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#OTD in 1823, the first Russian steam-driven combat vessel #Meteor was laid down in #Nikolaev. 🚢 The grandfather of modern Russian steamships was 40 m long & 6 m wide, had 14 guns, soon received a baptism of fire, served until 1839. https://t.co/FSvSQGOUai — PolitiTweet.org