September 14, 1553: Willoughby sailed into a bay
near the present border between Finland and Russia. - Hugh Willoughby, Wikipedia.
17th century
December, 1689: Peter the Great declared the foundation of the Russian Empire in December 1689, just a month after the Russian capture of the former Byzantine capital of Constantinople (the city remained under Russian control 32 years). - Russian Federation, Cybernations_wikia.
19th century
February 21, 1808: One contributory factor behind the poor performance of the
Swedish invasion force in Norway was that Russia at the same time
invaded Finland on 21
February 1808. - Union between Sweden and Norway, Wikipedia.
September 23, 1810: Starting 23 September 1810 he worked in the Department of the Mint and became the founder of medal working in Russia. - Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Wikipedia.
October 28, 1862: He became ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to the king of
Prussia28 October 1862, ambassador extraordinary to Russia 15 September 1864, and
ambassador to Austria from
16 October 1871 to 16 February 1878, when he retired on a
pension. - Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet, Wikipedia.
September 27, 1875: Nikola
Obretenov hid in the house of Karamihaylov, an interpreter in the
Russian consulate, who
organized his escape to Romania. - Nikola Obretenov, Wikipedia.
September 27, 1893: On 27 September 27 1893 French cycling star Charles Terront
left Saint
Petersburg in Russia to
cycle the 3,000 kilometres (1,864 mi) across Poland and
Germany before arriving at the Vélodrome Buffalo after 14 days and
7 hours. - Vélodrome Buffalo, Wikipedia.
October 30, 1905: By the manifesto of the 17/30th of October 1905 the emperor
voluntarily limited his legislative power by decreeing that no
measure was to become law without the consent of the Imperial Duma,
a freely elected national assembly. - Russia, 1911encyclopedia.
February 20, 1906: By the law of the 20th of
February 1906 the Council of the Empire was associated with the
Duma as a legislative Upper House; and from this time the
legislative power has been exercised normally by the emperor only
in concert with the two
chambers. - Russia, 1911encyclopedia.
October 19, 1917: In Sankt Petersburg the leaders of the revolution declared the Republic of Russia on the 19th of October 1917. - Russian Federation, Cybernations_wikia.
November 15, 1917: The republicans argued that the law of 1772 had lost its status in the February Revolution, the power and authority of the Russian Tsar had been captured by the Finnish parliament via the political decision and proclamation of 15 November 1917 and Finnish republic had truly been accepted in the declaration of independency. - Finnish Civil War, Wikipedia.
February 14, 1918: The Gregorian calendar was implemented in Russia on 14 February 1918 by dropping the Julian dates of 1–13 February 1918 pursuant to a Sovnarkom decree signed 24 January 1918 (Julian) by Lenin. - Soviet calendar, Wikipedia.
September 18, 1918: West Gambo departed New York in convoy for Russia with her cargo of flour on 18 September
1918 and reached Archangel in North Russia on 12 October 1918. - USS West Gambo (ID-3220), Wikipedia.
December 31, 1942: While engaged in salvaging the Russian SS Turksib near
Scotch Cap in the Aleutians, she was carried on to the beach,
badly holed, and destroyed. - USS Rescuer (ARS-18), Wikipedia.
January 18, 1945: She continued her minesweeping duties off southern France until 18
January 1945 when she sailed for a special mission to Russia and the Black Sea. - USS Incredible (AM-249), Wikipedia.
December 10, 1977: The panorama was created by 13 Russian and Bulgarian artists and was
constructed in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Pleven Epopee
and was officially unveiled on 10 December 1977. - Pleven Panorama, Wikipedia.
1990: By the end of 1990 the discontent with the communist regime had grown so strong that not even the Red Army could do anything, and also that with the creation of the post of president of the RSFSR the very liberal politician Michail Srubin had rose to power in the RSFSR, the situation was quickly slipping out of control of the USSR government. - Russian Federation, Cybernations_wikia.
1991: The situation evolved during the spring of 1991 and by the end of May both the KSSR and the BySSR had declared their independence. - Russian Federation, Cybernations_wikia.
December, 1991: His initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991
splintered the USSR into 15 separate independent countries,
matching those of the 15 republics of the USSR. - Russia, Wikitravel.
1992: The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was created in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the formation of the Russian Federation. - Russian Federation, Cybernations_wikia.
September 8, 2001: According
to the decree on 8 September
2001 all Russian civil nuclear power plants as well as all
supporting companies were incorporated into the then Rosenergoatom. - Energoatom (Russia), Wikipedia.
2004: The authorities has according to the National Security act in 2004 the right to shut down internet sites considered harmful to the national security of the Russian Federation. - Russian Federation, Cybernations_wikia.
2004: Some controversy arose in the 2004 presidential elections when 3 of the 6 candidates internet sites were shut down by the FSB. - Russian Federation, Cybernations_wikia.
September 28, 2006: Russia recalls its ambassador from Georgia
over the detention there of several Russian army officers on spying charges and
ordered a partial evacuation of Russian diplomatic staff from that
country. - September 2006, Wikipedia.
September 14, 2008: Russian forces have pulled
out of the Black Sea port of Poti
and are preparing to withdraw from positions in western Georgia. - September 2008, Wikipedia.
September 14, 2008: Russian forces are to withdraw
completely from Georgia proper to an October 10
deadline. - September 2008, Wikipedia.
September 12, 2008: The leadership of the party stated that the
party had decided to merge with the United Russia party; The merge was made
official on October 10, 2008. - Agrarian Party of Russia, Wikipedia.
September 18, 2008: Russia is facing its worst
stock market decline in a decade mainly because of a confidence
crisis rather than liquidity problems, Deputy Finance Minister
Pyotr Kazakevich says. - September 2008, Wikipedia.
September 18, 2008: Trading is suspended for the third day in succession on Russia's two main stock
exchanges, the MICEX and the dollar-denominated RTS, amidst fear of financial
collapse. - September 2008, Wikipedia.
September 18, 2008: One of the most recent impacts was on
September 18, 2008 when a Bulava ballistic missile was fired from
the White Sea in West
Russia, to Kura. - Kura Test Range, Wikipedia.
December 9, 2008: Recently after a
meeting between the Foreign Minister of RussiaSergei Lavrov and the Palestinian Foreign
Minister Riyad
al-Maliki on December 9, 2009, both Russia and Palestine have
said that their relations are close and friendly and that Russia
will continue to assist Palestine in all fields. - Palestine–Russia relations, Wikipedia.
December 18, 2008: The first movie was released in Russia on December 18, 2008 and the conclusion released on April 23, 2009. - The Inhabited Island, Wikipedia.
December 16, 2008: Twenty-four Russian
tourists are killed when their bus plummets into a ravine near Eilat in southern Israel, making this road accident the deadliest
in the state's history. - December 2008, Wikipedia.
November 6, 2009: The Russian human rights
group Memorial says security forces from
Chechnya have kidnapped
the head of another rights group in Moscow and flown him to Grozny. - November 2009, Wikipedia.
December, 2009: In the regional legislative elections in December 2009 the party won a surprise landslide victory over the United Russia party in the Republic of Kazan. - Russian Federation, Cybernations_wikia.
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