New commemorative date established, Day of Accession of Crimea, Taman and Kuban to the Russian Empire in 1783 2018-08-03 21:10:00 The President signed Federal Law On Amendments to Article 11 of Federal Law On Russia’s Days of Military Glory and Commemorative Dates. The Federal Law allows for establishing a new commemorative date: the Day of Accession of Crimea, Taman and Kuban to the Russian Empire (1783).