28 September
Dates in History
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1811The Kazan Cathedral is consecrated after ten years of its construction after the design of the well-known architect Andrei Voronikhin. The idea of the Cathedral building belonged to Pavel the First: during his journey in Europe he takes to the St. Paul Cathedral in Rome and decides to have something of the kind in St. Petersburg. ![]()
1773Starts the largest in Russian history Peasants’ rebellion under the leadership of Don Cossack Emelyan Pugachev. | ![]()
53Nikita Khrushchev is elected the Firs Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | In the power struggle triggered by Stalin's death in 1953, Khrushchev won the battle against his main opponents - Malenkov and Beriya. |