Today in Russia History (Part 7)
Sub-Topics: Chechnya - Dagestan - Kamchatka - Khabarovsk - Mordovia - Moscow - Saint Petersburg - Tatarstan - Volgograd
Historical Events
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1941-07-18 - SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
1941-08-02 - German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman
1941-08-08 - 20 divisions of Russian 6th/12th Army surrender at Oeman
1941-08-25 - English & Russian troops attack pro-German Iran
1941-08-29 - German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children
1941-09-03 - 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)
1941-10-03 - Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" & would "never rise again"
1941-10-12 - Russian govt moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow
1941-10-16 - Romanian Legionnaires enter Odessa Russia
1941-12-05 - Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
1941-12-08 - Russian 16th army recaptures Krijukovo
1941-12-12 - Russian 20th army recaptures Soljetsjnogorsk
1942-03-20 - Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia
1942-05-12 - Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943
1942-05-21 - Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia
1942-07-20 - Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovitch on its cover
1942-07-22 - 4th Russian Pantser army forms with 80 tanks
1942-07-28 - Nazis liquidate 10,000 Jews in Minsk Belorussia Ghetto
1942-07-30 - German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
1942-07-31 - German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
1942-08-26 - Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow
1942-09-23 - Russian counter offensive at Stalingrad
1942-10-05 - 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred
1942-10-12 - Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division
1942-10-29 - 16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia
1942-11-19 - Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front
1942-11-20 - 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
1942-11-20 - Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines
1942-11-23 - Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don
1942-12-16 - Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia & Balkan
1942-12-25 - Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad
1943-01-10 - Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad
1943-01-13 - Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov
1943-01-31 - Gen Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad
1943-02-14 - World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
1943-07-07 - Erich Hartmann shoots 7 Russian aircraft at Kursk
1943-07-12 - Russian offensive at Orel
1943-07-12 - Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die
1943-07-13 - Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany
1943-08-04 - Russian units reach suburbs of Orel
1943-09-11 - Jewish ghettos of Minsk & Lida Belorussia liquidated
1943-09-17 - World War II: The Russian city of Bryansk is liberated from Nazis.
1943-09-21 - Russian 13th/61st Army reconquer Chyernigov
1943-09-25 - Russian troops liberate Smolensk
1943-11-06 - Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula
1944-05-05 - Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim
1944-05-09 - Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol
1944-06-09 - Russian offensive in Carelia
1944-06-23 - Russian offensive in central front sector
1944-07-17 - Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland
1944-07-26 - Russian troops arrive in Weichsel
1944-08-14 - Russian offensive at Weichsel
1944-08-17 - Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border
1944-08-20 - Russian offensive at Jassy & Kisjinev
1944-08-31 - Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest
1944-09-08 - Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany
1944-09-15 - Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria
1944-09-19 - Finland & Russia agree to cease fire
1944-10-09 - British PM Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin
1944-10-20 - Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade
1944-10-28 - Russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact
1945-01-27 - Russia liberates Auschwitz & Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)
1945-02-06 - Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder
1945-04-09 - World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
1945-04-21 - Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
1945-04-30 - Russian Army frees Ravensbruck concentration camp
1945-05-02 - Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
1945-05-10 - Russian troops occupied Prague
1945-06-04 - US, Russia, England & France agree to split occupied Germany
1945-08-20 - Russian troops occupy Harbin & Mukden
1946-04-07 - Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR
1947-02-20 - State of Prussia ceases to exist.
