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1996 In Russia
Events from the year 1996 in Russia. Incumbents *President: Boris Yeltsin *Prime Minister of Russia, Prime Minister: Viktor Chernomyrdin *Minister of Defence: Pavel Grachev (until 17 July), Mikhail Kolesnikov (politician), Mikhail Kolesnikov (until 17 July), Igor Rodionov Events January *9–18 January – Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis April *16 April – Shatoy ambush June *16 June – The first round of the 1996 Russian presidential election is held. July *3 July – The second round of the 1996 Russian presidential election is held. August *6–20 August – Battle of Grozny (August 1996) *30 August – The Khasavyurt Accord is signed. November *11 November – Kotlyakovskoya Cemetery bombing December *24 December – The Bion No.11 spacecraft is launched. Births *16 March – Anna Ovcharova, Russian/Swiss figure skater *19 March – Feodosiy Efremenkov, figure skater *2 April – Polina Agafonova, figure skater *12 April – Elizaveta Kulichkova, tennis player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones and shares land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than any other country but China. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow, the largest city entirely within Europe. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan. The East Slavs emerged as a recognisable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE. Kievan Rus' arose as a state in the 9th century, and in 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizaveta Kulichkova
Elizaveta Dmitrievna Kulichkova (russian: Елизавета Дмитриевна Куличкова; born 12 April 1996) is a Russian former tennis player. She competed for her last pro match at the 2017 US Open In her career, she won seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 22 February 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87. Kulichkova was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in May 2012, and in January 2014, won the girls' singles and doubles events at the Australian Open. Career Kulichkova made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2014 İstanbul Cup as a qualifier. Having defeated Nadiia Kichenok and Melinda Czink in the preliminary rounds, she lost to Shahar Pe'er in round one. Further first-round exits followed in Hong Kong and Seoul before once again coming through qualifying in Tianjin, where she defeated Sílvia Soler Espinosa, before losing to Peng Shuai in the second round. Kulichkova made her major debut at the 2015 Wimbledo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s In Russia
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Russia
Events from the year 1996 in Russia. Incumbents *President: Boris Yeltsin *Prime Minister of Russia, Prime Minister: Viktor Chernomyrdin *Minister of Defence: Pavel Grachev (until 17 July), Mikhail Kolesnikov (politician), Mikhail Kolesnikov (until 17 July), Igor Rodionov Events January *9–18 January – Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis April *16 April – Shatoy ambush June *16 June – The first round of the 1996 Russian presidential election is held. July *3 July – The second round of the 1996 Russian presidential election is held. August *6–20 August – Battle of Grozny (August 1996) *30 August – The Khasavyurt Accord is signed. November *11 November – Kotlyakovskoya Cemetery bombing December *24 December – The Bion No.11 spacecraft is launched. Births *16 March – Anna Ovcharova, Russian/Swiss figure skater *19 March – Feodosiy Efremenkov, figure skater *2 April – Polina Agafonova, figure skater *12 April – Elizaveta Kulichkova, tennis player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Tatum
Paul Edward Tatum (April 2, 1955 – November 3, 1996) was an American expatriate businessman assassinated in a Moscow metro station close to his hotel. Tatum was operating a Hotel Joint Venture with a Chechen businessman named Umar Dzhabrailov; the venture included international hotel Radisson. Tatum founded the Americom Business Centre and became part-owner of the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel, an upscale hotel in Moscow, which catered to foreign businessmen and high-end guests. On April 7, 1995, Tatum was barred from entering the hotel by his estranged business partners in a battle for control of the business. Tatum was born in Edmond, Oklahoma and travelled to Russia in 1985, involving himself in various business activities. He reportedly knew President Clinton, who was a regular guest of his hotel while visiting Russia on state visits. During the attempted coup in Russia in the summer of 1991, Tatum had supplied president Boris Yeltsin's only link to the outside world by givin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin * Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Kalinin * Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Events * January 14 – WWII: Soviet troops start the offensive at Leningrad and Novgorod. * January 17 – WWII: Soviet Union ceases production of the Mosin–Nagant 1891/30 sniper rifle. * January 29 – WWII: Koniuchy massacre: Soviet and Jewish partisans kill at least 38 villagers in Koniuchy, Poland (modern-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania). * March 6 – WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Narva, Estonia, destroying almost the entire baroque old town. * March 9 – WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia, killing 757 and leaving 25,000 homeless. * March 15 – Soviet Union introduces ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Pokrovsky
