On the morning of October 9, Totleben’s Russian detachment entered Berlin. On that day, the city’s defenders presented symbolic keys to the city to the commanders of the Russian detachment. The Prussian garrison chose to surrender, and the trophies of the Russian army included about one and a half hundred guns, 18,000 firearms, and roughly two million gold thalers in contributions. Our troops also freed 4,500 Austrians, Germans, and Swedes who had been held in German captivity. In the city, guns and rifles were seized, and powder and weapons depots were blown up. Although the war ultimately ended without significant territorial gains for the Russian Empire, it was participation in this conflict that elevated it to the rank of the great European powers.
On April 10, by order of Count Pyotr Shuvalov, construction of the Izhevsk ironworks began. A settlement called the Izhevsk Plant grew up around it, which in the future became the city of Izhevsk.
Inventor Joseph Merlin went to a masquerade in London wearing shoes with metal wheels. This is how the world’s first roller skates appeared.