Russia

verified-icon
The Slavic Giant
Related Lives

Chile

Land of poets and penguins.

Arkansas

The Natural State

Mexico

The Land of the Maya

Albania

The Land of Eagles
Life cover image
130 Moments
2008
Dmitry Medvedev Sworn In as 3rd President of Russia
2007
Testing the world's largest conventional weapon - the Father of all bombs.
Withdrawal from Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Legendary Russian test pilot Marina Popovich is awarded the honorary title “The Hero of the Nation” by the Russian Federation
2005
Slovakia Summit welcomes Bush and Putin
2004
Beslan school hostage crisis: Hundreds taken by armed terrorists in North Ossetia
Tragic Airline Explosions from Moscow Airport
Stanislav Petrov awarded for averting nuclear war in 1983.
2002
Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis: Chechen Rebels Capture 800 Hostages
2000
Vladimir Putin's First Presidency in Russia
1997
Progress M-35 Soyuz launch strengthens Russia's role in space exploration
1994
Goodwill Games III open in St Petersburg, Russia
1991
Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Russian Republic
1986
Chernobyl Disaster: Catastrophic Nuclear Accident's Lasting Impact
Historic Orbit Mission of Space Station Mir
1979
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
1970
First successful landing on Venus by Venera-7 probe
First Moon Rover: Lunokhod-1 on Moon Surface
1965
First-ever spacewalk by Soviet cosmonaut, Alexei Leonov
1963
Trailblazing cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's historic space mission aboard Vostok-6 spacecraft.
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis: Near Nuclear Conflict and Diplomatic Resolution
1961
First Human in Space: Yuri Gagarin's Milestone Flight
1960
Belka and Strelka: Earth's First Orbiting Animals
1959
Soviet Pennants Dropped on Moon by Luna-2
1958
Development of Full-Pressure Spacesuits in Soviet Union
1957
First Artificial Earth Satellite: Sputnik-1 Launch
World's First Ballistic Missile, R-7, Successfully Tested
1956
Khrushchev denounces Stalin's personality cult
1949
Soviet Union's First Atomic Bomb Test
1941
Start of the Leningrad Siege