** Herman of Alaska ( Russian Orthodox Church and related congregations )

** Basil Fool for Christ ( Russian Orthodox Church )

** Russian battleship Imperator Aleksander III Russian warship

** Danube Cossack Host, an Imperial Russian Cossack Host formed from descendants of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

** Vladimirskaya ( Russian Orthodox )

** Romanov sainthood ( Russian Orthodox Church )

** Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, the only completed ship of this class

** List of Russian rulers: early Grand Dukes and Tsars

** Alexander Nevsky ( Repose, Russian Orthodox Church )

** Russian original was written in 1970, distributed by samizdat, and eventually printed as Восленский М. С., Номенклатура.

** In many languages ( e. g., Czech, English, French, Interlingua, and Russian ), the sets of relative and interrogative pronouns are nearly identical.

** Many languages, such as Bulgarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Frisian, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Dutch and most Occitan variants, use trilled rhotics.

** Table of contents, bibliography of On the Origin of Species – links to text and images of all six British editions of The Origin of Species, the 6th edition with additions and corrections ( final text ), the first American edition, and translations into Danish, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish.

** 101. mendelevium, Md, named after the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, credited for being the primary creator of the periodic table of the chemical elements ( 1955 ).

** Romanized Russian: Dogovor o druzhbe, sotrudnichestve i vzaimnoy pomoshchi

** Makharbek Khadartsev, Russian free-style wrestler

** Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov, Russian astronomer and inventor ( b. 1896 )

** The First Chechen War ( 1994 – 1996 ) – the conflict was fought between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

** The Second Chechen War ( 1999 – ongoing ) – the war was launched by the Russian Federation starting 26 August 1999, in response to the Invasion of Dagestan and the Russian apartment bombings which were blamed on the Chechens.

** Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player and commentator

** Nikolai Pokotylo, Russian singer

** Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player

** Lena Katina, Russian singer

** CPSU, and its republic-level division, Communist Party of the Russian SFSR, banned in the Russian SFSR by Presidential decree N 169.

** Russian SFSR

** Russian SFSR until Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

** Albania officially joins the World Trade Organization.

** In the United States, the Ford Mustang is officially unveiled to the public.

** Soviet war in Afghanistan ( 1979 – 1989 )-Although taking place almost entirely throughout the 1980s, the war officially started on December 27, 1979.

** World War II officially ends on September 2, 1945.

** Finland officially declares independence from Russia.

** South Africa officially abandons its nuclear weapons programme.

** Siam officially changes its French name to " Thaïlande " ( English name to " Thailand "), having officially changed its Thai name to " Prated Thai " since 1939.

** Aloha Tower is officially dedicated at Honolulu Harbor in the Territory of Hawai ' i.

** 1948 Arab-Israeli War: The British Mandate of Palestine is officially terminated ; expeditionary forces from Egypt, Transjordan, Syria and Iraq invade Israel and clash with Israeli forces.

** The Great Depression officially ends in the United States: With unemployment figures falling fast due to WWII-related employment, U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes the Works Progress Administration

** In Washington, D. C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

** The first episode The Midnight Snack in which Tom and Jerry are officially named, more than a year after their first production Puss Gets the Boot

** WWII: The United States, United Kingdom, China and The Netherlands officially declare war on the Empire of Japan.

** In a common statement, the European Union officially recognized the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

** The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Angola.

** The Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.

** Albania officially retreats from the Warsaw Pact upon the Soviet Union-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, having already ceased to participate actively in Pact activity since 1962.

** South Africa officially leaves the Commonwealth of Nations.

** The Interstate Commerce Commission's federal order banning segregation at all interstate public facilities officially comes into effect.

** The Vietnam War officially begins, as the first American helicopters arrive in Saigon along with 400 U. S. personnel.

** Microsoft is officially registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.

** The Theater War officially ends.

** The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.

** Warsaw Treaty Organization officially dissolved in accordance with a protocol calling for a “ transition to all-European structures.