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1999 In Russia
Events from the year 1999 in Russia. Incumbents *President: Boris Yeltsin (until 31 December), Vladimir Putin *Prime Minister: ** until 12 May: Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov ** 12 May-9 August: Sergei Stepashin ** starting 9 August: Vladimir Putin *Minister of Defence: Igor Sergeyev Events March *19 March - 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing June *June - Exercise Zapad-99 August *August - Invasion of Dagestan September *September - Russian apartment bombings October *7 October - Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack *21 October - Grozny ballistic missile attack *29 October - Baku–Rostov highway bombing December *December - Alkhan-Yurt massacre *3 December - 1999 Grozny refugee convoy shooting *19 December - 1999 Russian legislative election Undated * Arbat-Opera, a chamber musical theatre–enterprise, is created in Moscow. Births *1 June - Dmitri Aliev, figure skater Deaths *12 June - Sergey Khlebnikov, Olympic speed skater (b. 1955) *3 July - Igor Belsky, ballet dancer (b. 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones and shares land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than any other country but China. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow, the largest city entirely within Europe. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan. The East Slavs emerged as a recognisable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE. Kievan Rus' arose as a state in the 9th century, and in 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s In Russia
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Russia
Events from the year 1999 in Russia. Incumbents *President: Boris Yeltsin (until 31 December), Vladimir Putin *Prime Minister: ** until 12 May: Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov ** 12 May-9 August: Sergei Stepashin ** starting 9 August: Vladimir Putin *Minister of Defence: Igor Sergeyev Events March *19 March - 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing June *June - Exercise Zapad-99 August *August - Invasion of Dagestan September *September - Russian apartment bombings October *7 October - Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack *21 October - Grozny ballistic missile attack *29 October - Baku–Rostov highway bombing December *December - Alkhan-Yurt massacre *3 December - 1999 Grozny refugee convoy shooting *19 December - 1999 Russian legislative election Undated * Arbat-Opera, a chamber musical theatre–enterprise, is created in Moscow. Births *1 June - Dmitri Aliev, figure skater Deaths *12 June - Sergey Khlebnikov, Olympic speed skater (b. 1955) *3 July - Igor Belsky, ballet dancer (b. 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 In The Soviet Union
The year was highlighted by Protests of 1968, protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being 1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, elected leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Australian Senate, Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Nagovitsyn
Sergey Borisovich Nagovitsyn (russian: link=no, Серге́й Борисович Наговицын; 22 July 1968 in Perm, RSFSR, USSR – 21 December 1999 in Perm, Russia) was a Russian singer, composer and author of Russian chanson Russian chanson ( rus, русский шансон, r=russkiy shanson}; from French "chanson") is a neologism for a musical genre covering a range of Russian songs, including city romance songs, author song performed by singer-songwriters, and ... style songs. Life Nagovitsyn was born in the city of Zakamsk. In high school, he studied at the "mean" level. But he was very athletic (play forms, a candidate to Sports Master in boxing). He started playing the guitar in 1985 under the influence of Alexander Rozenbaum. After school, Sergei went to the Perm Medical Institute, but he was drafted to the army. Sergei Nagovitsyn was deployed to Batumi, to the "hot spot". After having been discharged from the Armed Forces Sergei Nagovitsyn got a job ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1928 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin * Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin * Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Alexei Rykov Events * October 1 – The first five-year plan is implemented. May * 18 May – The Shakhty Trial begins. Births * 18 January – Alexander Gomelsky, basketball coach * 10 February – Alma Adamkienė, Lithuanian philologist, philanthropist and First Lady of Lithuania * 5 March – Yelizaveta Dementyeva, sprint canoeist * 7 March – Edgar Elbakyan, Armenian actor (d. 1988) * 10 April – Raïssa Koublitskaïa, Belarusian agricultural worker and politician (d. 2021) * 25 April – Yury Yakovlev, actor * 14 May – Algirdas Šocikas, Lithuanian Olympic heavyweight boxer (d. 2012) * 28 May – Ivan Kizimov, O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genrikh Sapgir
