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1. #Russiagate, Demos & Alaska: Continuing scandal, new demonstrations, a sesquicentenial and a linguistic smackdown. Just another week here at TWERF.; Tags: russia, twitter, navalny, politics, kamchatka, alaska; By The Editors

2. 1741: The Year Russia Discovered America: You probably know that Alaska was bought from Russia well over 100 years ago. But do you know why Russia claimed the territory in the first place? Hint: who doesn't love a fur coat?; Tags: russia, united states, alaska, colonization; By Eugenia Sokolskaya

3. What Brexit means for Russian economic and territorial expansion: Britain has voted to leave the European Union. Does that mean a boom for Russia? Or is that title a ploy to get you to read about how Russians go about sunbathing?; Tags: russia, brexit, alaska, currency, ruble, sunbathing; By Alice E.M. Underwood

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Notable events on this day in Russian history

1970: Soyuz-9 spacecraft landed safely in the USSR after a record 17 days in space.

1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed on charges of espionage at Sing Sing Prison in New York. History as shown Julius was guilty, but Ethel was not, except by association, of passing atom bomb secrets to the Soviets.

1924: Vasil Bykov, writer, born (died 2003)

1920: Sovnarkom creates All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Liquidation of Illiteracy, which was in excess of 70% in the 1880s.

1813: Pavel Annenkov, literary critic, born (died 1887)

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