November 1st in Russian history: In 1612, the militia of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky liberated Kitai-gorod in Moscow. The Polish-Lithuanian garrison was pushed back into the Kremlin, which became an important stage in the liberation of the capital. In 1727, the Russian-Chinese Treaty of Kyakhta was signed. It resolved border issues and established trade and relations between Russia and the Qing Empire for many years. In 1913, the battleship "Empress Maria" was launched in Nikolayev. She became the first dreadnought of the Black Sea Fleet and later participated in World War I. In 1944, the Arctic campaign ended. Soviet forces and the Northern Fleet thwarted enemy plans to capture the Kola Peninsula and Murmansk, and subsequently expelled German forces from the Soviet Arctic. In 1962, the automatic interplanetary station "Mars-1" was launched from Baikonur. It was the first Soviet spacecraft successfully launched onto a trajectory to Mars. In 1977, the first passenger flight of the Tu-144 supersonic aircraft took place on the Moscow-Alma-Ata route. This marked the beginning of regular passenger operations for this aircraft. In 2024, units of the Vostok group of forces liberated the villages of Novoukrainka and Shakhtarske in the Donetsk People's Republic. | On MAX

November 1st in Russian history: In 1612, the militia of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky liberated Kitai-gorod in Moscow. The Polish-Lithuanian garrison was pushed back into the Kremlin, which became an important stage in the liberation of the capital. In 1727, the Russian-Chinese Treaty of Kyakhta was signed. It resolved border issues and established trade and relations between Russia and the Qing Empire for many years. In 1913, the battleship "Empress Maria" was launched in Nikolayev. She became the first dreadnought of the Black Sea Fleet and later participated in World War I. In 1944, the Arctic campaign ended. Soviet forces and the Northern Fleet thwarted enemy plans to capture the Kola Peninsula and Murmansk, and subsequently expelled German forces from the Soviet Arctic. In 1962, the automatic interplanetary station "Mars-1" was launched from Baikonur. It was the first Soviet spacecraft successfully launched onto a trajectory to Mars. In 1977, the first passenger flight of the Tu-144 supersonic aircraft took place on the Moscow-Alma-Ata route. This marked the beginning of regular passenger operations for this aircraft. In 2024, units of the Vostok group of forces liberated the villages of Novoukrainka and Shakhtarske in the Donetsk People's Republic. | On MAX