Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, a Russian author and a count, was born on this day in 1817. He was a cou ...
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1817: Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy – the Cousin of Leo Nikolayevich
1817: Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy – the Cousin of Leo Nikolayevich
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1914: Why was St. Petersburg Renamed Petrograd?
1914: Why was St. Petersburg Renamed Petrograd?
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1918: Fanny Kaplan Shoots Vladimir Lenin
1918: Fanny Kaplan Shoots Vladimir Lenin
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1917: Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich – the Rightful Heir of the Russian Tsars
1917: Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich – the Rightful Heir of the Russian Tsars
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1949: Stalin Tests his First Atomic Bomb (“First Lightning”)
1949: Stalin Tests his First Atomic Bomb (“First Lightning”)
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1957: Soviets Test the World’s Most Powerful Missile
1957: Soviets Test the World’s Most Powerful Missile
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1942: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad
1942: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad
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1939: Hitler and Stalin Plan to Dismember Poland
1939: Hitler and Stalin Plan to Dismember Poland