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August 9 in #Russia: 1605 — In the #Moscow Kremlin, the pretender known as False Dmitry I was crowned. 1731 — The Noble Cadet Corps was established in Saint Petersburg for the military and civil education of the nobility. 1742 — In Alaska, a group of 31 people remaining from Vitus Bering's expedition transferred from a damaged ship to a raft, hoping to return to Russia. 1853 — #Russian troops under the command of General V. A.