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December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, [1] New Year's Eve or Old Year's Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year.
A general swearing of loyalty to the true emperor Nicholas was scheduled for 26 December [O.S. 14 December] 1825 in Senate Square, Saint Petersburg. In the midst of this confusing transition into Nicholas' reign , the Northern Society , a secret society of liberal revolutionaries, nobles, and military officials, organized a conspiracy to ...
On December 31, 2021, this record was broken again - the circulation lasted 6 minutes and 22 seconds. On December 31, 2022, Putin read out his New Year’s address against the backdrop of the Russian military ; he mentioned the “protection of our people in the new regions of the Russian Federation ” and the address lasted 9 minutes.
International relations Russia's FSB state security agency says it has arrested a U.S. citizen "caught spying" in Moscow. According to former CIA officials the arrest was done as a retaliation for the arrest of alleged Russian spy Maria Butina. (BBC) (Daily Beast) Politics and elections 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries Joining several other ...
The treaty of creation of the Union of Russia and Belarus was signed. 31 December: Boris Yeltsin resigned as President of the Russian Federation. Prime Minister Putin became acting president. 2000: 26 March: 2000 Russian presidential election: Putin was elected President of Russia with 53 percent of the vote. 12 August
The day before, 31 December, is also marked as International Solidarity Day of Azerbaijanis, marking the double anniversary of that day in 1989 when the local residents took down the Soviet–Iranian border in then-Nakhichevan ASSR to reunite with Iranian Azerbaijanis south of the border, as well as the Istanbul-held first World Congress of ...
Shopping mall in Dnipro city after the strike of 29 December. Russia launched airstrikes at several cities across Ukraine, with many explosions reported. [136] At least 50 people were killed, [137] and more than 160 injured. [138] Some 122 missiles and a "score" of drones were fired according to the Ukrainian Air Force, most of which were ...
Christmas in Russia (Рождество Христово, Rozhdestvo Khristovo) is celebrated on 25 December (Julian calendar) which falls on 7 January (Gregorian calendar) and commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. The public holiday was re-established in 1991, following the decades of suppression of religion and state atheism of the Soviet ...