (b. 1894)
1974-10-24 - David Oistrach, Russian violinist, dies at 65
1975-01-09 - Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
1975-03-07 - Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (b. 1895)
1975-03-09 - Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (b. 1888)
1975-08-09 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (b. 1906)
1975-08-17 - Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner (Olympic-gold-56) dies at 48
1975-11-13 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910)
1976-01-23 - Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44
1976-04-01 - S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75
1976-08-06 - Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73
1976-11-12 - Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1893)
1977-02-05 - Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
1977-02-09 - Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82
1977-02-13 - Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77
1977-05-25 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)
1977-07-02 - Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78
1977-07-04 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (b. 1918)
1977-09-29 - Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Russian composer, dies at 78
1977-11-05 - Aleksei G Stachanov, Russian model miner, dies at 72
1978-05-01 - Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74
1978-10-21 - Anastas I Mikojan, Russian politician, dies at 83
1978-11-20 - Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. 1890)
1979-02-08 - Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82
1979-04-05 - Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893)
1979-08-24 - Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk and wonder-worker (b. 1898)
1980-01-13 - Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78
1980-04-21 - Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)
1980-07-17 - Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician (b. 1890)
1980-07-25 - Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet, singer, and actor (b. 1938)
1980-08-09 - Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41
1980-10-02 - Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
1980-10-15 - Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
1980-10-24 - Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33), dies at 30
1980-11-12 - Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident, dies at 42
1980-12-29 - Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian writer (b. 1899)
1981-03-07 - Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67
1981-11-27 - Lotte Lenya, singer/actress (From Russia With Love), dies in NY at 83
1982-02-27 - Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39
1982-07-27 - Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer (Olympic-gold-1980), dies at 28
1982-08-09 - Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies
1982-08-12 - Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer (b. 1907)
1982-12-17 - Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58
1983-03-20 - Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (b. 1891)
1983-04-14 - Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952), dies at 64
1983-04-30 - George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79
1984-02-12 - Anna Anderson, claimant to the throne of Russia (b. 1896)
1984-02-21 - Michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies
1984-04-08 - Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1894)
1984-07-19 - Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1896)
1984-08-14 - Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55
1984-12-03 - Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Russian mathematician (b. 1919)
1985-02-22 - Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95
1985-04-24 - Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80
1986-04-12 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
1986-07-04 - Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
1986-10-06 - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
1986-11-08 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (b. 1890)
1986-12-29 - Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director (Stalker), dies at 54
1987-07-02 - Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia
