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| Zemsky Cathedral elected tsar Boris Godunov, and brought him the oath of allegiance. |
| 1598 y. |
The path to the throne for Godunov was not easy.In the specific town of Uglich grew up an heir to the throne Dmitri, son of the seventh wife of Ivan the Terrible.May 15, 1591 the prince died under unclear circumstances.Chronicle accuses of the murder of Boris Godunov, because Dmitry was a direct heir to the throne, and interfered with Boris in advancing towards him.January 7, 1598 Fyodor Ivanovich died, and the male line of the Moscow branch of the Rurik dynasty terminated.
February 17, 1...
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| In Rome burned Giordano Bruno. |
| 1600 y. |
Filippo Bruno was born in the family of a soldier near Naples in 1548.The 17-year-old Filippo Bruno entered the Dominican monastery, having received this name Giordano.Studying science, works of Nicolaus Copernicus, Giordano Bruno came to the inference that the natural scientific presentation of the Church wrong.Giordano began to speak publicly in debates across Europe, caught in ignorance of the Church.
Upon his return to Italy in 1592, Bruno was arrested and imprisoned.The basis for the...
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| Hermitage was opened to the public. |
| 1852 y. |
Hermitage originated in 1764 as a private collection of Catherine II, after it acquired in Berlin from the Berlin merchant I.Gotzkowsky collection of 225 works by Dutch and Flemish artists.Initially, most of the paintings housed in a quiet and secluded apartments of the palace, received the French name "Hermitage" retreat.February 17, 1852 the opening of the New Hermitage, one of the five interconnected buildings on the Palace Embankment, designed by the Bavarian architect Leo von Klenze 1784-18...
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| In St. Petersburg there was the fifth unsuccessful attempt on Alexander II. |
| 1880 y. |
Alexander II - the Emperor of Russia of the Romanov dynasty, went down in Russian history as a champion of extensive reforms during his rule has survived several assassination attempts and eventually died on the last of them.The first attempt occurred in 1866, the Emperor, who was going to his coach at the gate of the Summer Garden, fired Dmitry Karakozov, a young nobleman.
A year later, a Polish immigrant Anton Berezovsky, too, fired at the Emperor, and also missed, hitting a horse.The n...
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| American Voice of America began transmission in Russian. |
| 1947 y. |
February 24, 1942 United States Information Agency employee William Harlan Hale began a 15-minute transfer to the German words: "Says the Voice of America.We will tell you the truth. ". Initially, the Voice of America "was created as a counterweight to the fascist propaganda and was carrying some of the strategic role as an important element in the so-called" psychological "war.In the Soviet Union, Voice of America began broadcasting in Russian in five years, 17 February 1947, at the very beginn...
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| Established Russia`s Joint-Stock Company "Gazprom". |
| 1993 y. |
The first gas lamps were lit in Russia Aptekarskii island of St. Petersburg in 1819.History of the "big gas" in the Soviet Union began in 1946 with the launch of operation of main gas pipeline "Saratov - Moscow".On the basis of state gas concern Gazprom 17 February 1993 were created Russia`s joint stock company "Gazprom", which five years later was renamed the open joint stock company.
Today it is the largest company in the world.
Its main thrusts are the exploration, production, t...
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