Category Archives: News in English

On 16 February 1568, the Spanish Inquisition issued a death sentence to all (!) residents of the Netherlands. Previously, Christianity and the Christian Church suffered both from an external enemy – the Roman emperors and from internal dissensions based on … Read More →

Russian Russian Border Guard Service Charter, developed by a special commission by order of Tsar Ivan the Terrible to organize the protection of the southern and south-eastern borders of the Russian Kingdom, was approved on 16 February 1571. It can … Read More →

Vladimir S. Ovchinsky, Vice-President of the Union of Criminalists and Criminologists  Yury N. Zhdanov, President of the International Police Association Russian Section    The World Economic Forum on the major problems of cybersecurity According to the analysts of the World Economic Forum, cyber risks continue … Read More →

On 4 February 2021, a regular online meeting of the author’s project ‘Criminal law gatherings at N.A. Lopashenko’s’ was arranged together with the Saratov Branch Office of the Union of Criminalists and Criminologists. The meeting was held in the ‘person’ … Read More →

On 8 February 1924, in America, the gas block chamber invented by toxicologist Dr. Allen McLean Hamilton was first used as a tool for legalized murder. Prior to this, the tests were carried out on dogs and cats and in … Read More →

Every year, on 8 February, the Russian scientific community celebrates its professional holiday- Day of Russian Science, established by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 1999. On 8 February (28 January) 1724, the Academy of Sciences … Read More →

The Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation presented the materials of the verdict of the Nazis handed down 75 years ago in Kiev. The trial, which took place from 17 to 28 January 1946, was one of the … Read More →

In December of 1922 the First Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR approved the Declaration and the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR. The Treaty proclaimed that 4 independent socialist republics: the RSFSR (Russia), the YUSSR (Ukraine), the … Read More →

The draft Declaration was written by Vladimir Lenin. The Declaration of the Rights of the Working and Exploited People was one of the first and most important constitutional acts of the Soviet Republic, which was aimed at legislating the achievements of … Read More →

Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pechersky was born on 22 February 1909 in Kremenchuka, Russian Empire (today Ukraine) and died on 19 January 1990. He was one of the organizers, and the leader, of the most successful uprising and mass-escape of Jews from … Read More →

The decree ordered the opening of new orphanages, established the procedure for the permanent family placement of children. Children left without parental care were adopted all over the country. Residents of the Central Asian republics often took many children into … Read More →

On 24 January 1848, the Gold Rush began in the USA. It all started at the Sutter’s Mill near the town of Coloma. James Marshall, who worked for John Sutter, discovered the pieces of gold on the American River and … Read More →

On 17 January 1921, the decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR On Aircraft Movement was issued. With the development of civil aviation, there was a need to create an air traffic control system as well. The … Read More →

On 15 January 1831, the owner of the Ural iron-smelting plants, Pavel Demidov, established the Prize to promote the success of the sciences. In 1993, the tradition of awarding the Demidov Prize was resumed. To create the award foundation, Demidov … Read More →

On 5 January 1724, Peter I issued a decree On pulling out the nostrils of convicts and prisoners of war. It was told to take out the nostrils of the convicts sent to eternal hard labour right to the bone … Read More →

The Execution of Pugachev: ‘Forgive me, Orthodox people’ (Painting by Viktor Matorin)   On (10) 21 January 1775, Yemelyan Pugachev was executed in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. Yemelyan Pugachev was a Don Cossack. He proclaimed himself Emperor Peter III, organized … Read More →