29 August
Dates in History
1949The first atomic bomb was tested in USSR. In USSR was carried out the examination of the first atomic bomb.At 6.30 a.m.(Moscow time)academician Kurchatov demanded to set off a bomb.A bright strong lightening lit up,its light was too blinding to look at.Soon after that an atomic mushroom appeared,its column reached 7 km.
1912To commemorate 100-th Jubilee of Patriotic War of 1812, The Battle of Borodino panorama on Chistoprudny Boulevard is set. | Later in 1962 a special building was ereced for it in Kutuzovsky Prospekt, not far from Poklonny Hill. The Battle of Borodino panorama remains the only museum in Russia whose exhibits tell a detailed story of the entire 1812 campaign. |