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December 3, 1533 -
Vasili
died; his son
Ivan the Terrible
, succeeded him. His wife
Elena Glinskaya
became regent.
December 11, 1618 -
Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18)
: The
Truce of Deulino
ended the war. Russia ceded the city of
Smolensk
and the
Chernihiv Voivodeship
to
Poland
.
December 12, 1825 - Under pressure from
Konstantin
,
Nicholas
published
Alexander's
succession manifesto.
December 16, 1916 - Royal adviser
Grigori Rasputin
was murdered by a group of nobles in the house of Prince
Felix Yusupov
.
December 29, 1922 - The
Treaty on the Creation of the USSR
united its signatories, the
Russian
and
Transcaucasian
SFSRs and the
Byelorussian
and
Ukrainian
SSRs, under the power of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
.