Siberia Timeline of Events

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Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th to 19th centuries.Encompassing much of the Eurasian Steppe, the territory of...

Timeline of Events

1908

6.30.1908

The Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia.

1914

6.29.1914

Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.

1918

8.2.1918

Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.

1994

3.23.1994

Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot's fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board.

1997

3.9.1997

Comet Hale-Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.

12.6.1997

A Russian Antonov An-124 transport cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.

2002

9.25.2002

The Vitim event, a possible bolide impact in Siberia, Russia.

2006

7.9.2006

At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.