On this day

13 (25) September 1826 near the town of Yelizavetpol a separate Caucasian corps under the leadership of Ivan Feodorovich Paskevich defeated 35 000-strong army of Crown Prince Abbas Mirza, disposing of just 8 000 Russian soldiers and 22 guns.

September 25, 1932 pursuant to the Order of People's Commissariat of Railway of the USSR № 754, on the basis of the Railways and Construction Faculty of the Siberian Institute of Transport Engineers (Tomsk) was established the Novosibirsk Railways and Construction Institute of Railway Transport Engineers.