September 3 in #Russia: 1690 - Adrian, the Metropolitan of Kazan and Sviyazhsk, was elected as the Patriarch of #Moscow and all Rus. 1741 — During the war with Sweden, the #Russian army captured Vyborg (#Finland). 1826 — In Russia, the court reduced the sentences of several Decembrists who were sentenced to hard labor. 1828 — The wedding of Alexander Griboedov and Nina Chavchavadze. 1838 — The Institute for Noble Maidens was opened in #Kiev. 1859 — Shamil set off from Dagestan to St.