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Train Car Museum, Elista

Ochirov's museum is located in a train car that was used to transport Kalmyks to Siberia in 1943. Above, exhibits in the Train Car Museum of the Stalinist Deportation of the Kalmyks.

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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Notable events on this day in Russian history

1966: Spiral spaceplane authorized. The Spiral system consisted of three main components: the GSR reusable hypersonic air-breathing launch aircraft; RB expendable two stage rocket; and the OS orbital spaceplane.

1945: The Charter of the United Nations (UN) was signed in San Francisco, California, by 50 nations.

1944: Gennady Zyuganov, KPRF (Communist Party) leader, born

1939: Future cosmonaut Ansar Ilgamovich Sharafutdinov born in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

1927: Vladimir Motyl, film director, born

1925: Future cosmonaut Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev born in Chelizshevo, Vologda, Russia.

1894: Pyotr Kapitsa, physicist and Nobel laureate (1978), born (died 1984)

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