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- January 8, 2012
- 1972 ABM Treaty
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English text of the 1972 Antilballistic Missile Treaty between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
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- January 8, 2008
- 1972 ABM Treaty
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Notes on the 1972 ABM Treaty.
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- June 4, 2007
- Kamchatka Disaster
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A massive landslide destroys the Valley of the Geysers on June 4, 2007.
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- May 16, 2007
- Zero in Russia
In the May/June 2007 issue of Russian Life, Mikhail Ivanov's column on the use of "zero," "null," etc. in Russian slang got us wondering: just when and how was the concept and notation of zero introduced into Russian. We could find nothing in our printed references or anywhere online. So we polled some experts. Below we reprint two excellent replies we received.
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- May 9, 2007
- Supersonic Flight
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Meet the TU-144, Russia's achievement, albeit short lived, in supersonic flight. On Dec. 31, 1968, Russia's TU-144 supersonic airliner made its first flight, several months ahead of the Anglo-French Concorde.
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- April 13, 2006
- Space Race II?
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On the 45th anniversary of the first manned space flight, Russia lays out an ambitious space plan.
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- October 18, 2005
- Jarkov Mammoth
Finding the remains of the prehistoric giant mammoth in the far reaches of northern Siberia is not an unusual occurrence. Bones and tusks reveal themselves when the permafrost thaws. However, the discovery of an intact mammoth is something for scientists to get excited about.
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