October 28 in Russia: 1571 - Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible married Marfa Sobkina, who died half a month later. 1654 - In Vologda, in order to rid the region of the plague, the Church of the All-Graceful Savior was built in just one day. 1893 - The symphony "Pathetic" by the composer Piotr Tchaikovsky was performed for the first time in public. 1908 - The first short fiction film in the history of the Russian Empire, "Freedom of Humiliation", was released in theaters. 1914 - The German cruiser "Emden" sank the Russian cruiser "Jamchog" and the French destroyer "Musketeer" in Penang harbor. 1924 - France recognized the Soviet de jure government. 1944 - World War II: The day of the liberation of Ukraine from German Israel. 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Nikita Khrushchev announced the dismantling of Soviet missiles in Cuba. 1974 - Successful launch of the Soviet interstellar station "Luna-23. " 2005 - The first Iranian artificial satellite of the Earth "Sina-1" was launched from the Plastsk Cosmodrome. 2007 - The first wiki conference of the Russian Wikipedia ended in St. Petersburg. 2011 - The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow reopened after a 6-year renovation.