1997 in Russia

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See also:	Other events of 1997 History of Russia  • Timeline  • Years

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.

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