December, 1808: He was appointed commander of the Russian forces in
Finland after Buxhoevden and
under his command the Russian forces crossed the Gulf of Bothnia
on the ice and invaded Sweden proper. - Bogdan von Knorring, Wikipedia.
September 14, 1812: After the surrender of Moscow on September 14 the main Russian Army retreated south-east along the Ryazan road, "cautiously"[19] shadowed by Murat's cavalry. - Bronnitsy, Wikipedia.
September 14, 1829: The Treaty of Adrianople, signed on September 14, 1829, confirmed both the Russian victory and the provisions of the Akkerman Convention, partly amended to reflect the Russian political ascendancy over the area. - Regulamentul Organic, Wikipedia.
1849: As early as 1849, he delivered a series of lectures on the history and evolution of the Russian language, the first such work of a scholarly type. - Izmail Sreznevsky, Wikipedia.
December, 1858: The Russian government authorized formation of the Amur Cossacks to protect the southeast boundary of Siberia and communications on the Amur and Ussuri rivers. - Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Wikipedia.
1891: Riga even employed German as its official language of administration until the imposition of Russian language in 1891 as the official language in the Baltic provinces. - History of Riga, Wikipedia.
1905: Prior to 1905
settlements are listed from north to south in their geographical
categories with most settlement names in the Nivkh language or
in the only know given Russian name. - List of Nivkh settlements, Wikipedia.
September 15, 1921: After a five hour and twenty minute trial on September 15, 1921, prosecuted by one of the leading Russian Bolsheviks Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, Ungern was sentenced to death by firing squad. - Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Wikipedia.
December, 1942: This organization was used throughout the war, except in Russian Guards
rifle divisions which from December 1942 had three artillery
battalions (two batteries of 76 mm guns and one battery of 122 mm
howitzers each), totaling 12 howitzers. - 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30), Wikipedia.
1947: Her diary entries and letters were posthumously published in the Russian language in 1947 and suBSequently translated into various languages for publication outside the Soviet Union. - Ina Konstantinova, Wikipedia.
September, 1947: His command of the 55th FS was brief as the Air Force sent him to Columbia University in September 1947 to complete his degree and study Russian language. - Gabby Gabreski, Wikipedia.
1972: She published a translation of selected Rigvedic hymns into Russian,
which eventually evolved into a complete translation of Rigveda in
the following decades, published by Nauka 1989-1999. - Tatyana Elizarenkova, Wikipedia.
December 25, 1973: The membership of the USSR in the Brussels Convention was equally
continued by the Russian Federation as from December 25, 1991. - Copyright in Russia, Wikipedia.
October, 1974: The Prague Presidium of
the Czech Academy of Sciences arranged the defence of his two
scientific publications in the Institute of Orientalistics at the
Russian Academy of
Sciences, as it was then impossible to defend it in Czechia. - Kamil Sedláček, Wikipedia.
December 6, 1975: Also with Jean Richard as Maigret on 6 December 1975
and in a Russian version under the title
Megre Kolebletsya with Boris Tenine as Maigret in 1981. - Maigret Hesitates, Wikipedia.
December 24, 1991: Russian President Yeltsin informed the UN Secretary General that the Soviet Union had been dissolved and that Russia would, as its successor State, continue the Soviet Union's membership in the United Nations. - Belavezha Accords, Wikipedia.
September, 1993: The Central Election Commission of the Russian
Federation (Russian: Центральная избирательная комиссия Российской
Федерации (Центризбирком)) is the superior power body
responsible for conducting federal elections and overseeing
local elections in the Russian
Federation founded in September 1993. - Central Election Commission of Russia, Wikipedia.
December 31, 1994: The Russianarmored columns that moved on Grozny on December 31, 1994 were a combined task force hurriedly amalgamated from different army units, including many badly trained conscripted soldiers. - Battle of Grozny (1994–1995), Wikipedia.
December, 1996: Estonian and Russian negotiators reached a technical border agreement in December 1996, with the border remaining substantially the same as the one drawn by Stalin, with some minor adjustments. - Estonia–Russia relations, Wikipedia.
November, 2003: Relationship between
Moldova and Russia
deteriorated in November 2003 over a Russian proposal for the solution of
the Transnistrian conflict, which Moldovan authorities refused to
accept[5] because
it stipulated a 20-year Russian military presence in Moldova. - Post-independence of Moldova, Wikipedia.
April, 2005: Cordes has appeared on the cover of the Russian
language version of Vogue which was photographed by
Karl Lagerfeld
in April 2005. - Charlott Cordes, Wikipedia.
September 6, 2005: The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation sent to Estonia a note, in which Russia informed that it did not intend to become a party to the border treaties between Estonia and Russia and did not consider itself bound by the circumstances concerning the object and the purposes of the treaties. - Estonia–Russia relations, Wikipedia.
September 24, 2007: He was appointed to the new Russian cabinet
headed by Viktor
Zubkov as regional development minister, succeeding Vladimir
Yakovlev again, and leaving his previous position. - Dmitry Kozak, Wikipedia.
September 23, 2007: This decision was made in response to a request on September 23 by Archbishop Gabriel of Comana to grant letters of release to the priests and deacons who had followed Bishop Basil into the Exarchate of Russian Orthodox Parishes in Western Europe. - Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh, Wikipedia.
April 30, 2008: Russian forensic
scientists confirmed on 30
April2008 that human
remains were those of the Tsarevich Alexei and one of his four
sisters. - Portal:Saints/Selected Bio, Wikipedia.
April 30, 2008: Russian forensic
scientists confirmed on 30
April2008 that human
remains were those of the Tsarevich Alexei and one of his four
sisters. - Portal:Saints/Bio Archive, Wikipedia.
September 10, 2008: Two Russian Tu-160 landed in Venezuela as part of military maneuvers, announcing an unprecedented deployment to Russia's ally at a time of increasingly tense relations between Russia and the United States. - Tupolev Tu-160, Wikipedia.
September 11, 2008: Kokoity announced that independent South
Ossetia would eventually become part of the Russian Federation, a
claim that was quickly denied by Russian officials and shortly
thereafter retracted by Kokoity. - Eduard Kokoity, Wikipedia.
November 10, 2008: Russian warships are scheduled to participate in joint naval exercises with the Venezuelan navy in the Caribbean on November 10-14, in line with the 2008 training program, and in order to expand military cooperation with foreign navies. - Russian Navy, Wikipedia.
November 21, 2008: The Russian news agency Interfax reported on 21 November 2008 that
construction on the tower was to be halted. - Russia Tower, Wikipedia.
February 27, 2009: Ilhom Tuychievich Nematov (Russian: Ильхом Туйчиевич Неъматов, Uzbek: Ilhom Tuychievich Nematov) is an Uzbekdiplomat and is the current Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Russia, presenting his credentials to Russian PresidentDmitry Medvedev on 27 February 2009. - Ilhom Nematov, Wikipedia.
September 10, 2009: The Russian language channel was launched on September 10, 2009
on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic ties between Beijing and Moscow. - CCTV International Russian, Wikipedia.
September 10, 2009: From September 10, 2009, CCTV began broadcasting its Russian-language channel. - China Central Television, Wikipedia.
December 16, 2009: Zautbek Kausbekovich Turisbekov (Kazakh: Зауытбек Кауысбекулы Турысбек-тегi, Russian: Заутбек Каусбекович Турисбеков) is a Kazakhdiplomat and the current Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Russia, presenting his credentials to Russian PresidentDmitry Medvedev on 16 December 2009. - Zautbek Turisbekov, Wikipedia.
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