Boris Godunov is crowned in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.(1598)

Evgeny Pavlovich Leonov, great Russian actor, is born.(1926)

Emperor Nikolai I is coronated in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.(1826)

Fanny Kaplan was shooted by commandant of Kremlin(1918)

The huge notorious monument to Peter the Great by Zurab Tsereteli is unveiled in Moscow.(1997)

Leningrad gets its historic name Saint Petersburg back(1991)

Borodino Battle(1812)

Alexander Kuprin, writer, is born.(1870)

· Kulikovo Battle(1380)

Blockade of Leningrad started(1941)

Leo Tolstoy , writer and thinker, is born.(1820)

Testing of the world first metal submarine is completed in Russia(1834)

Titov German, cosmonaut and the Hero of the Societ Union, is born.(1935)

Irina Rodnina, three-time Olympic champion in paired figure-skating, is born.(1949)

A military council is held in the village of Fili.(1812)

First conservatory was founded in Moscow(1866)

Napoleon’s army enters Moscow(1812)

Сoronation of Emperor Alexander I takes place in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.(1801)

Mikhail Kutuzov, military leader, is born.(1745)

Tsiolkovsky Konstantin, founder of the modern cosmonautics, is born.(1857)

Beginning of Pugachev's revolt(1773)

Viktor Talakhin is born(1918)

Alexand Karelin, a famous russian wrestler, is born(1967)

Faddey Bellinsgausen, discoverer of Antarctica, is born.(1778)

The Russian forces start the legendary march through the Alps from the Northern Italia to Switzerland.(1799)

The Russians initiate the first settlement in Alaska after its discovery and exploration by Russian travelers.(1784)

Eduard Radzinsky, historian, playwright and writer is born(1936)

Valentina Grizodubova, Polina Osipenko, and Marina Raskova set off for a record non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far East.(1938)

Dmitry Shostakovich, composer, is born.(1906)

First public hospital was opened in Moscow (1763)

Pyotr Pavlov, physiologist, is born.(1849)

Starts the largest in Russian history Peasants’ rebellion under the leadership of Don Cossack Emelyan Pugachev.(1773)

The Kazan Cathedral is consecrated after ten years of its construction after the design of the well-known architect Andrei Voronikhin.(1811)

Nikita Khrushchev is elected the Firs Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union(53)

Alla Demidova, a famous Russian actress is born(1936)

Catherine II the Great establishes the Russian Academy.(1783)