December 18, 2009

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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: Author Vladimir Nabokov died in Montreaux, Switzerland

1950: Arkady Ivanovich Melua, cosmonaut, born

1939: Future cosmonaut Valery Vasilyevich Illarianov born in Moscow, Russia.

1872: Alexander Gilferding, philologist, died (born 1831)

1860: Vladivostok founded.

1556: Troops sent on ships by Ivan IV take Astrakhan.

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