15 January 1971Soviet Participation in InaugurationNikolai Viktorovich Podgorny
Podgorny joins Sadat at the ceremony celebrating Soviet-Egyptian construction cooperation.
Historical records for Russia in 1971, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Podgorny joins Sadat at the ceremony celebrating Soviet-Egyptian construction cooperation.
Represents Soviet foreign policy in the arms-control diplomacy around the Seabed Treaty.
Participates in the 24th CPSU Congress as a senior Soviet leader.
Supports Brezhnev's party line during the 24th CPSU Congress.
Presents the principal report to the Twenty-Fourth Communist Party Congress.
Continues as KGB chairman after the 24th Congress renews central party organs.
Elected a member of the CPSU Central Committee after the 24th Party Congress.
Continues as defence minister during Brezhnev's consolidated leadership.
Remains a senior foreign-policy figure as the new Central Committee begins work.
Salyut 1 is launched as the first space station.
Commands Soyuz 10, the first crewed mission sent to Salyut 1.
Reports on directives for economic development under the Ninth Five-Year Plan.
Presents the Ninth Five-Year Plan, emphasizing growth in consumer goods.
Mars 2 is launched toward Mars as part of the Soviet planetary programme.
Mars 3 is launched toward Mars as part of the Soviet planetary programme.
Commands Soyuz 11, which docks with Salyut 1.
Serves as research engineer on Soyuz 11 during the Salyut 1 mission.
Serves as flight engineer on Soyuz 11 during the Salyut 1 mission.
Releases the film adaptation The Twelve Chairs.
Dies with the Soyuz 11 crew during re-entry after cabin depressurisation.
Dies with the Soyuz 11 crew during re-entry after cabin depressurisation.
Dies with the Soyuz 11 crew during re-entry after cabin depressurisation.
Death of Georgy Babakin, chief designer associated with Soviet lunar and planetary probes.
Dies in Moscow at age seventy-seven after several years outside public political life.
Is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery rather than receiving burial in the Kremlin Wall necropolis.
Discusses possible mutual force reductions in Europe with Willy Brandt.
Meets West German Chancellor Willy Brandt for extensive talks on European security and East-West relations.
Presses Willy Brandt for progress toward a Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Signs the nuclear risk reduction agreement with the United States.
Begins an official visit to France, strengthening Soviet engagement with Western Europe.
Signs principles of Soviet-French cooperation with Georges Pompidou at the end of his French visit.
Holds talks with French President Georges Pompidou on European security, economic relations and international crises.
Mars 2 reaches Mars and its lander becomes the first human-made object to impact the planet.
Awarded the Order of Lenin for the sixth time.
Mars 3 achieves the first soft landing on Mars before contact is quickly lost.
Death of poet and editor Alexander Tvardovsky.
Publication of August 1914.
Shows that waves scattered from a rotating absorbing body can be amplified, a mechanism closely connected with superradiance from rotating black holes.
Supports Soviet diplomatic backing for North Vietnam as fighting continues in Indochina.
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