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Incumbents

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Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Ru ...

(from May 7, acting President until May 7) *

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(until May 7),

Mikhail Kasyanov Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov ( rus, Михаи́л Миха́йлович Касья́нов, , mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsʲjanəf, links=no; born 8 December 1957) is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia fr ...

(from May 7)

Events

February

*February 4 —

Second Chechen War Names The Second Chechen War is also known as the Second Chechen Campaign () or the Second Russian Invasion of Chechnya from the Chechens, Chechen insurgents' point of view.Федеральный закон № 5-ФЗ от 12 января 19 ...

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. *February 5 — Second Chechen War:

Novye Aldi massacre The Novye Aldi massacre was the mass murder of Chechen civilians on February 5, 2000, in which Russian forces went on a cleansing operation ( zachistka), summarily executing dozens. The village had been cluster-bombed a day prior to the mas ...

. *February 6 — Second Chechen War: Battle of Grozny, Chechen capital

Grozny Grozny (, ; ) is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 328,533 — up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Russian Census, 2002 ce ...

falls to Russian troops. *February 29–March 1 — Second Chechen War: Battle of Hill 776.

March

*March — Second Chechen War:

Komsomolskoye massacre The Komsomolskoye massacre occurred following the Battle of Komsomolskoye (Chechen: Saadi-Kotar) during the Second Chechen War in March 2000. A prominent feature in the incident was the fate of a group of about 72 Chechen combatants who had surr ...

. *March 1 — Second Chechen War: Grozny OMON fratricide incident. *March 4–25 — Second Chechen War:

Battle of Komsomolskoye The Battle of Komsomolskoye took place in Chechnya during the Second Chechen War. Beginning on 6 March 2000 and lasting until 24 March 2000, it resulted in the deaths of more than 50 Russian soldiers and hundreds of Chechen militants over the c ...

. *March 26 —

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is elected president. *March 29 — Second Chechen War:

Zhani-Vedeno ambush The 2000 Zhani-Vedeno ambush took place on March 29, 2000, when a mechanized column of special Russian Military Police troops was ambushed in the southern Vedensky District of Chechnya. As the result of the attack on the convoy and on Russian r ...

May

*May 24 — The Russian Government threatens to bomb the

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due to their support for Chechen rebels.

July

*July 2–3 — Second Chechen War: Chechen suicide attacks kill 43 Russian soldiers.

August

*August 12 — The Russian submarine K-141 ''Kursk'' sinks in the

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, resulting in the

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of all 118 men on board. *August 14 —

Tsar Nicholas II Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 186817 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. He married ...

and several members of his family are canonized by the synod of the

Russian Orthodox Church The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; ;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (), is an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The Primate (bishop), p ...

. *August 28 — Moscow's

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set ablaze by fire caused by a short circuit.

September

*September 15–October 1 —

competes at the

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, winning 32 gold, 28 silver and 29 bronze medals.

December

*December 25 — Russia changes their

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back to the old

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anthem An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to sho ...

, with newer lyrics.

Notable births

*January 1 —

Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya Ekaterina Dmitriyevna Alexandrovskaya (; 1January 200018July 2020) was a Russian-Australian pair skater. With her skating partner, Harley Windsor, she was the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medallist, ...

, Russian-Australian pair skater (d.

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

) *January 26 — Angélique Abachkina, ice dancer *February 9 —

Serafima Sakhanovich Serafima "Sima" Andreyevna Sakhanovich (; born 9 February 2000) is a retired Russian figure skater. She has won six medals on the ISU Challenger Series circuit, and is the 2017 C.S. Warsaw Cup champion, and the 2018 C.S. Tallinn Trophy champio ...

, figure skater *April 12 —

Maria Sotskova Maria Romanovna Sotskova (pron. ''SOT-skoh-vah''; ; born 12 April 2000) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2017–18 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, 2017 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time Internationaux de France silve ...

, figure skater *November 8 —

Anastasia Skoptsova Anastasia Ilinichna Skoptsova (; born 8 November 2000) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Kirill Aleshin, she was the 2020 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy silver medalist, and 2021 Russian n ...

, ice dancer

Notable deaths

*January 6 —

Alexey Vyzmanavin Alexey Borisovich Vyzmanavin (sometimes written Vyzhmanavin; ; 1 January 1960 – 6 January 2000) was a Russian chess Grandmaster. Biography During the early part of his career, he regularly played in the Moscow Championships and in 1981, wit ...

