Day: May 26, 2017
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Federal agency confirms ‘Far Eastern hectare’ project with famous martial artist
Russian media reported earlier that US actor Steven Seagal, who was granted Russian citizenship in November 2016, may take part in this project A Russian federal agency confirmed on Tuesday that a project on promoting the so-called “Far Eastern hectare” is under development and a famous martial artist may take part in it. “In August…
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Four men and a dog: How Papanin’s team conquered the North Pole
On May 21, 1937, the famous polar ‘drifting’ expedition led by Ivan Papanin kicked off, captivating the Soviet public for the next nine months On May 21, 1937, a large red-orange ANT-6 aircraft landed on an ice floe not far from the North Pole. Thirteen men piled out of the plane, pulled out a bottle…
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Russian Far East mining town rolls out gem idea for diamond tour route
Local authorities also intend to open the Arctic diamond mines to tourists The Mirny District administration in the Sakha Region of Russia’s Far East has come up with a new tourism strategy to attract visitors, a route has been mapped out around sites linked to the history of Russia’s diamond mining. Among them are the…
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Steven Seagal may star in TV show on getting free land in Russia’s Far East
Starting from February 1, 2017 every Russian citizen is entitled to file an application for getting a hectare of land in any region of Russia’s Far East for free US actor Steven Seagal, who was granted Russian citizenship in November 2016, may star in a TV show on how to get a hectare of land…
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Hollywood actor Steven Seagal to get free land in Russia’s Far East
Starting from February 1, 2017 every Russian citizen is entitled to file an application for getting a hectare of land in any region of Russia’s Far East for free US actor Steven Seagal, who was granted Russian citizenship in November 2016, will get a hectare of land in the Far Eastern Primorye region and build…
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Maestro Gergiyev’s orchestra opens international music festival in Sofia
This was Mariinsky orchestra’s first performance in Bulgaria over 45 years Mariinsky Theater symphony orchestra under the baton of maestro Valery Gergiyev on Monday opened the Sofia Music Weeks 48th international festival. The audience that included Bulgarian President Rumen Radev gave a standing ovation to the Russian musicians and the conductor who is also Mariinsky…
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Patriarch: Veneration of St Nicholas unites Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians
St Nicholas’s relics will stay in Moscow through to July 12, after which they will be transported to St Petersburg Veneration of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, a fragment of whose relics was delivered to Russia from Italy on Sunday, unites the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians, the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill…
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The Noble Survivors
Aristocratic families in Russia lost everything 100 years ago as Nicholas II, Russia’s last tsar, abdicated as Lenin’s Bolsheviks seized power.