June 07, 2005

Book Picks - Health

A Russian Herbal: Traditional Remedies for Health & Healing
Igor Vilevich
Paperback, 240pp.
Inner Traditions International, Limited
February 1997

The Master of Lucid Dreams
In the Heart of Asia a Russian Psychiatrist Learns how to Heal the Spirits of Trauma
Olga Kharitidi
Hardcover, 192pp.
Hampton Roads Publishing Co., Inc.
October 2001

Improving Women's Health Services in the Russian Federation: Results of a Pilot Project
Patricia Stephenson
Paperback, 50pp.
World Bank, The,
March 1998

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The Samovar Murders

Book four in the Matyushkin Case Files series is finally here, and just in time for Christmas. Let's face it, Poirot, Marple, Gamache, Holmes – they would probably not have had what it took to survive detective-ing in 1960s Moscow. Pavel Matyushkin, he's got the right stuff. Stoke up the samovar and get ready for a great mystery...

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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1971: The three crew members of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 died on re-entry due to a drop in air pressure. They had just set a space endurance record of 570 hours, 22 minutes and the crew - Vladislav Volkov, Georgi Dobrovolski and Viktor Patsayev- were the first astronauts to die in outer space.

1956: Central Committee of the Communist Party passes a resolution on ending the Cult of Personality (Khrushchev's Secret Speech was on February 25)

1908: Tunguska meteorite impacts in Siberia.

1790: Aleksandr Radishchev (social critic) was imprisioned for his self-published work "Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow." Catherine II orders him beheaded. He recants and gets 10 years exile instead.

1736: Liberation of the Azov Fortress from Turkish invaders

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