, chess grandmaster (b.

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

) *January 7 —

Makhmud Esambayev Makhmud Ḣelasoltiyn voḣ Esambayev (15 July 19247 January 2000) was a Soviet and Chechen dancer, ballet master, choreographer and actor. Makhmud was regarded as one of the most famous dancers of the Soviet Union. People's Artist of the US ...

, Soviet and Russian actor and dancer (b.

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...

) *January 20 —

Izabella Yurieva Izabella Yurieva () is the stage name of Izabella Danilovna Livikova (; 7 September 1899 – 20 January 2000), a Russian singer nicknamed the "Queen of the Russian Romance" who celebrated her centennial at a tribute concert given in her honor at t ...

, singer (b.

1899 Events January * January 1 ** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...

) *February 1 —

Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov Khunkar-pasha Germanovich Israpilov (, 13 November 1967 – 1 August 2000) was a Chechen separatist commander and an active participant of both the First and Second Chechen Wars. Khunkar-Pasha is from the Alaroy Teip A ''teip'' (also ''taip ...

, Chechen separatist (b.

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

) *February 3 —

Yuriy Lituyev Yuriy Nikolaevich Lituyev () (April 11, 1925 – February 3, 2000) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He trained in Leningrad and later in Moscow at the Armed Forces sports society. Lituyev took part in t ...

, athlete (b.

1925 Events January * January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini m ...

) *February 9 — Yevgeny Andreyev, Air Force colonel and balloonist (b.

1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...

) *February 15 —

Vladimir Utkin Vladimir Fyodorovich Utkin (; 17 October 1923 – 15 February 2000) was a Russian engineer and rocket scientist in the Soviet Union. He developed railcar- launched ICBM RT-23 Molodets and other Soviet rockets. Early life Utkin was born in th ...

, engineer and rocket scientist (b.

1923 In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...

) *February 20 —

Anatoly Sobchak Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak ( rus, Анатолий Александрович Собчак, p=ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ sɐpˈtɕak; 10 August 1937 – 19 February 2000) was a Russian politician and legal scholar, a co-autho ...

, Mayor of Saint Petersburg (b.

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Feb ...

) *February 22 — Arkady Khait, writer, satirist and screenwriter (b.

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 Saf ...

) *February 23 —

Nikolay Gulyayev Nikolay Alekseyevich Gulyayev (, born 1 January 1966) is a former speed skater, considered among the world's best in the 1980s. Biography Nikolay Gulyayev trained at Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. Skating for the Soviet Union, his firs ...

, football player and coach (b.

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 * ...

) *February 24 — Boris Zaytsev, ice hockey goaltender (b.

) *February 25 —

Pyotr Breus Pyotr Pavlovich Breus , (December 2, 1927 – February 25, 2000) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics, part of the team which won the bronze medal. He played in all seven matches and score ...

, water polo player (b.

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...

) *February 27 —

Jurij A. Treguboff Jurij A. Treguboff (1913–2000) was a Soviet writer. 1913 births 2000 deaths Soviet writers Date of birth missing {{USSR-bio-stub National Alliance of Russian Solidarists members ...

, author (b.

1913 Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 &ndash ...

) *February 29 —

Nikita Moiseyev Nikita Nikolayevich Moiseyev (Russian: Никита Николаевич Моисеев) (23 August 1917 – 29 February 2000) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, full member of the Soviet and Russian Academies of Sciences and of the Interna ...

, mathematician (b.

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

) *March 9 —

Artyom Borovik Artyom Genrikhovich Borovik (, ; 13 September 1960 – 9 March 2000) was a Russian investigative journalist and media magnate. He was the son of a Soviet journalist, Genrikh Borovik, who worked for many years as a foreign correspondent in the ...

, journalist and media magnate (b.

) *March 19 — Mikhail Yefremov, politician and diplomat (b.

1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...

) *March 29 —

Yevgeny Feofanov Yevgeny Feofanov (29 April 1937 – 29 March 2000) was a boxer from the Soviet Union. He was born in Moscow, Russia. He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy Italy, officially the Italian ...

, boxer (b.