Genrikh Sapgir (russian: Ге́нрих Вениами́нович Сапги́р; November 20, 1928, Biysk, Altai Krai, Russia – October 7, 1999, Moscow) was a Russian poet and fiction writer of Jewish descent. Biography He was born in Biysk to a family of a Moscow engineer on a business trip. The family returned to Moscow fairly soon. In 1944 he joined the course of creative writing tutored by the artist and writer . Together with some other of Kropivnitsky's students he later formed the so-called of poets and writers, part of the Soviet Nonconformist Art movement. Since 1959 Sapgir published his poetry for children. His other poems appeared only in émigré magazines, such as ''Continent'' and ''Strelets'' (''The Archer''). According to Anatoly Kudryavitsky, "Genrikh Sapgir is the most prominent figure of the writers that came to be associated with the now well-known 'Lianozovo Group', which also included (1934-2009) and Igor Kholin (1920-1999). These Moscow poets s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1937 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin * Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin * Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Molotov Events * 23–30 January – Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center * June – Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization * 18-20 June - by the crew led by Valery Chkalov * 12–14 July – A world-record non-stop , by the crew led by Mikhail Gromov, from Moscow to San Jacinto, California * 12 December – Soviet Union legislative election, 1937 Films * ''Bezhin Meadow'' – directed by Sergei Eisenstein * ''Lullaby'' – directed by Dziga Vertov * '' The Return of Maxim'' – directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg * '' Without Dowry'' – directed by Yakov Protazanov Births * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Rerberg
Georgy Ivanovich Rerberg (russian: Георгий Иванович Рерберг, September 28, 1937, Moscow, Soviet Union, – July 28, 1999, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet cinematographer. He is known for his work on Andrey Tarkovsky's ''Mirror'' He started as cinematographer on Andrey Tarkovsky's film '' Stalker'' but was later replaced with Alexander Knyazhinsky. Rerberg's notable portfolio of two dozen films includes works with world-renowned Russian film directors Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrei Tarkovsky, Igor Talankin, Sergei Solovyov, Ivan Dykhovichny, Abderrahmane Sissako and others. Georgy Rerberg was grandson of Russian civil engineer and architect Ivan Rerberg. Selected filmography *''The Story of Asya Klyachina'' (1960) *''The First Teacher'' (1965) *'' A Nest of Gentry'' (1969) *''Uncle Vanya ''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1925 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin * Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin * Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Alexei Rykov Events January * 20 January – The Soviet–Japanese Basic Convention is signed. December * 18–31 December – 14th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)A.A. Soleviev, ''S"ezdy i konferentsii KPSS: Spravochnik'' ongresses and Conferences of the KPSS: A Handbook Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Politicheskoi Literatury, 1986; p. 202. Sports * 10 November – 8 December – Moscow 1925 chess tournament Births * 2 January – Irina Arkhipova, singer * 11 January – Viktor Avdyushko, actor * 15 January – August Englas, Estonian wrestler (d. 2017) * 30 January – Pyotr Kuznetsov, Red Army soldier and Hero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Belsky
Igor Dmitrievich Belsky (russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Бельский; 28 March 1925, Saint Petersburg, Russia – 3 July 1999, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. After 20 years of solo work (1942–62) he became a chief choreographer of Maly Theatre (1962–73), artistic director of Kirov Ballet (1973–77), artistic director of Cairo Ballet (1977–78), chief ballet master at the Leningrad Music Hall (1979–92), and artistic director of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. Biography Belsky got his passion to ballet from his parents, famous vaudeville dancers. While still studying at the Vaganova Academy, in 1942, he was allowed to perform with the Kirov Ballet due to the lack of male dancers during World War II. In the 1950s he continued his studies at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. During his solo career he sought roles that required personality and acting gifts, such as the lead in '' Shuraleh'' by Leonid Yakobson (1950) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
