Adygeya

by Nina Zotina

Nina Zotina shows us around her home republic: Adygeya.

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How to Live 100 Russian Years

The 22 heroes in this volume were all born in 1917 – Russia’s year of revolution. They lived through Civil War, Collectivization, World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of the USSR. Indeed, their lives are a living reflection of the past Russian century, and their stories show us a side of history not available in any other resource.

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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1986: Space station Mir was launched unmanned from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan

1963: Soviet Union agreed to withdraw several thousand of its troops from Cuba by March 15, 1963

1954: The Crimea is "moved" from Russia to Ukraine on Nikita Khrushchev's initiative

1918: Soviet Central Committee banned private ownership of land, water or natural resources

1899: Yuri Olesha, writer, born (died 1960)

1861: Statute abolishing serfdom is enacted. 20 million serfs are emancipated.

1712: Peter I marries Yekaterina Alexeyevna (the future Catherine I) in St. Petersburg's St. Isaac's Cathedral.

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