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Russia's war with the Chukchi lasted from 1642 to 1775-the year actually ended in a draw. Russian citizenship of the Chukchi was nominal. Until 1920-ies the Chukchi governed by the laws of elder birth. To issue a decree, declaring on the accession of the Chukotka of the Russian Empire (1779), Catherine II gave the liberation of the Chukchi from paying tribute for ten years. However, after this period, to levy a tribute from the Chukchi proved impossible. This was confirmed in the "Charter on the management of foreigners" (1822), according to which the Chukchi to pay tribute voluntarily and could not be compelled to this. Thus, in the course of nearly half a century of wars with the Russian Chukchi managed to defend its independence.

In the match of the regular championship of National hockey League "new York islanders" on the home ice of the arena "Nassau Coliseum" beat the team "San Jose sharks" with the score 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0).

The administrative, transport and cultural center of East Prussia – the city of Konigsberg was considered in Germany and in the USSR, the symbol of German power, aimed at the East. The capture of Koenigsberg Stalin attached importance, inferior, perhaps, only the value of the capture of Berlin.

Latvian tennis player, 42-I racket of the world Elena Ostapenko in the first round of the tournament in Qatar Doha in three sets over two hours and 30 minutes, beat the representative of Swiss Jil Belen Teichmann– 7:5, 2:6, 7:5.

In 1989, the next issue of "the View" was banned on television with the phrase "for aesthetic reasons". But in fact, the reason of the ban was different: in an interview with "vzglyadom" the daughter of the former Secretary General Galina Brezhnev told some facts about the life of Raisa Gorbacheva.

In the match of the regular championship of National hockey League (NHL) "Dallas stars" on the home ice of the arena "American airlines center" beat "Chicago Blackhawks" with a score of 2:1 (1:0, 1:1, 0:0).