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- 1. The Big 100
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This year marks the centennial of the Bolshevik Revolution. Here's what that looks like, plus gas, cats, and seals (state seals, that is).
- By Alice E.M. Underwood
- 2. First Love
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On the importance of coffee, academicians, a museum, a rooster, the harvesting of turf, and collectivization. Oh, and Novosibirsk.
- By Paul E. Richardson
- 3. Revolution for Tiny Tots
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“It was a lot of fun during the Rivolushun. And I won’t never forget the Russian Rivolushun.” In which we look at the 1917 revolution through the eyes of schoolchildren at the time.
- By Evgeny Lukyanov
- 4. Meet Four Russian Centenarians
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One hundred years ago, in 1917, Russia was wracked by revolution, famine, foreign war, and domestic unrest. And yet, throughout 1917, babies were born, lives were started.
- By Paul E. Richardson
- 5. 100 Years Ago, In a Monarchy Far, Far Away
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Exactly 100 years ago, on February 23, 1917, the Russian Revolution began. And once you've learned about that, there's space, WWII reenactments, and a portal back to medieval times.
- By Alice E.M. Underwood
- 6. Revolution!
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On February 23, 1917 the Revolution came to Petrograd. The Tsar abdicated and a long year of turmoil and political upheaval lie ahead...
- By Tamara Eidelman
- 7. Our Next Big Thing
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We are excited to announce our next big project: Time Travel! And we'll document it with a book and a movie!
- By Paul E. Richardson
- 8. Maria's War: A Soldier's Autobiography
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This astonishingly gripping autobiography by the founder of the Russian Women’s Death Battallion in World War I is an eye-opening documentary of life before, during and after the Bolshevik Revolution.
- 9. The Corpse of Lenin and the Rebirth of St. Petersburg
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St. Petersburg is now 25: citizens voted to rename Leningrad as St. Petersburg on June 12, 1991. Lenin’s legacy was at the center of the change, and remains a hot topic 25 years later.
- By Alice E.M. Underwood
- 10. Spelling Reform: Who Gets the Credit?
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Soviet sources praise the Bolsheviks for simplifying Russian spelling in 1918. Who was the real author of the spelling reform, and what was the Bolsheviks' actual role in making it work?
- By Eugenia Sokolskaya
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