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On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board.Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Maria; the former president of Poland-in-exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski; the chief of the Polish General Staff and other senior Polish military officers; the ...
St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków (state funeral) Wawel Cathedral, Kraków (burial) Lech Kaczyński, the fourth President of the Republic of Poland, died on 10 April 2010, after a Polish Air Force Tu-154 crashed outside of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 aboard. His wife, economist and First Lady Maria Kaczyńska, was also among those killed.
Russian Civil War: The Volunteer Army evacuated to the Crimea to join the army of Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel. 25 April: The Russian Eleventh Army invaded the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. 26 April: The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic was established on the territory of the defunct Khanate of Khiva. 28 April
Ukraine's easternmost oblasts, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv, are the site of a theatre of operation in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine . The battle of Donbas was a major offensive in the eastern theatre that took place in mid-2022. [13] By the culmination of the offensive in July 2022, Russian forces and their separatist allies had ...
Orsk Dam collapse. On 5 April, the Orsk Dam collapsed due to flooding along the Ural River, [2] prompting evacuations. At least six people were injured and damage was estimated to be around 1.2 billion rubles ( US$ 12.9 million). [3]
Tatiana Day (Students Day) on January 25. Valentine's Day on February 14. Maslenitsa (a week before the Great Lent) Start date changes every year, depending on the beginning of the Great Lent (in 2022: 27 February to 6 March) Internal Troops and National Guard Servicemen 's Day on March 27.
Resolution adopted. United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES‑11/3 is a resolution of the eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly, adopted on 7 April 2022. The resolution suspended the membership of Russia in the United Nations Human Rights Council over "grave concern at the ongoing human rights and ...
The April Crisis, which occurred in Russia throughout April 1917, broke out in response to a series of political and public controversies. Conflict over Russia's foreign policy goals tested the dual power arrangement between the Petrograd Soviet and the Russian Provisional Government. The Executive Committee and the full Soviet endorsed Nikolai ...