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Earthquake

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1902–1988Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1902

Nicholas II1902

Caucasus · Government / Government of Russia

An earthquake kills 2000

1988

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev1988

Sumgait · Government / Government of Russia

25,000 people died because of the 1988 Spitak earthquake due poorly built structures apartments and other buildings during the Brezhnev stagnation

Names involved

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevNicholas II

Provenance

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