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1. A Whole New World (of Nuclear Weapons): Whether you think INF stands for Instant New Fear or Internationalism Never Falters, this week’s got you covered with both politics and otherworldly events.; Tags: nuclear, environment, Nizhny Novgorod; By Irina Bukharin

2. Monstrous Protests, Mobile Plants, and Too Much Paper: This week Russians hit the streets, waterways, and air for all sorts of occasions.; Tags: nuclear, arctic, moscow; By Irina Bukharin

3. Chernobyl: The State Secret: 30 years ago today, the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant had a meltdown: "Flames, sparks, and chunks of burning material went flying... These were red-hot pieces of nuclear fuel and graphite..."; Tags: Chernobyl, nuclear, accident, Belarus, soviet; By Marina Latysheva

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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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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1986: Space station Mir was launched unmanned from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan

1963: Soviet Union agreed to withdraw several thousand of its troops from Cuba by March 15, 1963

1954: The Crimea is "moved" from Russia to Ukraine on Nikita Khrushchev's initiative

1918: Soviet Central Committee banned private ownership of land, water or natural resources

1899: Yuri Olesha, writer, born (died 1960)

1861: Statute abolishing serfdom is enacted. 20 million serfs are emancipated.

1712: Peter I marries Yekaterina Alexeyevna (the future Catherine I) in St. Petersburg's St. Isaac's Cathedral.

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