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1861: Serfdom Abolished in Russia – Around 23 Million People Gain their Freedom

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|Date: March 03, 2016
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1861: Serfdom Abolished in Russia – Around 23 Million People Gain their Freedom

Serfdom was abolished in the Russian Empire on this day in 1861. Around 23 million people thus gained the ...

Serfdom was abolished in the Russian Empire on this day in 1861. Around 23 million people thus gained their freedom. The declaration of the abolishment of serfdom was enacted in the time of Russian em ...

March 03, 2016
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1728: Russian Emperor Peter III was a German Born in Kiel

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|Date: February 21, 2016
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1728: Russian Emperor Peter III was a German Born in Kiel

The man who would later become the Russian emperor Peter III Fyodorovich was born on this day in 1728, in ...

The man who would later become the Russian emperor Peter III Fyodorovich was born on this day in 1728, in the German city of Kiel. He acceded the Russian throne in 1762, having the right to it as he w ...

February 21, 2016
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1916: Alexander Obolensky: Russian Prince who was an English Rugby Representative

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|Date: February 17, 2016
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1916: Alexander Obolensky: Russian Prince who was an English Rugby Representative

This day in 1916 marked the birth of the interesting Russian prince Alexander Obolensky, who spent most o ...

This day in 1916 marked the birth of the interesting Russian prince Alexander Obolensky, who spent most of his life in Great Britain. Indeed, he managed to become a famous rugby player in England. Pri ...

February 17, 2016
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1804: German Philosopher Immanuel Kant Spent his Entire Life in what is now Russia

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|Date: February 12, 2016
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1804: German Philosopher Immanuel Kant Spent his Entire Life in what is now Russia

This day in 1804 marked the death of famous philosopher Immanuel Kant. Even though he was a German, he sp ...

This day in 1804 marked the death of famous philosopher Immanuel Kant. Even though he was a German, he spent almost his entire life in his birth city of Königsberg, which is today located in the Russi ...

February 12, 2016
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1881: Death of Russian Novelist Dostoyevsky

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|Date: February 09, 2016
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1881: Death of Russian Novelist Dostoyevsky

This day in 1881 marked the death of famous Russian novelist Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky. The writer ...

This day in 1881 marked the death of famous Russian novelist Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky. The writer died in St. Petersburg, which was at that time the capital of the Russian Empire. Dostoyevsky w ...

February 09, 2016
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1725: Peter the Great – Emperor of All Russia

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|Date: February 08, 2016
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1725: Peter the Great – Emperor of All Russia

This day in 1725 marked the death of Russian emperor Peter the Great. He was the first Russian ruler to b ...

This day in 1725 marked the death of Russian emperor Peter the Great. He was the first Russian ruler to beat the title “Emperor of All Russia” (Императоръ Всероссійскій). This title made him equal to ...

February 08, 2016
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1722: Peter the Great Introduces the Table of Ranks in the Russian Empire

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|Date: February 04, 2016
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1722: Peter the Great Introduces the Table of Ranks in the Russian Empire

On this day in 1722 Russian emperor Peter the Great introduced a Table of Ranks in his country, according ...

On this day in 1722 Russian emperor Peter the Great introduced a Table of Ranks in his country, according to which civilian and military officials were divided into a new system of grades (ranks). Thi ...

February 04, 2016
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1931: Boris Yeltsin was Born in Western Siberia, and Lost his Thumb and Forefinger in his Youth

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|Date: February 01, 2016
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1931: Boris Yeltsin was Born in Western Siberia, and Lost his Thumb and Forefinger in his Youth

Boris Yeltsin, the first President of the Russian Federation, was born on this day in 1931. He was born i ...

Boris Yeltsin, the first President of the Russian Federation, was born on this day in 1931. He was born in the village of Butka in the Sverdlovsk Oblast in western Siberia. Butka is located in the Wes ...

February 01, 2016
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