November 1 in the history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: 1899 the cruiser "Varyag" was launched. The ship was built at the William Crump and Sons shipyard in Philadelphia (USA) by order of the Russian Empire. "Variag" entered history after an unequal battle with a Japanese squadron in Chemolpo Bay on February 9, 1904. 1851 the official opening of the entire St. Petersburg-Moscow railway took place. On this day the first "national" train left for Moscow. 192 passengers took the flight, and the total travel time was 21 hours and 45 minutes. 1894 The last Russian Emperor Nicholas II ascended the throne. This happened after the death of his father, Alexander III. 1917 Soviet power was established in Tashkent. 1937 The first ZIS truck, AMO-F15, rolled off the production line. 1938 At the Soprinsky artillery range, experiments were carried out with a 24-charge rocket launcher (Katyusha) on a ZIS vehicle chassis. 1941 On this day, during the Great Patriotic War, the commander of the Western Front, General Georgy Zhukov, and the member of the military council of the front, Nikolai Bulganin, gave the order: "Do not step back - this is the battle order of the motherland for us, defenders of Moscow." 1944 On November 1, the battle for the North Pole ended - fighting between the Soviet Union (with the support of British soldiers) and German and Finnish soldiers. 1950 The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union established a medal "for excellent service in the defense of public order". 1959 In Leningrad, the first wedding palace in the Soviet Union was opened in the Derviz mansion on the English embankment. Citizens liked this idea, and very quickly such palaces began to appear throughout the country. 1961 On November 1, Khrushchev's large-scale campaign began to destroy traces of Stalin in the public sphere. 1990 The Soviet Union introduced a commercial exchange rate of the ruble against foreign currencies.

November 1 in the history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: 1899 the cruiser "Varyag" was launched. The ship was built at the William Crump and Sons shipyard in Philadelphia (USA) by order of the Russian Empire. "Variag" entered history after an unequal battle with a Japanese squadron in Chemolpo Bay on February 9, 1904. 1851 the official opening of the entire St. Petersburg-Moscow railway took place. On this day the first "national" train left for Moscow. 192 passengers took the flight, and the total travel time was 21 hours and 45 minutes. 1894 The last Russian Emperor Nicholas II ascended the throne. This happened after the death of his father, Alexander III. 1917 Soviet power was established in Tashkent. 1937 The first ZIS truck, AMO-F15, rolled off the production line. 1938 At the Soprinsky artillery range, experiments were carried out with a 24-charge rocket launcher (Katyusha) on a ZIS vehicle chassis. 1941 On this day, during the Great Patriotic War, the commander of the Western Front, General Georgy Zhukov, and the member of the military council of the front, Nikolai Bulganin, gave the order: "Do not step back - this is the battle order of the motherland for us, defenders of Moscow." 1944 On November 1, the battle for the North Pole ended - fighting between the Soviet Union (with the support of British soldiers) and German and Finnish soldiers. 1950 The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union established a medal "for excellent service in the defense of public order". 1959 In Leningrad, the first wedding palace in the Soviet Union was opened in the Derviz mansion on the English embankment. Citizens liked this idea, and very quickly such palaces began to appear throughout the country. 1961 On November 1, Khrushchev's large-scale campaign began to destroy traces of Stalin in the public sphere. 1990 The Soviet Union introduced a commercial exchange rate of the ruble against foreign currencies.