1924 - The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an “integral part of the Republic of China“, whose “sovereignty” therein the Soviet Union promises to respect.

1892 - Michel Kikoine, Belarus painter is born (d. 1968)

1892 - Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer is born (d. 1968)

1747 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman dies (b. 1686)

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1672 (O.S.) - Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia is born (d. 1725)

1814 - Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist is born (d. 1876)

1934 - Aleksei Leonov, Russian cosmonaut is born

1926 - Vladimir Steklov, Russian physicist dies (b. 1864)

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1727 - Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.

1913 - Igor Stravinsky’s ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris.

1882 - Vasily Perov, Russian painter dies (b. 1833)

1910 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer dies (b. 1837)

1972 - Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian mechanical engineer dies (b. 1878)

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1905 - Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Togo Heihachiro and the Imperial Japanese Navy.

1995 - The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, â…” of total population.

1971 - Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian Olympic and World Figure Skating Champion is born

1976 - Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast is born

1916 - Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer dies (b. 1856)

1927 - Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter dies (b. 1878)

1968 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper dies (b. 1908)

2003 - Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut dies (b. 1933)

2003 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry dies (b. 1917)

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1703 - Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.

1883 - Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.

1905 - Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.

1977 - An Aeroflot plane crashes, killing 69 people.

1996 - First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire in the war.

1837 - Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter is born (d. 1887)

1896 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist dies (b. 1839)

1989 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet dies (b. 1907)

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1970 - The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.

1896 - Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia.

1879 - Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.

1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author is born (d. 1837)

1909 - Nikolay Guryanov, Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest is born (d. 2002)

2004 - Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer dies (b. 1931)

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1889 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian inventor is born (d. 1972)

1924 - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter dies (b. 1889)

1926 - Symon Petlura, Ukrainian politician and statesman dies (b. 1879)

1977 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer dies (b. 1904)

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2002 - Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.

1905 - Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate is born (d. 1984)

1940 - Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate is born (d. 1996)

1973 - Ruslana, Ukrainian singer is born

1949 - Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect dies (b. 1873)

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1951 - Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player is born

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1989 - Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director dies (b. 1915)

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1879 - Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian actress, scriptwriter, and producer is born (d. 1945)

1911 - Anatol Rapoport, Russian mathematical psychologist, and pianist is born (d. 2007)

2004 - Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast dies (b. 1945)

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