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1938 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1938 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin * Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Kalinin * Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Molotov Events * March – Trial of the Twenty-One * 15 March – The Soviet Union announces officially that Nikolai Bukharin has been executed. * 29 July–11 August – Battle of Lake Khasan * 2 September – Soviet Ambassador to Britain Ivan Maisky calls on Winston Churchill, telling him that Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov has expressed to the French chargé d'affaires in Moscow that the Soviet Union is willing to fight over the territorial integrity of Czechoslovakia. *''unknown date'' – Family plots produce 22% of all Soviet agricultural produce, on only 4% of all cultivated land. Births * January 2 — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938
Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von Brauchitsch. Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath is dismi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Nesterenko
Yevgeny Yevgenievich Nesterenko (; 8 January 1938 – 20 March 2021) was a Soviet and Russian operatic bass. He made an international career, based at the Bolshoi Theatre. He performed a vast repertoire of 50 leading roles, and was known for the title role of Mussorgsky's ''Boris Godunov''. He was active in concert, and composers wrote music for him such as '' Suite on Verses of Michelangelo'' by Dmitri Shostakovich. He was a teacher at Moscow Conservatory and the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. Early life and education Nesterenko was born in Moscow on to Yevgeny Nikiforovich Nesterenko (1908–1996), a major general who fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, and Velta Voldemarovna Bauman (1912–1938), who died when Nesterenko was nine months old. Both of his parents had musical talents and passed their love of singing on to their son. Although Nesterenko participated in his school's choir, he was uncomfortable with his voice, which was already c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Gapchenko
Emma Vasilyevna Gapchenko (; 24 February 1938 – 6 December 2021) was a Russian archer. She won three gold medals at the world championships in 1969–73 and a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics. At the European championships she won the team gold medal in 1970–74 and individual silvers in 1970 and 1974. She never won a Soviet title. Gapchenko trained in running, swimming and volleyball before taking up archery at an advanced age of 28. After retiring from competitions she worked as an archery coach and judge. Sports-reference She died on 6 December 2021, at the age of 83. References 1938 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Russia
Events from the year 2007 in Russia. Incumbents * President - Vladimir Putin * Prime Minister - Mikhail Fradkov to September 14, Viktor Zubkov Events * January 1: The Evenk and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs merged with Krasnoyarsk Krai, ending their status as federal subjects. * January 8: The Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates. * February 2: Orange Snow fell in Siberia, most likely caused by sandstorms in neighboring Kazakhstan. * March 17: UTair Flight 471 ends with a hard landing, killing at least 6 people and injuring 20 others. * March 19: The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, a methane explosion Kemerovo Oblast, kills at least 108 people. * April: It is reported in Forbes magazine, an American publication, that Russia now has 60 billionaires, mostly living in Moscow, which is believed to have more millionaires than any other city in the world. 15 years ago, Russia did not even have any millionaires. * April 27: A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Chechnya, killing all 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Dzhugashvili
Galina Yakovlevna Dzhugashvili (; 19 February 1938 – 27 August 2007) was a Russian translator of French. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Stalin, the daughter of Stalin's elder son, Yakov Dzhugashvili. She consistently challenged widely accepted accounts of her father's internment and death at a Nazi prison camp. Biography Galina Dzhugashvili was born in Moscow. Her mother was Yulia Meltzer, a well-known Jewish dancer from Odessa. After meeting Yulia at a reception, Yakov fought with her second husband, an NKVD officer called Nikolai Bessarab, and arranged her divorce. Bessarab was later arrested by the NKVD and executed. Yakov became her third husband. Yakov was a senior lieutenant in the Soviet artillery in the Second World War. Historians have traditionally maintained that he was captured by the Germans in 1941 and died at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1943 after Stalin declined to exchange him for the captured German general Field Marshal Friedric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Uzbekistan
Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number) *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen * ''Sixteen'' (2013 Indian film), a 2013 Hindi film * ''Sixteen'' (2013 British film), a 2013 British film by director Rob Brown Music * The Sixteen, an English choir * 16 (band), a sludge metal band * Sixteen (Polish band), a Polish band Albums * ''16'' (Robin album), a 2014 album by Robin * 16 (Madhouse album), a 1987 album by Madhouse * ''Sixteen'' (album), a 1983 album by Stacy Lattisaw *''Sixteen'' , a 2005 album by Shook Ones * ''16'', a 2020 album by Wejdene Songs * "16" (Sneaky Sound System song), 2009 * "Sixteen" (Thomas Rhett song), 2017 * "Sixteen" (Ellie Goulding song), 2019 *" Six7een", by Hori7on, 2023 *"16", by Craig David from ''Following My Intuition'', 2016 *"16", by Green Day from ''39/Smooth'', 1990 *"16", by Highly Suspect f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Uzbekistan
