On This Day
Notable events on this day in Russian history
1800: Alexander Suvorov, general, died
1868: Nikholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, born
1868: Tsar Nicholas II, eldest son of Tsar Alexander III, was born.
1896: Stampede at Nicholas II's coronation celebration
1935: The Maxim Gorky, a massive, 206-foot wingspan behemoth of an airplane, crashes after a tragic mid-air collision.
1944: Crimean Tatars deported to Siberia.
1944: In the Soviet Union, the expulsion began of more than 200,000 Tatars from the Crimea. They were accused of collaboration with the Germans.
1977: The United States, Soviet Union and 29 other nations signed a U.N. pact banning artificial use of the weather as a weapon of war, pledging never to attack each other by triggering storms, earthquakes or tidal waves.
Featured Articles
- June 4, 2007
- Kamchatka Disaster
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- By Laura Williams
A massive landslide destroys the Valley of the Geysers on June 4, 2007.
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- June 14, 2001
- Weather Across Russia
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- By Linda DeLaine
Check current conditions and forecasts for several Russian cities.
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weather,
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- November 1, 2003
- Does Russia Matter?
- By Paul E. Richardson
Just how important is Russia in the world?
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Environment
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- January 6, 2009
- Gas Tussle
- By Paul E. Richardson
Sometimes it can be hard to get at the facts. And given that the western media went way down the wrong road on the recent Georgian crisis, one is inclined to be skeptical of coverage on the current Russia-Ukraine gas spat.
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ukraine,
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- Publishing Green
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RIS Publications, the publisher of Russian Life magazine, was founded in 1990 on the principle that paying attention to international issues matters. While U.S.-Russian relations and the history and society of the world’s largest country are important, there is no larger international issue than the health of this planet.
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Coming Events
from our online database
In the Search of an Absolute: Art of Valery Yurlov (New Brunswick, NJ), From December 03, 2011 to
June 03, 2012.
From Thaw to Meltdown: Soviet Painting of the 1950s-1980s (Minneapolis, MN), From February 25, 2012 to
September 15, 2012.
Sculptures by Naum Mogilevsky (Minneapolis, MN), From March 03, 2012 to
July 15, 2012.
Ted Vasin: Poison Bliss (Miami, FL), From April 14, 2012 to
June 06, 2012.
New Russian Film: ELENA (New York, NY), From May 16, 2012 to
May 29, 2012.
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