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Events from the year 1997 in Russia.
Incumbents
- President: Boris Yeltsin
- Prime Minister: Viktor Chernomyrdin
- Minister of Defence: Igor Rodionov (until 22 May), Igor Sergeyev
Events
March
- 18 March - Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023 crashes killing 50 people.
May
- 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.
December
- 5 December - 1997 Kamchatka earthquake
- 6 December - 1997 Irkutsk Antonov An-124 crash
- 14 December - Moscow City Duma election, 1997
Births
- 4 January - Andrei Mironov, footballer
- 13 January - Ivan Provorov, ice hockey player
- 14 January - Tolmachevy Sisters, winners of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Deaths
- 7 February - Daniil Shafran, cellist (b. 1923)
- 21 August - Yuri Nikulin, clown, comedian, circus director, actor.
References
External links
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