🗓 October 3 in Russia:

🔳 1078 — The Grand Duke Iziaslav Iaroslavich was killed in the Battle on the Nezhatina Niva — a battle in the vicinity of Nezhin (now a city in the Chernigov region, Ukraine).

🔳 1649 — The Russian Zemsky Sobor adopted the Sobornoye Ulozhenie, the fundamental law of the Russian Empire until the 19th century. 

🔳 1654 — The Polish-Lithuanian garrison of besieged Smolensk surrendered the city to the Russians. 

🔳 1670 — The government forces led by Yuri Baryatinsky achieved victory over Stepan Razin near Simbirsk. 

🔳 1782 — Empress Catherine II established the Order of St. Vladimir in four degrees with the motto: "Benefit, Honor, and Glory."

🔳 1828 — Diplomatic relations were established between Russia and Brazil. 

🔳 1878 — The Higher Women's ("Bestuzhev") Courses were opened in St. Petersburg. 

🔳 1910 — The Moscow airfield at Khodynka Field was opened, according to the Julian calendar.

🔳 1918 — The Astrakhan-Caspian military fleet was created. 

🔳 1924 — The first issue of the "Teacher's Newspaper" was published. 

🔳 1929 — USSR and Great Britain restored diplomatic relations.
 
🔳 1938 — Perm Oblast was formed. 

🔳 1956 — The Bolshoi Ballet began a triumphant tour at the Covent Garden opera house in London. 

🔳 1968 — The first flight of the Tu-154, a three-engine passenger aircraft developed by A.N. Tupolev's design bureau, took place. The crew was led by Yu.V. Sukhov. 

🔳 1986 — An accident (rocket explosion in the silo) occurred on the strategic submarine K-219, resulting in the submarine sinking three days later. 

🔳 1993 — In Moscow, the confrontation between supporters of President Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet (Supreme Council of the Russian Federation) escalated into open armed conflict — supporters of the Supreme Soviet broke through the blockade around the White House, seized the city hall building, and demanded live television coverage at the Ostankino TV center. 

🔳 2001 — Vladimir Putin met with NATO Secretary General George Robertson and stated that the Russian Federation was ready to build partnership relations with NATO. 

🔳 2005 — The remains of General Denikin and philosopher Ivan Ilyin were reburied at the Donskoy Monastery.