October 27 in the history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: 1893 Emperor Alexander III issued a decree on the separation of the border guard corps separate from the customs department. The corps became a special branch of the army, which reported directly to the Minister of Finance (head of the Border Guard S. Yu. Vita) and was called to protect the border against illegal smuggling of goods and the passage of people. 1895 The construction of the first line of the Trans-Siberian Railway was completed (the foundation stone was laid on May 19, 1891). 1918 Irkutsk University was founded. 1924 The Soviet Union made a decision on the delimitation of Central Asia and the entry of the Uzbek and Turkmen USSR into the Union. 1939 In Lviv the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine adopted a declaration of accession to the Ukrainian SSSR. 1941 On this day, a Soviet pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Vasilyevich Talikhin died in an air battle near Podolsk. 1962 October 27 was one of the most tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. On this day, known as "Black Saturday", during a hurricane over Cuba, a US Air Force U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down by a Soviet S-75 anti-aircraft missile. The pilot, Major Rudolph Anderson, was killed. 1974 Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko, Soviet sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union, died in Moscow. 1984 The movement of surfers along the Baikal-Amur line (BAM) was opened. On this day, the western and eastern sections of the road were connected and the last link, known as the "golden link", was laid. The BAM stretches from Taishet in the Irkutsk region to Sovetskaya Gavan (4287 km). The construction lasted more than 12 years.

October 27 in the history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: 1893 Emperor Alexander III issued a decree on the separation of the border guard corps separate from the customs department. The corps became a special branch of the army, which reported directly to the Minister of Finance (head of the Border Guard S. Yu. Vita) and was called to protect the border against illegal smuggling of goods and the passage of people. 1895 The construction of the first line of the Trans-Siberian Railway was completed (the foundation stone was laid on May 19, 1891). 1918 Irkutsk University was founded. 1924 The Soviet Union made a decision on the delimitation of Central Asia and the entry of the Uzbek and Turkmen USSR into the Union. 1939 In Lviv the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine adopted a declaration of accession to the Ukrainian SSSR. 1941 On this day, a Soviet pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Vasilyevich Talikhin died in an air battle near Podolsk. 1962 October 27 was one of the most tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. On this day, known as "Black Saturday", during a hurricane over Cuba, a US Air Force U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down by a Soviet S-75 anti-aircraft missile. The pilot, Major Rudolph Anderson, was killed. 1974 Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko, Soviet sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union, died in Moscow. 1984 The movement of surfers along the Baikal-Amur line (BAM) was opened. On this day, the western and eastern sections of the road were connected and the last link, known as the "golden link", was laid. The BAM stretches from Taishet in the Irkutsk region to Sovetskaya Gavan (4287 km). The construction lasted more than 12 years.