November 15 in the history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: 1722 By order of Peter I, the formation of the Caspian Flotilla began, which was a major step to confirm Russia's presence in the Caspian Sea 1764. In St. Petersburg, the Academy of the Three Noble Arts became the Imperial Russian Academy of Arts. 1812. 20 days after the French troops left Moscow, Emperor Alexander I issued the "Highest Thanksgiving Manifesto to the People for the Salvation of the Fatherland." 1881, Admiral Alexander Mosakhisky received Russia's first author's certificate (redirected from the Aircraft Projectile page) - an aircraft with a steam propeller system. 1860 On this day, the Treaty of Beijing was signed with China, according to which the Osurisky Territory (territories of the present Primorsky Territory and part of the Khabarsk Territory) became part of the Russian Empire. 1917 The Council of People's Deputies of the Russian Soviet Republic adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia. The document declared the equality and sovereignty of the peoples of Russia, the right to freedom of self-determination until retirement, the abolition of national and national-religious rights and restrictions. 1919 The Red Army took Omsk, which had been the capital of the White movement since November 1918. 1922. VTsIK decided to turn the GPU of the NKVD of the RSFSR into the OGPU under the SNK of the Soviet Union, which was associated with the formation of the Soviet Union in December 1922. 1933 in Moscow, a regular movement of Trobibus began. The first route runs from Tverskaya Zastava (Belarusian station) to the village of Vsekhsvyatskoye (area of the metro station "Sokol"). 1934 The first sound television program in the Soviet Union took place - a pop concert lasting 25 minutes. 1935 The Technical Council of Amon Delsturoi approved the project of the Kolyma Bridge - a unique wooden bridge with a drive on top, built in very difficult climatic conditions. 1938.