June 11 in #Russia: 1606 — Wedding of Vasily Shuisky to the kingdom. 1648 - The "salt riot" began in #Moscow. 1826 - The first Moscow eye hospital opened. 1842 - Nikolai Gogol's poem "Dead Souls" was published. 1858 - The St. Isaac's Cathedral was consecrated in St. Petersburg. 1913 - The All-Russian Agricultural Exhibition was opened in #Kiev. 1926 - The government of England protested against the financing of strikes in Britain by the USSR.