November 2 in Russia: 1721 - Peter I took the title Father of the Fatherland, Emperor of All Russia, Peter the Great, and Russia became an empire. 1831 - The frigate Pallada was laid down at the Okhta Admiralty in St. Petersburg. 1849 - The Maritime Library building was opened in Sevastopol, its ventilation shaft - the "Tower of Spirits" - has survived to this day. 1927 - The largest indoor swimming pool in the Soviet Union was built in Leningrad. 1937 - Stars are lit for the first time on the five towers of the Kremlin in Moscow. 1938 - The title Heroine of the Soviet Union was awarded to women for the first time in the Soviet Union. 1939 — The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union adopted a law on the incorporation of Western Belarus into the Soviet Union and its reunification with the Byelorussian Soviet Union (officially based on the resolution of the People's Assembly of Western Belarus of October 29). 1940 — Personal military ranks were introduced for the rank and file officers of the Red Army. 1941 — The Ulyanovsk branch of the Central Museum of Vladimir Lenin was opened in Ulyanovsk. 1965 - The Proton-2 space station was launched into Earth orbit in the Soviet Union. 1967 - The new Lanskoi Bridge across the Black River was opened in Leningrad where the fatal duel between the poet-playwright Alexander Pushkin and Georges Danthes took place.