October 27 in Russia: 1808 —. During the Russo-Swedish war, an Edenslamic battle took place, which ended with the victory of the Swedish forces. 1901 — In Moscow, the Second Piano Concerto by Sergei Rachmaninov was performed in its entirety for the first time. 1905 — The battleship "Emperor Paul I" was laid down in the Baltic Shipyard. 1906 - Robbery at Penn's Lane in St. Petersburg 1918 -. Irkutsk University was founded in the city of Irkutsk, Russia. 1927 — The Central Theater of Working Youth opened in Moscow, later became "Revenge. " 1939 —. Lithuanian army units entered Vilna, which was transferred to Lithuania as part of the mutual assistance agreement between Lithuania and the Soviet Union. 1944 — The city of Uzhhorod was liberated from German and Hungarian forces. 1959 — For the first time, the image of the far side of the moon, obtained by the Luna-3 spacecraft, was published in the mass media; He appeared in the Pravda newspaper and other Soviet publications. 1962 — Cuban Missile Crisis: A US Air Force U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down over Cuba by a Soviet surface-to-air missile; The pilot, Major Rudolph Anderson, was killed. It is thought that "Black Sabbath", October 27, 1962, was the day the world came closest to a global nuclear war. 1984 — The Baikal-Amur main line was activated. 1994 — In Moscow, during the neutralization of an explosive device based on an Ani-50 mine with a timer in the Auto Contour store on the Hovaviv highway, FSB lieutenant colonel Mikhail Chekanov was killed. After this tragedy, bomb disposal experts began using Irish-made robotic manipulators called "Nod" to remove mines. 2007 — The first wiki conference of the Russian Wikipedia began in St. Petersburg.