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Events from the year 1997 in Russia.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Boris Yeltsin
- Prime Minister: Viktor Chernomyrdin
- Minister of Defence: Igor Rodionov (until 22 May), Igor Sergeyev
Events[edit]
March[edit]
- 18 March - Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023 crashes killing 50 people.
May[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 17 September - Russia joins the Paris Club[1][2]
December[edit]
- 5 December - 1997 Kamchatka earthquake
- 6 December - 1997 Irkutsk Antonov An-124 crash
- 14 December - Moscow City Duma election, 1997
Births[edit]
January[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 30 September - Yana Kudryavtseva, rhythmic gymnast
October[edit]
- 20 October - Andrey Rublev, tennis player
December[edit]
- 20 December - Lina Fedorova, pair skater[5][6]
Deaths[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ Jones, Dow (September 17, 1997). "Russia to Join Paris Club of Creditors". The New York Times.
- ^ "RUSSIA JOINS PARIS CLUB OF CREDITORS". The Washington Post. September 18, 1997.
- ^ "Ivan Provorov Stats And News". NHL.com.
- ^ "Ivan Provorov Hockey Stats and Profile". hockeydb.com.
- ^ "СПИСОК кандидатов в спортивные сборные команды Российской Федерации по фигурному катанию на коньках на 2014-2015 гг. [List of candidates for the Russian national figure skating team in the 2014–2015 season] (PDF) (in Russian)" (PDF). 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Lina FEDOROVA / Maxim MIROSHKIN: 2014/2015". 4 October 2014.
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