February 20, 2020 #TBT Mir Space Station Launched Thirty-four years ago this week, the Mir Space Station was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome. History Space TBT
February 06, 2020 #TBT Yalta Conference Tuesday was 75th anniversary of the start of the Yalta Conference, the first step in rebuilding the post-War world. History Int'l Relations Military War TBT
January 23, 2020 #TBT: Two Vladimirs, One Country They could not have been more different, but both these Vladimirs had a huge impact on Russian history. History Music Politics TBT
January 16, 2020 #TBT: Sofia the Mathematician 170 years ago this week, January 15, 1850, the mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya was born. Biographies History Science Women TBT
January 09, 2020 #TBT: Retribution for a Rebel 245 years ago this week, on January 10, 1775, the rebel Yemelyan Pugachev was executed in Moscow. Biographies History TBT
