Samovar: a Russian word every foreigner must know
Published: 03 January, 2008, 10:36
When temperatures fall below zero in winter there’s nothing better than a cup of hot tea, especially when the water is boiled in a Russian samovar. These old-style metal water-heaters vary in size and shape, but they always conjure up the same romantic at
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Can’t stop growing! Life’s a nightmare for 2.5 metre basketball starAleksandr Sizonenko is now almost 2.5 metres tall and still growing. He's one of the tallest men in the world and used to be a star of Soviet basketball. But what once seemed to be his major advantage eventually forced him to abandon his career. |
