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Today in Russian History

Historical Events

  • 1907 Emperor Wilhelm (Germany) meets with Tsar Nicholas (Russia) to discuss Germany's plan to build a railroad to Baghdad; the discussion helps move Russia towards Britain and eventually the Triple Alliance
  • 1918 The first allied troops land at Archangel, the Russian port on the White Seas
  • 1980 XXII Summer Olympic Games close in Moscow, Russia
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Famous Birthdays

  • 1884 Louis Gruenberg, Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz), born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Belarus) (d. 1964)
  • 1901 Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Cardinal, born in Zuzela, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1981)
  • 1989 Jules Bianchi, French auto racer (Marussia Formula 1 Racing Team), born in Nice, France (d. 2015)

Famous Deaths

  • 1938 Alexander Malyschkin, Russian writer, dies (b. 1892)
  • 1984 Vladimir Tendryakov, Russian writer (Three, Seven, Ace), dies at 60
  • 1994 Innokenti Smoktunovski, Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69
  • 1998 Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and musicologist, dies after a series strokes at 63

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)

Russian writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel Prize for Literature 1970), dies at 89

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn


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