Today is the first day of Maslenitsa in Russia (2006)

1978 - Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer dies (b. 1912)

1957 - Viktor Markin, Russian athlete is born

1947 - Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist is born

1904 - Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist is born (d. 1996)

1891 - David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcast pioneer is born (d. 1971)

1887 - Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist dies (b. 1833)

1861 - A crowd in Warsaw protesting Russian rule over Poland is fired upon by Russian troops, killing five protesters.

1617 - Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.

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