The 8th May 1945 was Victory in Europe Day – a public holiday to celebrate the end of the Second World War.
23rd October 1911: Italian Carlo Piazza pilots the first aircraft to be used in war
23rd October 2017
Pravda, the official newspaper of what became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was first published.
The Russian Empire’s State Duma met for the first time at the Taurida Palace in St. Petersburg.
On the 16th April 1922, former First World War enemies Germany and Russia signed the Treaty of Rapallo.
The Bosnian Crisis came to end with Serbia’s acceptance of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary.
On the 6th March 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev presented his periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
On the 3rd March 1918 the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and the Central Powers.
On the 30th December 1922, the USSR – the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – was founded.
On the 26th December 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union met for the last time to formally dissolve itself and the Soviet Union.
On the 20th December 1917, the Russian Bolshevik secret police known as the Cheka was established.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017