1948-07-08 - 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
1948-10-21 - UN reject Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons
1949-05-27 - Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin
1949-10-07 - German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)
1951-05-07 - Intl Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
1951-10-06 - Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb
1953-02-11 - Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
1953-06-26 - Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested
1953-08-08 - Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb
1953-08-20 - Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation
1954-03-07 - Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition
1954-05-07 - US, Great-Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO
1954-06-27 - 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
1955-01-25 - Russia ends state of war with Germany
1956-02-23 - Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin
1956-07-16 - Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR
1956-11-04 - 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest
1956-12-11 - Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland
1957-01-06 - Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia
1957-03-12 - German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions
1957-10-25 - Russian minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed
1957-11-18 - Tunisia refuses Russian weapons
1958-04-01 - Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank
1959-05-18 - "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer & Spencer hits #91
1960-05-01 - Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk
1960-07-12 - Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
1961-01-01 - Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11
1961-01-16 - Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain
Famous Birthdays
Results 601 - 700 of 1,187
1901-08-15 - Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
1901-12-13 - Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS]
1901-12-22 - Andre Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrari)
1902-04-06 - Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (d. 1989)
1902-07-16 - Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist (d. 1977)
1902-07-18 - Nathalie Sarraute, [Cherniak], Russian/French playwright
1902-08-06 - Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright (Ultimatum Factory) [OS]
1902-08-19 - Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright (Ultimatum Factory) [NS]
1902-10-11 - Leon Belasco, Odessa Russia, actor (Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen)
1902-11-21 - Michail A Suslov, Russian party ideologist [OS=Nov 8]
1902-12-26 - Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980)
1903-01-12 - Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist (1st Rus nuclear bomb)
1903-01-12 - Igor_Kurchatov, Russian physicist , (d. 1960)
1903-02-23 - Grigori V Aleksandrov, Russian director (Veselye Rebjata)
1903-04-17 - Gregor Piatigorsky, Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist (or 4/20)
1903-04-17 - Nicolas Nabokov, Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer (Holy Devil)
1903-04-18 - Leonid Kinskey, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Casablanca)
1903-04-25 - Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1987)
1903-06-25 - Arthur Tracy, Russia, street singer (Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight)
1903-07-27 - Nikolai Cherkasov, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Ivan the Terrible)
1903-12-23 - Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer (When the Cranes Fly)
1904-01-03 - Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte)
1904-01-20 - Alexandra Danilova, Peterhof Russia, ballerina (Turning Point)
1904-01-22 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941)
1904-02-27 - Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (d. 1996)
1904-04-14 - Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer
1904-09-15 - Tom Conway, Russia, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show)
1904-12-07 - Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian singer (d. 1991)
1904-12-17 - Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]
1904-12-28 - Sergei Yutkevich, St Petersburg Russia, director (Otello, Banya)
1904-12-30 - Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [NS]
1904-12-31 - Nathan Milstein, Odessa Russia, concert violinist (Phila Orch 1942)
1905-01-02 - Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938)
1905-02-02 - Ayn Rand, Russian-born author and philosopher (d. 1982)
1905-03-07 - Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki)
1905-03-22 - Grigorij M Kosinzev, Russian director
1905-06-06 - John Gart, Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show)
1905-07-08 - Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (d. 1997)
1905-08-28 - Sam Levene, Russia, actor (Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang)
1906-01-08 - Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist
1906-01-12 - Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (d. 1942)
1906-01-21 - Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007)
1906-03-20 - Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer
1906-06-29 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (d. 1945)
1906-07-03 - George Sanders, Russia, actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950)
1906-08-26 - Albert B Sabin, Russia, US microbiologist (oral polio vaccine)
1906-09-08 - Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP
1906-09-12 - Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS]
1906-09-25 - Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [NS]
1906-10-24 - Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (d. 1968)
1906-11-02 - Daniil Andreev, Russian poet (d. 1959)
1907-02-17 - Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer (Russia Black on White)
1907-04-22 - Ivan Efremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)
1907-06-24 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (d. 1989)
1907-11-09 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, prince
1908-01-19 - Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (d. 1971)
1908-03-04 - Boris N Poveloi, [Kampov], Russian journalist/writer [NS=Mar 17]
1908-03-17 - Boris N Poveloi, [Kampov], Russian journalist/writer [OS=Mar 4]
1908-06-12 - Marina Semenova, Russian ballerina
1908-08-23 - Arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright (Paolo Paoli)
1908-08-26 - W. B. Henning, Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967)
1908-09-03 - Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (d. 1988)
1908-09-18 - Viktor A Ambartsoemjan, Russian astronomer (Stalin Prize 1946, 50)
1908-09-30 - David Oistrakh, Odessa Russia, violinist/prof (Moscow Conservatory)
1908-10-06 - Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
1909-01-22 - Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962)
1909-08-21 - Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician (d. 1992)
1909-11-22 - Mikhail Mil, Russian aviation designer (d. 1970)
1909-11-27 - Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (d. 1967)
1910-01-10 - Galina Ulanova, St Petersburg Russia, ballerina (Bolshoi)
1910-04-02 - Joeri German, Russian writer
1910-05-16 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (d. 1975)
1910-06-08 - Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russian conductor [NS=June 21]
1910-07-23 - Pimen, [Sergei Irzjekov], patriarch Russian-Orthodox Cathederal
1910-09-23 - Soulima Stravinsky, Lausanne Switz, Russian pianist (Igor's son)
1910-12-25 - David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US dancer (Make Mine Music)
1911-01-14 - Anatoly Rybakov, Russian writer (d. 1998)
1912-01-01 - Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
1912-01-19 - Leonid V Kantorovich, St Petersburg Russia, economist (Nobel)
1912-02-21 - Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert)
1912-03-28 - Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
1912-04-09 - Lew Kopelew, Russian author (d. 1997)
1912-05-09 - Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor (From Russia With Love)
1912-08-04 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (d. 1999)
1913-01-07 - Francis De Wolff, England, actor (From Russia With Love)
1913-03-13 - Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer
1913-10-07 - Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer
1914-01-05 - Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (d. 1955)
1914-03-06 - Kirill P Kondrashin, Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981)
1914-03-08 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (d. 1987)
1914-06-15 - Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary
1914-06-19 - Anthony Bloom, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church (d. 2003)
1914-11-25 - Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
1915-03-22 - Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer (d. 2005)
1915-06-02 - Alexandru Nicolschi, Russian communist (d. 1992)
1915-09-24 - Margarita J Aliger, Russian poetess (Zoja) [OS]
1915-10-07 - Margarita J Aliger, Russian poet (Zoja) [NS]
1916-02-17 - Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England.(d. 1940)
1916-05-20 - Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)
1916-10-19 - Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist (Brussels Competition-1938)
Famous Deaths
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1987-10-20 - Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)
1987-10-24 - Constantin Alajalov, Russian artist, dies at 86
1987-12-02 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)
1987-12-10 - Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86
1988-01-22 - Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at 86
1988-03-15 - Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for US, executed
1988-05-03 - Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
1988-08-18 - Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42
1988-12-07 - Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies
1988-12-30 - Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (b. 1925)
1989-01-03 - Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
1989-04-07 - Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123(?)
