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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1804: Mikhail Glinka, composer, born (died 1857)

1844: Vasily Polenov, artist, born (died 1927)

1899: Alexander Deyneka, painter, born (died 1969)

1904: Nikolai Chukovsky, writer, translator, born (died 1965)

1945: Future cosmonaut Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov born in Nuzhni Kuba, Perm, Russia

1954: Soviet government decree for full-scale development of trisonic intercontinental cruise missiles (R-7 ICBM.)

1991: Soviet parliament approved, in principle, a law which would allow citizens to freely travel abroad.

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