June 24 in #Russia: 1619 – Metropolitan Filaret, father of Tsar Michael Feodorovich, was elevated to Patriarch of All Russia. 1795 – Catherine II established the Podolia Governorate of the #Russian Empire. 1812 – Napoleon's army, crossing the Neman River, invaded the territory of the Russian Empire. The Patriotic War of 1812 began. 1899 – The city-port of Polyarny (now the city of Polyarny) was founded on the Kola Peninsula. During the Great Patriotic War