1659 - The Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrianian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.

 

1895 - Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.

 

1914 - Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.

 

1945 - Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed by Soviet Union.

 

1995 - Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.)

 

1866 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian statesman is born (d. 1934)

 

1906 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general is born (d. 1945)

 

1940 - Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer is born

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