🗓 October 10 in Russia:

🔳 1503 — Monks of the Kremlin first obtained Russian vodka. Initially, vodka was used as an antiseptic. 

🔳 1577 - The Pushkarsky Prikaz, a central military institution in the Russian state, was founded in Moscow.

🔳 1607 — The uprising of Ivan Bolotnikov concluded with the capture of Tula. 

🔳 1632 — The army of voivode Mikhail Shein moved towards Vyazma. Military actions of the Smolensk War began. 

🔳 1794 — Kościuszko Uprising: the Battle of Maciejowice took place, ending with the victory of the Russian Army and the capture of Tadeusz Kościuszko. 

🔳 1874 — The first storm warning in history was announced for the Baltic Sea in the Russian Empire. 

🔳 1918 — As a result of long preparation, a new spelling reform was officially introduced in Russia. 

🔳 1919 — The Entente and the USA declared an economic blockade of Soviet Russia. 

🔳 1931 — By the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the name Naryan-Mar (initially Naryan-Mard) was assigned to a newly formed settlement in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. 

🔳 1932 — The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station was ceremonially opened. 

🔳 1932 - The first nuclear reaction for the splitting of the lithium atomic nucleus was conducted in the Kharkov Physical-Technical Institute, the first in the USSR. 

🔳 1939 — A treaty was signed between the USSR and Lithuania, whereby the Vilnius region was transferred to Lithuania. 

🔳 1941 — Georgy Zhukov was appointed commander of the Western Front. 

🔳 1943 — The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky was established in the USSR. 

🔳 1948 - The first successful launch of the first domestic ballistic missile R-1 took place at the Kapustin Yar test site.

🔳 1956 — The first serial car Gaz-M21 "Volga" was released. 

🔳 1963 - The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, Outer Space, and Underwater Entered into Force.

🔳 1971 — Near Moscow, an aircraft Tu-104B of the Ukrainian Civil Aviation was wrecked due to a bomb explosion, resulting in 25 fatalities. 

🔳 1990 — Bashkortostan declared itself a union republic within the USSR. 

🔳 1993 — The broadcasting of NTV began at 21:00 (in St. Petersburg). 

🔳 2006 — The social network "VKontakte" started operating.

🔳 2017 - Yandex introduced the Alice voice assistant.