.... 1800 - Construction of the Mikhailovsky Castle was completed in St. Petersburg. 1812 - The first Russian settlement in California was founded - the Ross Colony. 1818 - Under the auspices of Alexander I, the first Russian constitution was developed - “State Charter of the Russian Empire”. 1822 - Alexander I approved the decision of the State Council “On sending serfs to Siberia for settlement for bad deeds.” 1830 - The 13th issue of the Literary Newspaper was published - the last one...
... edited by Alexander Pushkin. 1897 — In St. Petersburg, the premiere of Sergey Rachmaninoff's first symphony took place as part of the "Russian Symphony Concerts." The press reaction was sharply negative. 1917 - During the February Revolution, Emperor Nicholas II abdicated the throne in favor of his brother Mikhail Alexandrovich and a Provisional Government was created headed by Prince G. E. Lvov, which took power into its own hands. On the same day, Nikolai Romanov was taken into custod...
...ces of the authorities. Believers were shot. 1938 — Prominent figures of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) were executed: N. I. Bukharin, A. I. Rykov, N. N. Krestinsky, and some other participants in the Third Moscow Trial. 1945 — The Upper Silesian offensive operation began during the Great Patriotic War. 1946 - In the USSR, all Councils of People's Commissars were transformed into Councils of Ministers. 1969 — The film "Village Detective," directed by Ivan Lukinsky, was rele...
...ased, featuring Mikhail Zharov as the district policeman Fyodor Aniskin. 1976 - Egypt broke the friendship treaty with the USSR. 1978 — Stars of Soviet musical art Galina Vishnevskaya and Mstislav Rostropovich were deprived of Soviet citizenship. 1984 — The city of Rybinsk was renamed Andropov. 1986 — A rock club was opened in Sverdlovsk. 1990 - For the first time, official ties were established between the USSR and the Vatican. 1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev took the oath as President of ...
...y. 1917 - A significant Sovereign icon of the Mother of God was found in the #Moscow region, associated with the Russian monarchy and in whose honor an Orthodox holiday is now celebrated on March 15. 1918 — The first (and only) issue of the "Futurists' Newspaper" was published, one of the editors being Vladimir Mayakovsky. 1922 — A clash occurred between the believers of Shuysky District in Ivanovo-Voznesensk Province, who opposed the campaign to confiscate church valuables, and the for...