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1. 6 Things Russian Babushkas Disapprove Of: What comes to mind when you think of a Russian national icon? Vodka, matryoshkas, bears? Fyodor Dostoyevsky? Alla Pugacheva? Cheburashka? Surprisingly few people, including Russians themselves, mention babushkas, the omnipresent grandmothers in head scarves. Yet their influence is huge. Red Square huge. Katyusha rocket huge. So it pays to know how to please them...; Tags: babushkas, culture, étiquette; By Yelena McManaman

2. Russian Email Habits: Why is it that Russians don't answer email? We explore this conundrum, and whether it has some roots in Russian business or personal culture.; Tags: communication, etiquette; By Maria Kolesnikova

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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1762: Catherine II was crowned at the Assumption Cathedral in Moscow

1917: Bolsheviks won control of the Petrograd Soviet

1935: Service Categories, introduced in 1924 after officer ranks were eliminated, were eliminated in the Red Army. Ranks were introduced that were a mixture of the service categories and more typical rank names.

1957: Peter Aleshkovsky, writer, born.

1998: US and Russia signed agreements to privatize Russia's nuclear progam and to stop plutonium stockpiles and nuclear scientists from leaving the country.