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Remembering the Bomber from the Cold War Era-The Bear

MG SINGH @madan02 (677) 17 Apr

The Cold War was in a way an important era in world history. There was no fighting, but the two protagonist the United States and the USSR did shadowboxing. In early 50s the Russians did not have any plane that could strike the...

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If this were 1712

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 1 Mar 24

and you were living in Sweden, today would be February 30. Why? I'm glad you asked. It turns out that up until the 1700s, Sweden was still using the old Julian calendar and decided it wanted to switch to the more "modern"...

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Stereotypes about Russia

Jules @Julie555 (4156) • Russian Federation 23 Nov 16

Dear friends, as You probably already know I am from Russia. I bet, when You think of Russia, You figure out a cold, far away land with people in fur ushankas, drinking vodka and dancing with bears around the Red...

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30th Anniversary of Chernobyl Disaster

AtypicalRussian @TypicalRussian (747) • Budennovsk, Russian Federation 26 Apr 16

Black Angel walked down in the middle of spring, He spread mortal air on the edge of his wing. Few people knew facts: Radiation does kill. Most people left homes having no proper thrill. Empty kid camps, devastated long...

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Stalin's jokes

AtypicalRussian @TypicalRussian (747) • Budennovsk, Russian Federation 30 Nov 15

Stalin had specific sense of humour. Specific but witty. But it was not always that people, to whom he addressed, laughed. Here are some jokes of his translated by me. 1. While constructing "Victory" car brand it was planned...

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JUST NOW WE HAD HEATED ARGUMENT

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 21 Nov 15

Just now i had a discussion over the issue of Mali Raddison attack by Al Quieda. My friends had taken the genesis of the entire issue and started the issue from the Regime of MohammadTaraki of Afghanistan . They say that it was...

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Legendary Soviet Singers: Alla Pugacheva

AtypicalRussian @TypicalRussian (747) • Budennovsk, Russian Federation 15 Nov 15

There are some "singers - dinosaurs" in every country who have been singing for a half of century. Sometimes you really wish they ended their career and start charity activities because of their age. I have known Alla Borisovna...

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Childhood in Perestroika period

AtypicalRussian @TypicalRussian (747) • Budennovsk, Russian Federation 7 Nov 15

I was born in 1987 - the period when Soviet state lived its last years. Years of Perestroika - "reforming, restructuring" in Russian. It was the time of global political and economical changes for my country. USSR recalled its...

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Legendary Soviet Singers: Vladimir Vysotsky

AtypicalRussian @TypicalRussian (747) • Budennovsk, Russian Federation 23 Sep 15

200 poems, 800 songs, 30 films. Latest survey among russian population that had a question "Who can you call a XX century idol?" showed that Yuriy Gagarin took the 1st place and Vladimir Vysotsky - the 2nd. Plenty of monuments...

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We are returning to soviet system here

iDivision @iDivision (1412) • Latvia 18 Apr 11

Tomorrow there will be audit of ISO 9001 system at my workplace. But there is something i cant understand - why actually we need it. We have our own system how we work and it works pretty fine. I understand that ISO9001 can...

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a true story of lord of war...what you may or migh not know about victor bout !!

interactivelearning @interactivelearning (451) • United States 14 Feb 11

While Lord Of War is one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIES. What some of you may or may not know is this movie is actually based on Victor Bout. Victor Bout like Yuri had connections in the old USSR. Victor married the Daughter of...

volcano in Alaska may be erupting soon air transport stopped to anchorage

RockCollector59 @RockCollector59 (325) • United States 30 Jan 09

mount redoubt about 100 miles southwest of anchorage Alaska has been upgraded to imminent. there was a earth quark in Washington state today and the USSR say that the volcano in the north east sections have been showing sign of...

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The Left Finally Admits the Soviets Were a Threat.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 20 May 08

Throughout the Cold War, the American Left insisted that the Soviet Union was no threat to the United States. They said that it was US aggression, not that of the Soviets that perpetuated the Cold War. Jimmy Carter negotiated...

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Do you think Boris Yeltsin did good or bad to the Russian people?

bornraf @bornraf (228) • United States 25 Apr 07

Everybody knows that Yeltsin was one influenctial guy in Russia and in the world of politics and international relations. I am inaterested in your opinion about if he did good or bad to his own people.

KGB still exists?

smbilalshah @smbilalshah (1316) • Pakistan 3 Jan 07

About that russian spy's death do u think the famous Soviet intelligence agency still exists and operates in europe and the rest of the world

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Death Of A Spy

forfein @forfein (2507) 27 Nov 06

What do you think of the death of the former Russian Spy Alexander Litvinenko? A statement composed by Mr Litvinenko, BEFORE his death from radioactive poisoning, after a large dose of Polonium-210, pinned the blame on the...

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what U.A.E stands for?

mannu_india @mannu_india (702) • India 21 Nov 06

i think everyone knows this.do u know?

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National anthem?

braveheartpt @braveheartpt (3037) • Portugal 19 Oct 06

Teel which you most like. Tell me also your country. I´m from ortugal, love my anthem, the anthem from ex-USSR and Scotland.

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