🗓 October 1 in Russia:

🔳 1550 – Ivan the Terrible issued the Verdict (Decree) "On Allotment in the Moscow and Surrounding Districts of the Chosen Thousand of Servicemen," thereby laying the foundations for a regular Russian Army.

🔳 1830 – Poet Alexander Pushkin, in the village of Boldino, completed work on the original eighth chapter of "Eugene Onegin" ("Onegin's Journey").

🔳 1887 – The Odessa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet, rebuilt after the fire of 1873, was reopened.

🔳 1924 – The Satire Theater was opened in Moscow.

🔳 1926 – The Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater was opened.

🔳 1931 - The reconstructed AMO automobile plant in Moscow was put into operation.

🔳 1931 - The first tractor rolled off the assembly line at the Kharkov Tractor Plant named after S. Ordzhonikidze.
 
🔳 1933 – Flight tests began on the I-15 aircraft designed by N.N. Polikarpov. The I-15 was adopted into service and put into production.

🔳 1939 – An open letter by the Russian revolutionary and diplomat F. Raskolnikov, condemning Stalinist repressions, was published in the emigré "New Russia."

🔳 1950 – The first flight of the Il-14P aircraft, crewed by V.K. Kokkinaki.

🔳 1960 – The first "Zaporozhets" car rolled off the assembly line, nicknamed "hunchback" by the people.

🔳 1967 – Central Television of the USSR began broadcasting programs in color.

🔳 1988 – The final of the 1988 Olympic football tournament: the USSR national team defeated the Brazilian national team in extra time (2:1).

🔳 1990 – The law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations" was adopted in the USSR.

🔳 1992 – The issuance of privatization certificates – vouchers – began in Russia.

🔳 1993 – Residence permits (propiska) were abolished in Russia.

🔳 1997 – A phased replacement of Soviet passports with passports of a citizen of the Russian Federation began.

🔳 1998 – AviaStar produced the first Tu-204-120 mainline passenger aircraft with Rolls-Royce engines under a contract with Kato Aeromatik (Egypt).