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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1920: Sovnarkom creates All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Liquidation of Illiteracy, which was in excess of 70% in the 1880s.

1924: Vasil Bykov, writer, born (died 2003)

1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed on charges of espionage at Sing Sing Prison in New York. History as shown Julius was guilty, but Ethel was not, except by association, of passing atom bomb secrets to the Soviets.

1970: Soyuz-9 spacecraft landed safely in the USSR after a record 17 days in space.

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