Dmitri Viktorovich Pokrovsky (, 3 May 1944 – 29 June 1996) was a Russian folk music researcher and musician, best known for his efforts to rediscover authentic, and often near extinct rural musical traditions, from many different regions of Russia, and re-enacting them with the Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble. References External links The Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble {{DEFAULTSORT:Pokrovsky, Dmitri 1944 births 1996 deaths Russian musicians Russian ethnic music Russian folk music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1936 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin * Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin * Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Molotov Events * August 19–24 – Trial of the Sixteen Undated * Stalin's Great Purges begin. * Second Five-Year Plan underway Films * '' By the Bluest of Seas'' – directed by Boris Barnet * ''Circus'' – directed by Grigori Aleksandrov * ''Girl Friends'' – directed by Lev Arnshtam Publications Births *28 January - Bernara Karieva, Uzbekistani ballerina *2 June - Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian Olympic athlete (d. 2021) *7 July - Anatoly Kirov, Russian wrestler *1 September - Valery Legasov, Russian chemist (d. 1988) *21 September - Yury Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow (d. 2019) *8 October - Leonid Kuravlyov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Knyazhinsky
Alexander Leonidovich Knyazhinsky (russian: Александр Леонидович Княжинский; 24 January 1936 – 14 June 1996), also spelt Aleksandr Knyazhinskiy, was a Soviet and Russian cinematographer, noted for his work on Andrei Tarkovsky's '' Stalker''. He was made a People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ... in 1992. Selected filmography * '' The City of Masters'' (1965) *'' You and Me'' (1971) *'' Autumn'' (1974) *'' Wounded Game'' (1977) * '' Stalker'' (1979) *'' Life on Holidays'' (1980) * '' If to Believe Lopotukhin...'' (1983) References External links * * (Interview) 1936 births 1996 deaths Mass media people from Moscow People's Artists of Russia Soviet cinematographers {{Cinematographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1934 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin * Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin * Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Molotov Events * 26 Jan–10 Feb – 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) * 18 September – Soviet Union joins the League of Nations as a permanent Board member Undated * Plans for the new T-34 tank are first drawn up * Second Five Year plan underway Publications Births * 7 January – Viktor Pavlovich Potapov, military officer (d. 2021) * 9 March – Yuri Gagarin, first man in space (d. 1968) * 7 April – Lev Anninsky, Russian literary critic, historian and screenwriter (d. 2019) * 8 May – Anastasiya Kobzarenko, librarian * 29 August – Gennady Kazmin, politician (d. 2018) * 4 Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kronid Lyubarsky
Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky (russian: Крони́д Арка́дьевич Люба́рский; 4 April 1934 – 23 May 1996) was a Russian journalist, dissident, human rights activist and political prisoner. Early career Born in the city of Pskov, USSR, on April 4, 1934, Lyubarsky graduated from the Moscow State University in 1956 and worked as an astrophysicist at the All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of the USSR Academy of Sciences. His academic work included studies on meteors and space biology. He was also working in the Soviet program of interplanetary exploration of Mars. He authored several books on astrobiology and translated scientific works into Russian, including books by Fred Hoyle. Dissident activity In the mid-1960s, Lyubarsky became active in the civil rights movement and became a contributing editor of various samizdat publications. These included the ''Chronicle of Current Events'' which circulated between April 1968 and August 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 In The Russian Empire
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |