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1999: Yeltsin Resigns, Putin Becomes Acting President of Russia

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1999: Yeltsin Resigns, Putin Becomes Acting President of Russia

On this day in 1999, Boris Yeltsin resigned, making prime minister Vladimir Putin the acting President of ...

On this day in 1999, Boris Yeltsin resigned, making prime minister Vladimir Putin the acting President of Russia. Interestingly, Putin's first decree was to guarantee Yeltsin and his family that they ...

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1953: The Woman who would be the Empress if the Russian Empire Still Existed

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1953: The Woman who would be the Empress if the Russian Empire Still Existed

On this day in 1953 Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, was born. Had the Russian Empire survive ...

On this day in 1953 Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, was born. Had the Russian Empire survived to this day, she would be its ruler (the empress) because she is the head of what is left of ...

December 23, 2015
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1690: The German whose Daughter Became the Russian Empress Catherine the Great

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1690: The German whose Daughter Became the Russian Empress Catherine the Great

On this day in 1690 was born German Prince Christian August von Anhalt-Zerbst. He is notable by the fact ...

On this day in 1690 was born German Prince Christian August von Anhalt-Zerbst. He is notable by the fact that his eldest daughter became Empress of Russia, known as Catherine the Great. Namely, many p ...

November 29, 2015
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1729: Suvorov: The General who Never Lost a Battle

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1729: Suvorov: The General who Never Lost a Battle

One of the most celebrated military leaders in Russian history – Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov – was born ...

One of the most celebrated military leaders in Russian history – Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov – was born on this day. It seems that he belongs among the rare commanders who never lost a single battle ...

November 24, 2015
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1581: Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible Killed his own Son and Grandchild

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1581: Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible Killed his own Son and Grandchild

One of the bloodiest episodes in the history of Russian emperors ended on this day. Namely, Tsar Ivan the ...

One of the bloodiest episodes in the history of Russian emperors ended on this day. Namely, Tsar Ivan the Terrible, in a quarrel, killed his own son Ivan Ivanovich. The 27-year-old was his eldest son ...

November 19, 2015
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1796: Famous Russian Empress Catherine the Great was German by Birth

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1796: Famous Russian Empress Catherine the Great was German by Birth

The most famous empress in Russian history – Catherine the Great – died on this day. The period of her re ...

The most famous empress in Russian history – Catherine the Great – died on this day. The period of her reign is considered the “Golden Age” in the history of the Russian Empire. Although her rule was ...

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1849: Russian Writer Dostoyevsky Sentenced to Death

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1849: Russian Writer Dostoyevsky Sentenced to Death

On this day Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was sentenced to death because he was a member ...

On this day Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was sentenced to death because he was a member of the liberal society of intellectuals known as Petrashevsky Circle. Russia was at that time ...

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1917: October Revolution Begins

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1917: October Revolution Begins

This day in 1917 marked the beginning of the October Revolution in Russia. It is called the October Revol ...

This day in 1917 marked the beginning of the October Revolution in Russia. It is called the October Revolution because, according to the Julian calendar which was then in use in Russia, today’s date c ...

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