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1. A Walk on the Wild Side (of Russia): Russia Weekly gets wacky with singing policemen, forbidden emojis, and flying plagues.; Tags: cats, school, music; By Irina Bukharin

2. Romanov Holiday and Russia's Best Cat: What a Russian holiday looks like, the Romanovs go to The Gambia, and why secret police are extra special around the holidays. All that, and Russia's most popular cats.; Tags: cats, kgb, fsb, holidays, Romanovs; By Alice E.M. Underwood

3. 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

4. Rocks, Raps, and Cats in Charge: Trouble in the tombstone industry, booming blockchain, and mercenary music hits. Plus, cats at work and a use of paper you've never seen.; Tags: cats, wagner, blockchain, granite, russia; By Alice E.M. Underwood

5. Cats, droids, and acrobatic rock & roll: A friendly robot graces the metro and a politically charged (and financed) dance studio gets footloose thanks to the youngest Putin. Also, happy World Cat Day!; Tags: russia, moscow, metro, putin, tikhonova, dance, cats, robot; By Alice E.M. Underwood

6. Giving thanks: Russian beauty, culture, and cats: We thank our readers for another year of living, loving, and learning about Russian life. With some extra pictures and cultural exploration to keep you grateful.; Tags: russia, culture, setomaa, cats, soccer; By Alice E.M. Underwood

7. Olympians, Titans, and cats dressed up as sailors: The Olympics are under way! With them, new moves in Turkish-Russian relations, a Putin-voiced documentary, and the dangerous force of Russiaphobia. Also cats.; Tags: olympics, russia, doping, putin, turkey, erdogan, russiaphobia, di caprio, baikal, cats; By Alice E.M. Underwood

8. Ivan the Terrible and Pokémon the Great: Pokémon goes to Russia – and so do memories of fallen tsars, athletes, street cleaners, and of course, a kitty cat.; Tags: pokemon, russia, kremlin, olympics, doping, ivan the terrible, cats; By Alice E.M. Underwood

9. Russians don't need principles. Just submarines: The British are out to get Russian values and Russian naval vessels alike this week. Scroll down enough and there's also a cat pic.; Tags: literature, submarine, lavrov, football, cats, meat, united kingdom; By Alice E.M. Underwood

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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1815: Russia, Prussia and Austria form the Holy Alliance.

1932: Vladimir Voynovich, writer, born

1954: Moscow radio reported U.S.S.R. sent rockets 240-miles high

1968: Brezhnev Doctrine promulgated.

1983: Soviet orbital Early Missile Warning System (SPRN), code-named Oko, reported a single intercontinental ballistic missile launch from the territory of the United States. Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov, who was on duty during the incident, correctly dismissed the warning as a computer error when ground early warning radars did not detect any launches.