November 14, 2008

Chekhov Complete On-line Texts

by Anton Chekhov

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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

1991: Georgia declared its independence from Russia

1989: Soviet troops put down peaceful demonstration in Tbilisi with brutal force. 20 are killed.

1948: Grigory Yavlinsky, leader of the democratic party "Yabloko" (Apple), born

1925: Ernst Neizvestny, sculptor, born

1887: Vasily Chapayev, Civil War hero, born (died 1919).

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