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1. Aliens, help Russia!: Darkness descends on Moscow, a cry for help ascends to the sky, and a foreign agent stays exactly where it is. Also huskies and ancient teeth.; Tags: twerf, dogs, foreign agent, weather, moscow, russia; By Alice E.M. Underwood

2. Weather Across Russia: Check current conditions and forecasts for several Russian cities.; Tags: weather, forecasts, russia; By Linda DeLaine

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Notable events on this day in Russian history

1805: Russia and Austria defeated by Napoleon at Austerlitz.

1815: Second Treaty of Paris signed. 30,000 Russian troops will occupy Paris.

1869: Zinaida Gippius, poet, born (died 1945)

1925: Maya Plisetskaya, ballet-dancer, born

1928: Alexei Batalov, actor, born

1934: Vyacheslav Nevinny, actor, born

1962: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's story, "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," published in Novy Mir.

1962: President John F. Kennedy lifted the blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis.

1981: Anatoly Karpov retained the World Chess Championship, beating Viktor Korchnoi in Italy.

1998: Politician Galina Starovoitova assassinated in St. Petersburg.