On August 30.1813 ; First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance. source
On August 30.1813 ; First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
The KGB, an initialism for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti source
The KGB, an initialism for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti
On September 7.2011 ; A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team. source
On September 7.2011 ; A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
On September 8.2005 ; Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America. source
On September 8.2005 ; Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
On September 9.1855 ; Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city. source
On September 9.1855 ; Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
On September 10.1918 ; Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan. source
On September 10.1918 ; Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
On September 14.1917 ; Russia is officially proclaimed a republic. source
On September 14.1917 ; Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
On September 17.1809 ; Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn. source
On September 17.1809 ; Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
On September 18.1812 ; The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire. source
On September 18.1812 ; The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
On September 21.1993 ; Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993. source
On September 21.1993 ; Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
On October 2.1941 ; World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow. source
On October 2.1941 ; World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
On October 22.1784 ; Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska. source
On October 22.1784 ; Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
On October 23.1812 ; Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he is now the commandant of Paris. source
On October 23.1812 ; Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he is now the commandant of Paris.
On October 26.2002 ; Moscow theater hostage crisis: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before source
On October 26.2002 ; Moscow theater hostage crisis: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before
On November 2.1917 ; The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting. source
On November 2.1917 ; The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
On November 5.1917 ; October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian calendar, subsequent period references show an Oc source
On November 5.1917 ; October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian calendar, subsequent period references show an Oc
On November 16.1849 ; A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor. source
On November 16.1849 ; A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
On November 24.2015 ; A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria–Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort. source
On November 24.2015 ; A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria–Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort.
On November 25.1795 ; Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia. source
On November 25.1795 ; Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
On December 6.1917 ; Finland declares independence from Russia. source
On December 6.1917 ; Finland declares independence from Russia.
On December 14.1812 ; The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia. source
On December 14.1812 ; The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
On December 15.1905 ; The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin. source
On December 15.1905 ; The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
On December 22.1790 ; The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies. source
On December 22.1790 ; The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
On December 25.2000 ; Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. source
On December 25.2000 ; Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov.
On December 29.2012 ; A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured source
On December 29.2012 ; A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured
On December 29.2013 ; A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others. source
On December 29.2013 ; A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
On December 31.1757 ; Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia. source
On December 31.1757 ; Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.