On this day

On this day

The establishment of the Siberian (Tobolsk) Eparchy (1620)

18 September 1620

On September 8 (18), 1620, Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich and Moscow Patriarch Filaret established the Siberian Eparchy with the centre in Tobolsk. It became the first Orthodox Eparchy in Siberia, the Urals and the Far East.

USSR joins the League of Nations

18 September 1934

September 18, 1934 general meeting of the League of Nations adopted a resolution on the admission of the USSR into the League and the inclusion of its representative to its Board as a permanent member.