) * March -

William Pokhlyobkin William August Vasilyevich Pokhlyobkin (August 20, 1923 – April 15 (burial date), 2000; , Viliyam Vasilievich Pokhlyobkin) was a Soviet and Russian historian specializing in Scandinavian studies, heraldry, the diplomacy and international ...

, writer (born 1923) *April 5 —

Irina Sebrova Irina Fyodorovna Sebrova (; – 5 April 2000) was a flight commander in the women's 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, also known as the Night Witches, during the Second World War. She was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union ...

, Air Force pilot and officer (b.

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...

) *April 10 — David Klyshko, physicist (b.

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

) *April 15 —

Irina Gubanova Irina Igorevna Gubanova (; 1940–2000) was a Russian ballerina and film actress.Cowie / Elley p.644 She was married to the actor Sergei Gurzo. Selected filmography * '' The Girl Without an Address'' (1958) * '' The Queen of Spades'' (1960) as ...

, ballerina and film actress (b.

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...

) *April 17 —

Pyotr Glebov Pyotr Petrovich Glebov (14 April 191517 April 2000), was a Russian film actor from the Russian noble . In 1940, Glebov graduated from the Stanislavsky School where his teachers included Mikhail Kedrov. When World War II broke out, the young ...

, film actor (b.

) *April 19 — Sergey Zalygin, writer (b.

) *April 25 —

Alla Larionova Alla Dmitriyevna Larionova (; 19 February 1931, in Moscow, USSR – 25 April 2000, in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1990). Wife of the People's Artist of the RSFSR Nikolai Rybniko ...

, theater and film actress (b.

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

) *April 28 —

Sergey Khristianovich Sergey Alekseyevich Khristianovich (, 9 November 1908 – 28 April 2000) was a mechanics scientist from the Soviet Union. Academician of Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union and then Russian Academy of Sciences, since 1943 (corresponding membe ...

, mechanics scientist (b.

1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ...

) *May 15 — Alfred Kuchevsky, ice hockey defenceman (b.

) *May 17 — Angelina Stepanova, stage and film actress (b.

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

) *May 19 —

Yevgeny Khrunov Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov (; 10 September 1933 – 20 May 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/ Soyuz 4 mission. Early life Yevgeny Khrunov was born on 10 September 1933 to Vasily Yegorevich and Agrafena Nikolayevna. N ...

, cosmonaut (b.

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...

) *May 24 —

Oleg Yefremov Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov (; 1 October 1927 – 24 May 2000) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1987). In 1949, he graduated from Moscow A ...

, actor and theatre producer (b.

) *June 2 **

Svyatoslav Fyodorov Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Fyodorov (; 8 August 1927 – 2 June 2000) was a Russian ophthalmologist, politician, professor, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. He is considered to be a pioneer of ...

, ophthalmologist and politician (b.

) **

Mikhail Schweitzer Mikhail (Moisei) Abramovich Schweitzer (, 16 February 1920, Perm, Russia, Perm – 2 June 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Mikhail Schweitzer graduated from the ...

, film director and screenwriter (b.

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...

) *June 13 —

Yefim Gamburg Yefim Abramovich Gamburg (; 10 June 1925 — 13 June 2000) was a Soviet and Russian animation director known for parody and musical cartoons. He was named Meritorious Artist of RSFSR in 1986. Member of ASIFA.''Sergei Kapkov (2006)''. Encyclopedia ...

, animation director (b.

) *June 15 —

Grigori Gorin Grigori Israilevich Gorin (, born ''Ofshtein'' (); March 12, 1940, Moscow — June 15, 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian playwright and writer of Jewish descent. Gorin is particularly credited with scripts for several plays and films,mostl ...

, playwright and writer (b.

) *June 18 — Boris Vasilyev, cyclist (b.

) *July 4 — Yuri Klinskikh, singer, songwriter and arranger (b.

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

) *July 16 —

Igor Domnikov Igor Domnikov (May 29, 1959 – July 16, 2000) was a Russian journalist and editor for special topics involving business corruption for ''Novaya Gazeta'' in Moscow, Russia, who was murdered in 2000. Although some individuals were convicted of ...

, journalist and editor (b.

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

) *July 21 ** Vladimir Novikov, statesman (b.

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...

) **

Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova Maria Alexeevna Kleschar-Samohvalova (; August 4, 1915 – July 21, 2000) was a Soviet Russian painter and graphic artist and a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (known as the Leningrad Union of Artists prior to 1992), who lived a ...

