November 1 in Russia: 1612 —. The Polish-Lithuanian occupation of Moscow: The People's Militia fighters led by Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky stormed and captured Kitai-Gorod. The garrison of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth retreated to the Kremlin. 1881 — The engineer von Barnow received a concession from the Russian government to build and operate telephone networks in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw, Odessa and Riga. However, this contract was soon sold to Alexander Bell. 1894 — The last Russian emperor Nicholas II ascended the throne. 1938 — The film "Man with a Gun" by Sergey Yutkevich was released. 1959 — The first marriage palace in the Soviet Union was opened in Leningrad, in the Derivaz estate on the English embankment. 1962 - The Soviet Union launched the automatic interstellar station March-1. 1963 — The first maneuvering spacecraft "Tissa-1" was launched in the Soviet Union. 1977 — Passenger flights have begun for the ATH-144 supersonic airliner. 1989 — The broadcast began on the first commercial TV channel in the Soviet Union "2x2. " 1991 —. The Congress of People's Deputies of Russia introduced a one-year moratorium on elections at all levels until December 1, 1992 (during the period of radical economic reform), and also approved the white-blue-red tricolor as Russia's national flag. 1997 — The broadcast began on the Russian TV channel "Tarbut. " 2005 —. The Russian section of Wikinews opens. 2015 —. The broadcast began on the Russian sports channel "Fit for TV". " 2023 - The Russian wide-body long-range He-96-400M airliner made its maiden flight.