This day in Russian history — Today we commemorate the hieromartyr John Kochurov and remember the legendary Russian aviator A.I. Pokryshkin.translated

On this day, October 31, 1917, in Tsaritsyno, Protodeacon John Kochurov was killed, whose martyrdom opened a long list of new martyrs of the atheistic 20th century. He was born on July 13, 1871.