1989-05-02 - Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)
1989-05-23 - Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director (b. 1915)
1989-05-27 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. 1907)
1989-12-14 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68
1990-03-20 - Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60
1990-04-19 - Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52
1990-05-02 - Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49
1990-05-13 - Venedikt Jerofejev, Russian writer, dies
1990-08-15 - Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)
1990-08-24 - Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b. 1941)
1990-09-09 - Rimantas Antanas Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
1990-09-15 - Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 60
1991-01-01 - Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83
1991-07-03 - Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77
1991-07-25 - Kaganovitch, Russian minister of Transport for Stalin, dies
1991-10-12 - Arkady Strugatsky, Russian novelist (b. 1925)
1992-02-13 - Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
1992-03-05 - Yevgeny Yevstigneev, Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at 65
1992-05-04 - Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50
1992-07-18 - Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
1992-12-05 - Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41
1992-12-26 - Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80
1993-01-05 - George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85
1993-01-06 - Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
1993-02-11 - Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
1993-03-20 - Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85
1993-07-17 - Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84
1993-07-18 - Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35
1993-08-01 - Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered
1993-08-15 - Robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93
1993-09-27 - Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38
1993-10-12 - Tofik Bakhramov, Russian footballer (b. 1926)
1993-10-25 - Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 54
1993-11-08 - Andrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff, Russian mathematician (b. 1906)
1993-11-23 - Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69
1994-01-23 - Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76
1994-01-29 - Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at 67
1994-02-15 - Andrei Tsjikatilo, [Rostov Ripper], Russian mass murdered, executed
1994-03-22 - Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at 32
1994-04-13 - Nikolai Krjoetsjkov, Russian actor (Ballad of Soldatje), dies at 83
1994-06-14 - Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78
1994-06-17 - Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74
1994-08-03 - Innokenti Smoktunovski, Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69
1994-08-08 - Leonid Leonov, Russian playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95
1994-09-12 - Boris B Yegorov, Russian doctor/cosmonaut (Voskhod I), dies at 56
1994-09-25 - Ludwig Ferdinand von Hohenzollern, Germ prince of Prussia, dies at 86
1994-10-17 - Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27
1995-01-07 - Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle
1995-01-11 - Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
1995-02-02 - Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Condé, French prince/Russian, dies at 47
1995-03-01 - Vladislav Listyev, Russian TV-journalist, murdered at 38
1995-05-18 - Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
1995-06-23 - Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (b. 1918)
1995-09-19 - Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 55
1996-03-20 - Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71
1997-02-13 - Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1920),Jessica Browne,singer and dancer
1997-03-03 - Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies
1997-04-26 - Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies
1997-06-12 - Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924)
1997-06-18 - Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912)
1997-08-01 - Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82
1997-08-21 - Yuri Nikulin, Russian clown and actor (b. 1921)
1997-10-22 - Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (b. 1905)
1997-12-12 - Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
1998-03-21 - Galina Ulanova, Russian prima ballerina assoluta (b. 1910)
1998-08-03 - Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (b. 1934)
1998-08-04 - Yuri Artyukhin, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1930)
1998-11-20 - Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician (b. 1946)
1999-02-05 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1906)
1999-03-31 - Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist (b. 1922)
1999-07-27 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
1999-10-19 - Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-born French writer (b. 1900)
2000-02-16 - Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (b. 1918)
2000-02-20 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (b. 1937)
2000-05-08 - Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American transhumanist (b. 1959)
2000-05-18 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (b. 1946)
2000-06-02 - Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist (b. 1927)
2001-05-12 - Alexei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1925)
2001-07-01 - Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
2002-02-24 - Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (b. 1912)
2002-04-28 - Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)
2002-05-03 - Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1928)
2002-08-24 - Nikolay Guryanov Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (b. 1909)
2003-05-28 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1917)
2003-06-24 - Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (b. 1987)
2003-07-05 - Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1979)
2003-09-23 - Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937)
2003-11-03 - Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923)