The president of the Republic of Uzbekistan () is the head of state and executive authority in Uzbekistan. The office of President was established in 1991, replacing the position of Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Uzbek SSR, which had existed since 1925. The president is directly elected for a term of seven years, by citizens of Uzbekistan who have reached 18 years of age. Islam Karimov was the only President of Uzbekistan for 25 years following the establishment of the office; he won three consecutive elections which many consider to have been Election, rigged. The third election was the most controversial since he had been elected twice and the current Constitution stipulated a maximum of two terms. The official explanation was that his first term in office, of five years, was under the previous Constitution and did not count towards the new limit. He died in office on 2 September 2016. A joint session of both houses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islam Karimov
Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov (30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was an Uzbek politician who served as the first president of Uzbekistan, from the country's independence in 1991 until his death in 2016. He was the last First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from 1989 to 1991, when the party was reconstituted as the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (O‘zXDP); he led the O‘zXDP until 1996. He was the President of the Uzbek SSR from 24 March 1990 until he declared the independence of Uzbekistan on 1 September 1991. He declared Uzbekistan as an independent nation on 31 August 1991. He subsequently won the 1991 Uzbek presidential election, presidential election on 29 December 1991, with 86% of the vote. Foreign observers and the opposition cited voting irregularities, alleging state-run propaganda and a falsified vote count. Karimov's first presidential term was extended to 2000 by way of 1995 Uzbek presidential term referendum, a referendum, and he was re-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1980 in the Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev (1964–1982) * Premier of the Soviet Union: Alexei Kosygin (1964–1980), Nikolai Tikhonov (1980–1985) Events * 19 July–3 August – The 1980 Summer Olympics, Olympics take place in Moscow. * Soviet–Afghan War Births * 20 February – Zurab Yevloyev, former Russian professional football player * 4 May – Mikhail Tsvetkov, Russian high jumper * 12 June – Denys Monastyrsky, Ukrainian politician (died 2023) * 22 June – Ilya Bryzgalov, former Russian ice hockey player * 20 September – Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist Deaths *1 March – Daniil Khrabrovitsky, film director (born 1923) *9 March – Nikolay Bogolyubov (actor), Nikolay Bogolyubov, actor (born 1899) *11 March – Mikhail Kaufman, cinematographer and photographer (born 1897) *11 April – Yakov Zarobya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Vysotsky
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (25 January 193825 July 1980) was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture. He became widely known for his unique singing style and for his lyrics, which featured social and political commentary in often-humorous street jargon. He was also a prominent stage- and screen-actor. Though the official Soviet cultural establishment largely ignored his work, he was remarkably popular during his lifetime and has exerted significant influence on many of Russia's musicians and actors. Early life Vysotsky was born on 25 January 1938, at the 3rd Meshchanskaya Street (61/2) maternity hospital in Moscow. His father was Semyon Vladimirovich (Volfovich) Vysotsky, a Jewish man who came originally from Kiev. His mother, Nina Maksimovna Vysotsky (née Seryogina), was Russian, and worked as a German translator. The family lived in a communal flat at No. 126, 1st Meshchanskaya Street. Vladimir's theatrical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1986 in the Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents *General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev *Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet – Andrei Gromyko *Premier of the Soviet Union – Nikolai Ryzhkov *Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union – Vladimir Terebilov Events January *25 January – Mikhail Gorbachev proposes a 15-year plan on Nuclear disarmament, abolition of nuclear weapons. February *20 February – The first component of the Mir space station - the Mir Core Module, core module - is launched. *24 February – VI Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR opens in Krasnoyarsk. *25 February – The 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is opened, where the concept of ''glasnost'' emerges. March *1 March – 1986 Soviet Top League is inaugurated. *13 March **Soyuz T-15 is launched at the Gagarin's Start. **1986 Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoly Marchenko
Anatoly Tikhonovich Marchenko (, 23 January 1938 – 8 December 1986) was a Soviet dissident, author, and human rights campaigner, who became one of the first two recipients (along with Nelson Mandela) of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought of the European Parliament when it was awarded to him posthumously in 1988. Marchenko, originally an apolitical oil driller from a poor background, turned to writing and politics as a result of several episodes of incarceration starting in 1958, during which he began to associate with other dissidents., pg. 17, pg. 25 Marchenko gained international fame in 1969 through his book, ''My Testimony'', an autobiographical account written after his arrival in Moscow in 1966 about his then-recent sentences in Soviet labour camps and prisons., pg. 5 After limited circulation inside the Soviet Union as ''samizdat'', the book caused a sensation in the West after it revealed that the Soviet gulag system had continued after the death of Joseph Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
