Meteorite falls in Russia
Russia has 48 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the fifth-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Sikhote-Alin (23 tonnes, 1947). The earliest is Doroninsk in 1805. The most recent is Chelyabinsk in 2013.
- Median recovered mass
- 3.9 kg
- Falls with their own page
- 11
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 48, 15 are dated before 1900 and nine are from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1930s, with 10 falls. The median distance from a fall in Russia to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 152 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Kharkov in Ukraine, 108 km from Sevrukovo.
What fell in Russia
The most common class is L6 (10 falls), followed by H5 (8). Together the falls recorded in Russia recovered 26 tonnes.
- L chondrites 16
- H chondrites 13
- LL chondrites 2
- Intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites 2
- Carbonaceous chondrites 3
- Eucrites, howardites and diogenites 3
- Other achondrites 2
- Stony-iron meteorites 2
- Iron meteorites 5
Every fall in Russia
| Year | Fall | Class | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1805 | Doroninsk | H5-7 | 3.9 kg |
| 1807 | Timochin | H5 | 66 kg |
| 1809 | Kikino | H6 | 195 g |
| 1812 | Borodino | H5 | 500 g |
| 1818 | Slobodka | L4 | 2.8 kg |
| 1824 | Tounkin | Ordinary chondrite | 2 kg |
| 1829 | Krasnoi-Ugol | L6 | 2.4 kg |
| 1843 | Verkhne Tschirskaia | H5 | 8 kg |
| 1857 | Stavropol | L6 | 1.5 kg |
| 1861 | Grosnaja | CV3 | 3.5 kg |
| 1874 | Sevrukovo | L5 | 101 kg |
| 1878 | Rakovka | L6 | 9 kg |
| 1882 | Pavlovka | Howardite | 2 kg |
| 1886 | Novo-Urei | Ureilite | 1.9 kg |
| 1887 | Ochansk | H4 | 500 kg |
| 1900 | Leonovka | L6 | 700 g |
| 1902 | Marjalahti | Pallasite, PMG | 45 kg |
| 1903 | Tyumen | Iron | 750 g |
| 1904 | Barnaul | H5 | 23 g |
| 1906 | Krutikha | Ordinary chondrite | 845 g |
| 1911 | Demina | L6 | 16 kg |
| 1916 | Boguslavka | Iron, IIAB | 256 kg |
| 1918 | Glasatovo | H4 | 152 kg |
| 1918 | Saratov | L4 | 200 kg |
| 1929 | Khmelevka | L5 | 6.1 kg |
| 1930 | Boriskino | CM2 | 1.3 kg |
| 1932 | Kuznetzovo | L6 | 4 kg |
| 1933 | Brient | Eucrite-pmict | 219 g |
| 1933 | Pervomaisky | L6 | 66 kg |
| 1933 | Pesyanoe | Aubrite | 3.4 kg |
| 1933 | Repeev Khutor | Iron, IIF | 7 kg |
| 1935 | Sungach | H5 | 637 g |
| 1936 | Ichkala | H6 | 4 kg |
| 1937 | Kainsaz | CO3.2 | 200 kg |
| 1938 | Lavrentievka | L6 | 800 g |
| 1946 | Krasnyi Klyuch | H5 | 4 kg |
| 1947 | Sikhote-Alin | Iron, IIAB | 23 tonnes |
| 1949 | Kunashak | L6 | 200 kg |
| 1949 | Vetluga | Eucrite-mmict | 750 g |
| 1950 | Vengerovo | H5 | 11 kg |
| 1951 | Manych | LL3.4 | 3.6 kg |
| 1952 | Zavetnoe | L6 | 800 g |
| 1954 | Nikolskoe | L4 | 6 kg |
| 1977 | Kutais | H5 | 23 g |
| 1981 | Omolon | Pallasite, PMG | 250 kg |
| 1986 | Undulung | L4 | 113 g |
| 1990 | Sterlitamak | Iron, IIIAB | 325 kg |
| 2013 | Chelyabinsk | LL5 | 100 kg |