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On September 8, the big Moscow army of IVAN III besieged Tver. On September 10, the houses on its outskirts were set on fire and on Sunday, September 11, Tver noblemen and rich merchants came out to beg the “great Prince of Moscovy” for mercy and pledge their obedience to him. The Prince of Tver MIKHAIL BORISOVICH, admitting defeat, fled to Lithuania, taking with him the city treasury. Tver boyars hurried to take the most convenient places at the Moscow table, while common folk awaited executions and free food and drinks from the new ruler.
1598 (September 1, old calendar)
Ascension to the the throne of BORIS GODUNOV.
1608 (September 1, old calendar)
The inhabitants of Pskov sided with FALSE DEMETRIUS II.
1648 (September 1, old calendar)
The beginning of arms production in Tula duirng the reign of Czar MIKHAIL FYODOROVICH who entrusted this work to Dutchman Filimon Filimonov (AKEMA) and Dane Pyotr MARSELIS. Later they were joined by another Dutchman, Andrey VINIUS. PETER THE GREAT's order in 1712 to organize an arms factory in Tula is considered its official birthday.
1817 (August 30, old calendar)
In the presence of Emperor ALEXANDER I the emancipation of the peasants in Kurland was announced in Mitava (Elgava). This decision was officially endorsed by the Emperor on September 6.
1832 (August 30, old calendar)
The Alexander Column, 47.5 metre-high, was installed in Palace Square in St.Petersburg in commemoration of the victory over NAPOLEON. Two years later it was solemnly unveiled.
1855 (August 30, old calendar)
The seizure of Sevastopol by the troops of West-European countries during the Crimean war.
1855 The Artillery Academy was opened in St.Petersburg.
1875 The Liteiny Bridge over the Neva River began to be built in St.Petersburg. It was designed by A.E. STRUVE.
1892 (August 30, old calendar)
S.Y. VITTE was appointed Russia's Minister of Finance, and remained on this post until the end of August 1903.
1965 On September 11-12 the finale of the first European track-and-field cup tournament was held in Stuttgart. The USSR national team won the competition and was awarded the “Florentine Chalice”, a two-kilogram gold cup made by jewellers of the Renaissance epoch.
2001 Today America marks the passing of five years since the terrorists acts of September 11, 2001. For the country, these five years have been an even more difficult trial than the most terrible day in the country's history. During the war that followed the events of September 11, many more Americans have suffered than as a result of the terrorist acts themselves. After a period of incredible unity, America has now split into the few who continue to believe in President
Bush and the many more who no longer see him as their leader. What is more, in the past five years the opinion of America held by the rest of the world has changed significantly: once a nation that was seen as a victim of terrorism, the US is now seen by many as a country that is itself to blame for terrorism's spread.
Births
1729 Ivan GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV
(24.04.1802)
Admiral, director of the marine cadet school.
1846 Anna DOSTOYEVSKAYA
(09.06.1918)
Wife of Fyodor DOSTOYEVSKY.
1866 Fyodor SHCHERBATSKOI
1877 Alexander ARBUZOV
(21.01.1968)
Chemist, member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
1877 Felix DZERZHINSKY
(20.07.1926)
Bolshevik, head of VCheKa (later the KGB).
1882 Boris ZHITKOV
(19.10.1938)
Writer.
1890 Alexander SVESHNIKOV
(03.01.1980)
Choir conductor, founder of the USSR State Russian Choir, People's Artist of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labour.
1894 Alexander DOVZHENKO
(25.11.1956)
Film director, People's Artist of the USSR.
1900 Semyon LAVOCHKIN
(09.06.1960)
Aircraft designer.
1907 Lev OBORIN
(05.01.1974)
Pianist, the first Soviet musician who won the Chopin International piano competition in Warsaw in 1927.
1923 Grigory BAKLANOV
Writer.
1926 Evgeny BELIAYEV
(1994)
Tenor, soloist of the Soviet Army Song and Dance Ensemble, People's Artist of the USSR.
1928 Vsevolod LARIONOV
(08.10.2000)
Theatre and film actor.
1935 Herman TITOV
(20.09.2000)
The second Soviet cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, in the last yers of life he was a deputy to
the State Duma.
1937 Iosif KOBZON
Singer, People's Artist of the USSR.
1959 Andrey ZABLUDOVSKY
Member of the pop-group “Secret”.
1966 Lada VOLKOVA
Singer.
Deaths
1767 Alexander BUTURLIN
(29.07.1694)
Fieldmarshal.
1795 Ivan BETSKOI
(03.02.1704)
General, President of the Academy of Art, founder of the Institute for Girls of the Nobility (Smolny Institute).
1939 Konstantin KOROVIN
(05.12.1861)
Artist.
1941 Maria SPIRIDONOVA
(28.10.1884)
Leader of the left social-revolutionaries.
1942 Maria KOLESOVA
(08.06.1920)
Guerilla fighter, commander of a subversive unit, blasted four Nazi cargo trains, a bridge, three armoured vehicles, and routed six garrisons. She was killed in battle. Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).
1962 Vladimir ARTEMYEV
(06.07.1885)
Designer of powder rockets for jet mortars “Katyusha”.
1971 Nikita KHRUSHCHEV
(17.04.1894)
First Secretary of the CC CPSU in 1953-1964. He was the first to officially denounce Stalin's personality cult.
1979 Alexei KAPLER
(11.10.1904)
Film script writer and TV journalist.
1987 Mikhail VODYANOI
(23.12.1921)
Operetta actor, People's Artist of the USSR.
1995 Vladislav STRZHELCHIK
(31.01.1921)
Theatre and film actor, People's Artist of the USSR.
