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1. The Big 100: This year marks the centennial of the Bolshevik Revolution. Here's what that looks like, plus gas, cats, and seals (state seals, that is).; Tags: cats, pollution, Chelyabinsk, 1917, Revolution, Bolshevik, Russia; By Alice E.M. Underwood

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Notable events on this day in Russian history

1711: Mikhail Lomonosov, writer, born

1770: Ivan Kruzenshtern, navy commander, born (died 1846)

1825: Alexander I dies at Taganrog.

1896: Georgy Zhukov, commander, born (died 1974)

1903: Asaf Messerer, ballet master, born

1926: A new Family Code, with more liberal marriage and divorce policies than the 1918 code, is enacted.

1942: Red Army troops began a massive counter-offensive against the Germans at Stalingrad.

1986: Law passed allowing private individual labor activity.