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2001: Space Station Mir Deorbited after 5,519 Days around the Earth

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2001: Space Station Mir Deorbited after 5,519 Days around the Earth

On this day in 2001 the Russian space station Mir was taken out of the Earth’s orbit deliberately and in ...

On this day in 2001 the Russian space station Mir was taken out of the Earth’s orbit deliberately and in a controlled manner. Interestingly, the Mir station is the largest man-made celestial body take ...

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1994: Plane Crashes Because of a 16-year-old Boy

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1994: Plane Crashes Because of a 16-year-old Boy

Listening to the flight data recorders from the black box revealed that two unauthorized passengers were ...

Listening to the flight data recorders from the black box revealed that two unauthorized passengers were present in the cockpit – the pilot’s 12-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son. On this day 75 p ...

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1917: Russian Emperor Nicholas II Abdicates in his own Name and in the Name of his Son

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1917: Russian Emperor Nicholas II Abdicates in his own Name and in the Name of his Son

In the document where he declared his abdication, Emperor Nicholas II stressed that he “doesn't want to l ...

In the document where he declared his abdication, Emperor Nicholas II stressed that he “doesn't want to leave his beloved son” (the tsesarevich Alexis, who was only 12 years old at the time and suffer ...

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Did you know Peter the Great allegedly made his wife keep her lover’s severed head in her bedroom?

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Did you know Peter the Great allegedly made his wife keep her lover’s severed head in her bedroom?

The Mons family was one of the many immigrant families who lived in St. Petersburg’s German Quarter durin ...

The Mons family was one of the many immigrant families who lived in St. Petersburg’s German Quarter during the time of Peter the Great. Although they weren’t nobility, the family became involved in th ...

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1943: Stalin Becomes Marshal of the Soviet Union

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1943: Stalin Becomes Marshal of the Soviet Union

On this day in 1943 Stalin became Marshal of the Soviet Union. He took this formerly highest rank relativ ...

On this day in 1943 Stalin became Marshal of the Soviet Union. He took this formerly highest rank relatively late. Namely, in 1943 Stalin was already in power almost twenty years. Since the year 1922, ...

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1967: Stalin’s Daughter Defects to the USA

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1967: Stalin’s Daughter Defects to the USA

Stalin married twice. His first wife died early, aged only 22, some 10 years before the October Revolutio ...

Stalin married twice. His first wife died early, aged only 22, some 10 years before the October Revolution. His second wife was called Nadezhda Alliluyeva and he married her after the revolution. In a ...

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1861: Serfdom Abolished in Russia – Around 23 Million People Gain their Freedom

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1861: Serfdom Abolished in Russia – Around 23 Million People Gain their Freedom

Serfdom was abolished in the Russian Empire on this day in 1861. Around 23 million people thus gained the ...

Serfdom was abolished in the Russian Empire on this day in 1861. Around 23 million people thus gained their freedom. The declaration of the abolishment of serfdom was enacted in the time of Russian em ...

March 03, 2020
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1728: Russian Emperor Peter III was a German Born in Kiel

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1728: Russian Emperor Peter III was a German Born in Kiel

The man who would later become the Russian emperor Peter III Fyodorovich was born on this day in 1728, in ...

The man who would later become the Russian emperor Peter III Fyodorovich was born on this day in 1728, in the German city of Kiel. He acceded the Russian throne in 1762, having the right to it as he w ...

February 21, 2020
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