The Soviet political leader Leonid IIich Brezhnev (1906-1982) held a number of important government posts and was a major figure in the post-Stalin era.Leonid Brezhnev was born on Dec. 12, 1906, in Ka...
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Memorable quotes by and about Mstislav Rostropovich:"I know that after my letter there will be undoubtedly an 'opinion' about me, but I am not afraid of it. I openly say what I think. Talent, of wh...
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Washington (dpa) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
Wednesday weighed in on the tense Russia-US situation, blasting the
US president for provoking another arms race wi...
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MOSCOW, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov
was turned away on Tuesday when he tried to visit and offer
moral support to his old rival Garry Kasparov, under detention
for anti-Krem...
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Potsdam, Germany (dpa) - A classic Mercedes car believed to have
once belonged to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sold Friday for
103,600 euros after a closely watched auction...
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Today is Friday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2007. There are 325 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ende...
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Dates in the life of Gerald Ford:July 14, 1913: Leslie Lynch King Jr. born, Omaha, Neb. After his parents divorce and his mother remarries, he is adopted by his stepfather and takes his name: Geral...
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Today is Saturday, May 26, the 146th day of 2007. There are 219 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:One hundred years ago, on May 26, 1907, actor John Wayne was born Marion Morrison ...
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Today is Saturday, June 16, the 167th day of 2007. There are 198 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 16, 1858, in a speech in Springfield, Ill., Senate candidate Abraham Linc...
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President Nixon signed a historic agreement with the Soviet Union in 1972 to ban biological weapons yet also expressed grave misgivings to his closest aides about arms control as a key to peace.In ...
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Nov 3 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on November 10 since 1900: 1928 - Hirohito was crowned Emperor of Japan. He had
effectively become head of state and was n...
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Leonid Ilich Brezhnev
Quotes by and about Rostropovich
