Vladimir is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria.
Oleg, Oleh, or Aleh is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse Helgi (Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blessed". The feminine equivalent is Olga. While Germanic in origin, "Oleg" is not very common outside Eastern European countries, while "Helge" and "Helga" are common names in Scandinavia.
Russian oligarchs are business oligarchs of the former Soviet republics who rapidly accumulated wealth in the 1990s via the Russian privatisation that followed the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The failing Soviet state left the ownership of state assets contested, which allowed for informal deals with former USSR officials as a means to acquire state property.
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports, health, social and other spheres of labour activities. It is the labour counterpart of the military Order of the Red Banner. A few institutions and factories, being the pride of Soviet Union, also received the order. The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was the third-highest civil award in the Soviet Union, after the Order of Lenin and the Order of the October Revolution.
The Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation was established by a presidential decree in March 2006. According to the decree, it is a permanently functioning body with vast responsibilities for supervising the distribution and implementation of the "State defense order". The commission answers directly to the President of Russia. It coordinates between the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and the defense industry of Russia. Until then, the defense industry was supervised by Russia's Ministry of Industry and Energy, as well as by the previous government consultative body with a similar name.
The Russian census identified that there were more than 5,864,000 Ukrainians living in Russia in 2015, representing over 4.01% of the total population of the Russian Federation and comprising the eighth-largest ethnic group. On 2022 February there were roughly 2.8 million Ukrainians who fled to Russia.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Zadornov is a Russian economist, chairman of the management board of Otkritie FC Bank, President and chairman of the management board of VTB 24 in the years 2005–2017, government official, Russian Minister of Finance from 1997 to 1999, Russian State Duma Deputy, 1st – 4th Convocations. Recipient of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class and a Certificate of Honour from the Russian Government.
Events from the year 2006 in Russia.
The following lists events that happened during 1988 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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The following lists events that happened during 1942 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Events from the year 1994 in Russia.
The following lists events that happened during 1949 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
The following lists events that happened during 1956 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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