August 29 in #Russia: 1479 - The Assumption Cathedral of the #Moscow Kremlin was consecrated. 1698 - Peter the Great instructed his subjects to shave their beards and wear European clothing. 1703 — A decree by Peter I, according to which on September 1, construction of an ironworks factory began on the shores of Lake Onega, which later gave rise to the city of Petrozavodsk. 1863 — The Russians defeated Polish insurgents during the Battle of Krushin.