June 07, 2005

Book Picks - Health

by Linda DeLaine

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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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

1944: In WW II, Russian and Yugoslav forces captured Belgrade

1917: Revolutionary Pre-Parliament convened; Bolsheviks walked out of opening session

1894: Tsar Alexander III (Romanov) died in Livadia, Crimea, at the age of forty-nine. His son Nicholas becomes tsar.

1880: Moscow Circus (on Tsvetnoy Bulvar) opened.

1696: Boyar Duma decided to create a regular navy.

1480: The Battle on the Ugra begins after Ivan III refused to pay tribute to the Horde. Russia's victory brings formal end to the Tatar Yoke.

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