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This is a list of Russian accidents that befell the Russian Armed Forces after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Accidents have variously been attributed to cutbacks in spending on equipment, the lack of maintenance of hardware, and the theft of parts for sale to criminal gangs due to low pay in the services. [1]
Aeroflot Flight 1492 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Moscow–Sheremetyevo to Murmansk, Russia.On 5 May 2019, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft operating the flight was climbing out when it was struck by lightning.
The Ufa train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on 4 June 1989, in Iglinsky District, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, when an explosion killed 575 people and injured 800 more. [1]
1989 in Russia (4 C, 3 P) S. 1989 in Soviet sport ... 1989 Belgium MiG-23 crash; C. 1989 Soviet census; 1989 Moldovan civil unrest; Clownery;
35 years on, house librarian Tizane Navea-Rogers revisits the bloodless Velvet Revolution that changed the face of a nation
1989 disasters in Russia (1 P) ... 1989 Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash; A. April 9 tragedy; P. Pollution of Lake Karachay; U. Ufa train disaster
Whole Year: Revolutions of 1989. January to February 15 — Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. [2] 6 February — Negotiations between the Polish government and the union ‘Solidarity’ opened. March 27 — 1989 Soviet Union legislative election: first contested elections in Soviet History. [3]
Dragoon (left) and a police officer. 1718. Postage stamp Russia 2013. The police force in Saint Petersburg was established as the Main Police in 1715 by decree of Peter the Great. Initially, the staff of the Saint Petersburg police consisted of the deputy general police chief, 4 officers, and 36 lower ranks.