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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

1955: Supreme Soviet officially ended the state of war with Germany.

1938: Vladimir Vysotsky, actor, poet, singer, born (died 1980)

1917: Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, born (died 2003)

1832: Ivan Shishkin, artist, born

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