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1941: The Siege of Leningrad – the Bloodiest Siege in Human History

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1941: The Siege of Leningrad – the Bloodiest Siege in Human History

This day marked the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted for almost 900 days. Almost two mil ...

This day marked the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted for almost 900 days. Almost two million people died. When the last road to the city was severed (two million people lived in that ...

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1817: Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy – the Cousin of Leo Nikolayevich

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1817: Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy – the Cousin of Leo Nikolayevich

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, a Russian author and a count, was born on this day in 1817. He was a cou ...

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, a Russian author and a count, was born on this day in 1817. He was a cousin of the famous Leo Tolstoy. They held the title of count, which was inheritable in aristocra ...

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1914: Why was St. Petersburg Renamed Petrograd?

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1914: Why was St. Petersburg Renamed Petrograd?

The Russian capital of St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd on this day in 1914. The Russian Empire wante ...

The Russian capital of St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd on this day in 1914. The Russian Empire wanted to avoid the German name of its capital (the name of Saint Petersburg had been used since the ...

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1918: Fanny Kaplan Shoots Vladimir Lenin

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1918: Fanny Kaplan Shoots Vladimir Lenin

On this day Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was grievously wounded in an assassination attempt. Interestingly, the ...

On this day Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was grievously wounded in an assassination attempt. Interestingly, the attempt was carried out by a woman, Fanny Kaplan. Kaplan was born to a Jewish family in the Vol ...

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1917: Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich – the Rightful Heir of the Russian Tsars

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1917: Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich – the Rightful Heir of the Russian Tsars

The Russian Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich was born on this day in 1917. From 1938 to 1992, he was consi ...

The Russian Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich was born on this day in 1917. From 1938 to 1992, he was considered the pretender to the Russian imperial throne because he was the rightful heir of the Russ ...

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1949: Stalin Tests his First Atomic Bomb (“First Lightning”)

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1949: Stalin Tests his First Atomic Bomb (“First Lightning”)

On this day in 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear bomb. It represented the end of the Americ ...

On this day in 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear bomb. It represented the end of the American nuclear monopoly. Namely, from 1945 to 1949, the USA had been the only world’s country that ...

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1957: Soviets Test the World’s Most Powerful Missile

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1957: Soviets Test the World’s Most Powerful Missile

On this day in 1957, the Soviet news agency TASS announced that the Soviet Union had successfully launche ...

On this day in 1957, the Soviet news agency TASS announced that the Soviet Union had successfully launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile – the R-7. This type of missile has been one of ...

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1942: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad

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1942: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad has been known as one of the most important battles during World War II. The bat ...

The Battle of Stalingrad has been known as one of the most important battles during World War II. The battle began when the German 6th Army came close to Stalingrad, the large industrial city on the V ...

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