November 14, 2008

Chekhov Complete On-line Texts

by Anton Chekhov

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Bears in the Caviar

A hilarious and insightful memoir by a diplomat who was “present at the creation” of US-Soviet relations. For anyone with even a passing interest in US-Russian history, this is a priceless book.

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Notable events on this day in Russian history

1988: Second of two missions to Mars' moon Phobos; carried 2 landers; planned to enter Mars orbit. Phobos 1 operated nominally until an expected communications session on 2 September 1988 failed to occur. The failure of controllers to regain contact with the sp

1939: Yelena Obraztsova, opera singer, born

1933: Nikolai Skrypnik (Ukrainian Bolshevik) committed suicide

1918: Pavel Kogan, poet, born

1918: Bolsheviks defeat the revolt of the leftist SRs.

1893: Vladimir Mayakovsky, poet, born (died 1930)

1887: Marc Chagall, artist, born (died 1985)

1807: Peace of Tilsit signed between Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I in the middle of the Nemunas river

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