November 10 in the history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union:.
1866 - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky completed work on the novel "The Gambler". The novel was written in a record 26 days. The background story is related to the fact that in 1863, while in Baden-Baden, the writer lost not only his money, but also the money of his friend Polina Soslov. To avoid debt prison, he entered into an agreement to work with the publisher Fyodor Stolovsky.
1910 - Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy secretly left Yasanya Polyana, and went on his last journey. A letter to Sofya Andreyevna was left on the writer's desk:
"My leaving will upset you... ".
1913 - At the trial in the Kiev District Court on the charge of ritual murder of brick factory clerk Mendel Baylis, the jury returned an acquittal. The charge of ritual murder turned out to be unfounded.
1917 - Decree "On the Workers' Militia" was adopted in Soviet Russia. This date became the basis for the celebration of Police Day, which has been celebrated since 1962.
1917 - The All-Russian Local Council decided to restore the Patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church.
1917 - The decree on the press was published, which stipulated the closure of publications that the Bolshevik government considered counter-revolutionary.
1918 - The Soviet Republic of Alsace was proclaimed.
1982 - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Leonid Brezhnev died.