August 9, 2008
Today in History
Today the liturgical feast day of the great martyr Saint Panteleimon is observed in Russian Orthodox Church
Today in History
1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
1975 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer dies (b. 1906)
1938 - Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian politician is born
1896 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist is born (d. 1934)
1871 - Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer is born (d. 1919)
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