...sions were appointed to nine former participants in the assassination attempt. 1927 - The first Russian torpedo boat ANT-3 “Pervenets” was launched. 1954 — The construction of the Circle Line of the Moscow Metro was completed. 1983 - The first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean to #Cuba, Tu-142M aircraft of the Northern Fleet of the USSR Navy. 1990 - Article 6 on the leading role of the CPSU was excluded from the Constitution of the USSR. 2004 - Vladimir #Putin was elected Pres...
...nments of Great Britain and #France. 1917 - The Petrograd Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies issued order No. 1 for the Petrograd garrison on the legalization of soldiers' committees, to whose disposal all weapons were transferred. Officers were deprived of disciplinary power over soldiers. 1920 — Construction of the Shukhov Tower on Shabolovka in #Moscow began. 1926 — In the USSR, in connection with the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Emperor Alexander II, personal pen...