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12.06.2010, 15:14
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June 12 is the Day of Russia, the country’s national holiday. On this day, exactly 20 years ago, the Soviet leadership signed the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Russia, which marked the start of democratic reforms.
03.08.2009, 15:01
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Viktor Linnik – editor-in-chief of Moscow’s Slovo newspaper and long-time friend of the Solzhenitsyn family – found striking similarities between Solzhenitsyn’s views and those of Martin Luther King.
27.07.2009, 20:20
To mark the upcoming 20th anniversary of the historical event that has become the modern symbol of the victory of democracy, the Moscow House of Photography is opening the exhibition “Falling of the Berlin Wall.”
20.07.2009, 09:55
The autumn of 2009 will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which is now being renovated after years of decay, pollution and vandalism.
08.11.2009, 09:37
The fall of the Berlin Wall was the beginning of the end for the German Democratic Republic, as it showed that its government couldn’t run the country without the Wall, believes a former West German Foreign Minister.
01.09.2009, 12:55
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Leaders from around the world are in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two. The country was the first to face the Nazis’ attack on September 1, 1939.
05.03.2010, 14:46
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A war of words over the name of Joseph Stalin, who died 57 years ago, is being fought in Moscow, the city where he is buried. The country he led to victory in World War II is still divided over Stalin's place in history.
12.03.2010, 08:03
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As Lithuania is marking its 20th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union, the country’s achievements in the new era are being questioned.
22.04.2010, 19:14
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On the 140th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin and with much of the world still grappling with the worst economic crisis since the Depression perhaps it is an opportune time to ponder some of his theories.
09.08.2009, 09:48
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Ten years ago a relatively unknown Vladimir Putin stepped onto the world stage for the first time. Now he is Russia's most recognized politician, a tough leader who brought Russia back from the brink.
Published: 16 April, 2009, 10:55
Vladimir Lenin’s tomb is reopening on the weekend before his birthday after months of maintenance work. Amid calls to relocate the Soviet leader’s remains, Lenin’s Mausoleum is once again ready to receive visitors.
