1997 in Russia

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Events from the year 1997 in Russia.

Incumbents

• President: Boris Yeltsin
• Prime Minister: Viktor Chernomyrdin
• Minister of Defence: Igor Rodionov (until 22 May), Igor Sergeyev

Events

March

• 18 March - Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023 crashes killing 50 people.

May

• 8 May - The 1997 Moscow memorandum is signed.
• 12 May - The Russia–Chechen Peace Treaty is signed.
• 28 May - The Partition Treaty on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet is signed

September

• 17 September - Russia joins the Paris Club^[1][2]

December

• 5 December - 1997 Kamchatka earthquake
• 6 December - 1997 Irkutsk Antonov An-124 crash
• 14 December - Moscow City Duma election, 1997

Births

January

• 4 January - Andrei Mironov, retired defensive midfielder who last played for the Latvian club BFC Daugavpils.
• 13 January - Ivan Provorov, ice hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers^[3][4]
• 14 January - Tolmachevy Sisters, winners of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• 31 January - Anatoliy Ryapolov, long jumper

September

• 30 September - Yana Kudryavtseva, rhythmic gymnast

October

• 20 October - Andrey Rublev, tennis player

December

• 20 December - Lina Fedorova, pair skater^[5][6]

Deaths

• 7 February - Daniil Shafran, cellist (b. 1923)
• 23 March - Pyotr Lushev, army general (b. 1923)
• 18 May - Mikhail Anikushin, sculptor (b. 1917)
• 1 June - Nikolai Tikhonov, 9th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1905)
• 21 August - Yuri Nikulin, clown, comedian, circus director, actor. (b. 1921)
• 3 November - Vladimir Gulyaev, actor (b. 1924)

References

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