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 17, 2008
- Tokyo Declaration
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Document between Russia and Japan, May 5, 1986.
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- March 15, 2000
- String of Pearls
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- By Linda DeLaine
Russia and Japan have yet to sign a WWII peace treaty. At the center of the dispute are four ancient volcanic islands, part of the Kuril Islands help by Russia and known to Japan as the Northern Territory.
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- June 3, 2000
- Golden Khokhloma
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- By Linda DeLaine
Unique and enchanting folk art from the region of Transvolga.
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- August 18, 2000
- Shaman and Native Mysticism
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- By Linda DeLaine
The term Shaman is both a noun and a verb. It is from the Tungus language and is seen as saman or haman. The actions of the Shaman are, what western explorers referred to as, Shamanism. It is the oldest known demonstration of human spirituality.
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- February 13, 2001
- Doukhobors of Russia
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- By Linda DeLaine
Part II of this feature
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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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