On this day

On this day

Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo opened

19 October 1811

19 (31) October 1811 in the suburbs of St. Petersburg,  Tsarskoe Selo, took place the grand opening of the Imperial Lyceum, founded with the goal of "education of young people, especially those who were intended for public service".
 

Labor Commune (Autonomous Oblast) of Volga Germans was founded

19 October 1918

On October 19 1918 the Council of People’s Commissars of RSFSR adopted a decree which stipulated foundation of one of the first national-territorial autonomies in the territory of Soviet Russia — the Labor Commune of Volga Germans.

Foundation of the Ural State University in Yekaterinburg

19 October 1920

October 19, 1920 Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, V. I. Lenin signed a decree on the establishment of the Ural State University in Yekaterinburg - the first university in the Soviet history and one of the oldest universities of the Middle Urals.