, painter and graphic artist (b.

) *July 24 —

Anatoli Firsov Anatoli Vasilievich Firsov (; 1 February 1941 – 24 July 2000) was a Russians, Russian ice hockey left wing and center, who competed internationally for the Soviet Union, USSR. In the IIHF World Championships, he won the scoring title four times ...

, ice hockey player (b.

1941 The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, wa ...

) *July 26 — Dalkhan Khozhaev, Chechen historian, field commander, brigadier general and author (b.

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

) *July 27 — Vladimir Lisunov, nonconformist artist (b.

) *August 1 — Galina Sergeyeva, actress (b.

) *August 8 —

Anatoli Romashin Anatoli Vladimirovich Romashin (; 1931–2000) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director. He won the USSR State Prize (1977) and was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1982). Biography Anatoli Romashin was born in Leningrad o ...

, film and theater actor and director (b.

) *August 14 —

Rostislav Vovkushevsky Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky (; March 22, 1917 – August 14, 2000) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 named as the Leningrad b ...

, realist painter (b.

) *August 25 — Valeriy Priyomykhov, actor, film director and author (b.

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...

) *September 2 — Gennady Smirnov, footballer (b.

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

) *September 14 — Igor Luzhkovsky, swimmer (b.

) *September 16 —

Alexandra Petrova Alexandra Valeryevna Petrova (; 18 September 1980 – 16 September 2000) was a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 1996. She later competed in Miss Universe 1999, where she was unplaced. Life and career Pet ...

, model and beauty pageant contestant (b.

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

) *September 20 —

Gherman Titov Gherman Stepanovich Titov (; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He was the fou ...

, cosmonaut (b.

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

) *September 22 — Alexei Kostrikin, mathematician (b.

) *October 2 —

Nikolai Fedorenko Nikolai Trofimovich Fedorenko (; – October 2, 2000) was a Soviet philologist, orientalist, statesman, public figure, professor (1953), and corresponding member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1958). Biography Nikolai Fedorenko graduate ...

, philologist, orientalist and diplomat (b.

1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...

) *October 8 —

Vsevolod Larionov Vsevolod Dmitriyevich Larionov (; September 11, 1928 in Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union – October 8, 2000 1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...

) *October 10 — Nikolai Lyashchenko, army general (b.

1910 Events January * January 6 – Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military. * January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, t ...

) *November 5 —

Gleb Savinov Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov (; September 27, 1915 – November 5, 2000) was a Soviet Union, Soviet, Russians, Russian painter and art teacher, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Leningr ...

, painter and art teacher (b.

) *November 7 —

Boris Zakhoder Boris Vladimirovich Zakhoder (; 9 September 1918 — 7 November 2000) was a Russian poet, translator and children's writer. He is best known for his translations of ''Winnie-the-Pooh'', ''Mary Poppins'', ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and ...

, poet and children's writer (b.

1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...

) *November 18 **

Ilya Starinov Colonel Ilya Grigoryevich Starinov (; , village of Voynovo, today's Oryol Oblast – 18 November 2000) was a Soviet military officer, the most famous Soviet saboteur. Career Starinov joined the Red Army in 1918 and participated in the Russian ...

, military officer (b.

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...

) **

Konstantin Krizhevsky Konstantin Stanislavovich Krizhevsky (; 20 February 1926 – 18 November 2000) was a Soviet football defender. He was born in Odintsovo, Russia. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952 Olympics, and the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

, football defender (b.

) *November 20 **

Nikolay Dollezhal Nikolay Antonovich Dollezhal (; – 20 November 2000) was a Russian engineer of Czech origin whose career was spent in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons and later played an influential role in developing the commercial nuclear po ...

, engineer (b.

) **

Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kotyonochkin (also known as Kotenochkin) (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Котёночкин) (June 20, 1927 – November 20, 2000) was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator and artist. He was ...

, animation director, animator and artist (b.

) *November 30 —

Olga Bogaevskaya Olga Borisovna Bogaevskaya (, 25 October 1915, Petrograd, Russian Empire – 30 November 2000, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian Soviet painter and graphic artist, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg - Petrograd - Leningrad. She ...

, painter and graphic artist (b.

) *December 14 — Pavel Plotnikov, Air Force general (b.

)

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