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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

2005: Terrorists assault and capture buildings throughout the city of Nalchik. Russian soldiers surround and enter the city, forcing terrorists to retreat. Some 136 people were killed during the event.

1990: Mikhail Gorbachev officially apologized for massacre of Polish officers at Katyn

1972: Soviet Ilyushin-62 crashed near Moscow airport, killing 176 on board. This was, at the time, the worst disaster in civilian aviation history.

1969: Soviet Union sends third spacecraft into orbit (Soyuz 8) in as many days, putting seven cosmonauts in space.

1933: Mark Zakharov, theater director, born

1905: Russia's 1st revolutionary soviet (council) was established in St. Petersburg, acting as a shadow government.

1843: Gleb Ivanovich Uspensky, writer, born (died 1902)

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