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Spine of Russia

The Spine of Russia is a stunning, oversized coffee table book (nearly two feet wide when open) that features 200+ images from the epic trans-Russia road trip, The Spine of Russia. Also includes a dozen texts (in both English and Russian) ruminating on themes from the trip. Print run is limited!

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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1977: Soviet Union published its new draft constitution, which was approved by the Supreme Soviet on October 7, 1977, and came to be known as the "Brezhnev Constitution." It was the first constitution which explicitly stated the supremacy of the Communist Party.

1961: Premier Nikita Khrushchev proposed to U.S. President John Kennedy that Berlin should be a free city.

1916: Brusilov Offensive launched. Nearly leads to breakthrough in World War I, but failure to follow through (and lack of ammunition) kept it from being ultimately successful.

1911: Viktor Nekrasov, writer, born (died 1987)

1899: Russia accepts the metric system on a voluntary basis, as formulated by Dmitry Mendeleyev. Officially accepted by the Provisional Government on April 30, 1917, and by the USSR on July 21, 1925

1798: Alexander Gorchakov, diplomat, born.

1741: Bering's Second Expedition, which will reveal the southern coast of Alaska, began.

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