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23.04.2009, 09:55
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Naina Yeltsina, widow of Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia who died two years ago, spoke to RT about his life, way to power, and resignation.
23.04.2008, 17:12
Vladimir Putin and his successor Dmitry Medvedev have attended the unveiling of a memorial to modern Russia’s first president, Boris Yeltsin, who died one year ago. Known for his rapid economic and political reforms, Yeltsin was one of Russia’s most contr
30.10.2009, 23:36
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On Friday, Russia marks the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions. Millions suffered from Stalin’s repressions from the 1920s through to the 1950s.
08.01.2010, 15:08
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree on Thursday to establish a holiday dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers who fought during WWI on the side of the Austro-Hungarian Empire against Russia.
18.02.2010, 21:46
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Moscow City Hall has approved hanging posters of Stalin throughout the city in the run up to Victory Day, but tempers are running high.
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.
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.
01.02.2010, 06:30
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McDonald’s came to the USSR as a first sign of freedom two decades ago.
02.09.2009, 16:22
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On September 1, 2004, terrorists seized School Number One in Russia’s North Ossetian city of Beslan, taking more than a thousand people hostage: schoolchildren, their parents, relatives and teachers.
08.05.2009, 22:00
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Most of the world marks the end of the Second World War on the 8th of May. But for Soviet Russia it ended the day after. In modern Russia, May 9th is still celebrated as a major national holiday.
Published: 23 April, 2009, 15:58
Boris Yeltsin’s ‘small motherland’ Yekaterinburg, in the Russian Urals, has commemorated him by opening a regional centre of Yeltsin’s Presidential Library two years after his death.
