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☁️“Hey, sky! Take off your hat, I'm coming!” Facts about first woman in space Valentina #Seagull Tereshkova: 🧶 abandoned weaver career to be a cosmonaut, 🪂 told mom, she was skydiving, 💪🏻 helmed the Soviet Women’s Committee & fought for #WomensRights worldwide. https://t.co/ApCQOZ4VeS — PolitiTweet.org

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Today marks 1️⃣1️⃣0️⃣ years since the birth of Alexander #Pokryshkin – the second leading air ace in the Allied forces during #WWII. ✈️ Air combat tactics developed by Pokryshkin instilled fear on Luftwaffe, contributed immensely to our common Victory over Nazism. #WeRemember https://t.co/AD4H44mBBF — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: 👩‍🚀 Legendary cosmonaut, the first woman in space Valentina #Tereshkova turns 8️⃣6️⃣ today! She orbited Earth 48 times, spend… — PolitiTweet.org

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👩‍🚀 Legendary cosmonaut, the first woman in space Valentina #Tereshkova turns 8️⃣6️⃣ today! She orbited Earth 48 times, spending roughly 3 days in space during the historic #Vostok6 spaceflight in 1963. 🎂 Happy birthday & many happy returns, Valentina Vladimirovna! https://t.co/OQbCNr9MzZ — PolitiTweet.org

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❄️ The 2nd Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games have concluded! Success! 🌏 This year the #Kuzbass region of Russia hosted 812 athletes from 12 nations. ⛸ 10 sports 🥇 57 medal sets 🐈 1 cute lynx cub - #Tikhonya the Mascot https://t.co/FNkjbOLdCK — PolitiTweet.org

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🎾 Congrats to the stunning @DaniilMedwed on winning 3x @atptour titles in a row! ✅ Rotterdam ✅ Doha ✅ Dubai A staggering run of form - 14 wins. Let's keep the ball rolling! More -> 🏆 #IndianWells #Miami https://t.co/X6LQJfHaQC — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DaniilMedwed: Fun to share the court with my good friend @AndreyRublev97. Hopefully many more finals to come. Proud of #18 🏆. Thank you… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DaniilMedwed: Even as kids we were suppperrrr excited to play each other😝🤣@AndreyRublev97 https://t.co/cFdp7yZd7I — PolitiTweet.org

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🎾 #ItsHapenning: An all-Russian ATP final at @DDFTennis is upon us! @AndreyRublev97 and @DaniilMedwed have dominated their opponents and the grid throughout the tournament, won the semi-finals in style. ✊ Good luck tomorrow lads! May the best player win 👍 https://t.co/7bC0B6fuhm — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: #SpringIsInTheAir 👉 people and planets get ever closer! Watch #Jupiter and #Venus meeting up in the night sky above #SaintPete… — PolitiTweet.org

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#SpringIsInTheAir 👉 people and planets get ever closer! Watch #Jupiter and #Venus meeting up in the night sky above #SaintPetersburg! 🪐🫶🪐 A nighttime kiss? A gossip exchange? Remains a secret! 🤫 📹 Lakhta Centre, @rianru https://t.co/z7ELvH7WsF — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rsgov: On March 1, the EMERCOM of Russia handed over 40 units of Russian-made fire trucks to Kyrgyzstan. Until the end of the year, it… — PolitiTweet.org

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🛰 #OTD in 1966 Soviet automated probe #Venera3 earned the right to be named the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet. 📡 Though it crashed rather than landed softly, the probe transmitted valuable data on magnetic fields, cosmic rays and solar plasma fluxes. https://t.co/CPo4aIgN9s — PolitiTweet.org

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📅 #OTD in 1869, brilliant Russian chemist Dmitri #Mendeleev completed the first comprehensive version of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. ⚛️ The Table describes elements according to both atomic weigh & valence. Nowadays it includes 118 entries H2O or C2H6O? https://t.co/5HIEay5q7L — PolitiTweet.org

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🚇 The (very) Big Circle Line of the @MoscowMetro went fully operational today! World's largest circular line. 3️⃣1️⃣ stations 🛤 70 km long 🚉 92 modern silent-running Russian trains 🛋 Comfortable and roomy carriages 🧭 Explore new ways to traverse #Moscow! https://t.co/yYo457CyjN — PolitiTweet.org

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🌞 With the advent of #spring, it's time to embrace its beauty. Who better to showcase the awakening of nature after the winter slumber than Russian artists? 🔸 #Savrasov "The Rooks Have Come Back" (1871) 🔸 #Levitan "March" (1895) 🔸 #Yuon "The March Sun" (1915) #RussianArt https://t.co/Qtd1SUIsaZ — PolitiTweet.org

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🚄 #OTD in 1984, #ER200 – the first bullet train built in the #USSR – made its maiden trip from Moscow to St.Petersburg. #DYK? High-speed rail was a rare know-how for European capitals at that time. In this regard, ER200 with a speed of 200 km/h was an impressive first step! https://t.co/0rSipbRT17 — PolitiTweet.org

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📆 #OTD in 1930 Moscow Aviation Institute (aka the #MAI) was founded. One of Russia's largest technical universities. 🚀 #DYK ? Over the years more than 2️⃣0️⃣ MAI graduates made space flights, including the first female cosmonaut to perform a spacewalk Svetlana Savitskaya. https://t.co/5O6kWEbSgM — PolitiTweet.org

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📆 #OTD in 1930 Moscow Aviation Institute (aka the #MAI) was founded. One of Russia's largest technical universities. 🚀 #DYK ? Over the years more than 2️⃣0️⃣ MAI graduates made space flights, including the first female cosmonaut to perform a spacewalk Svetlana Savitskaya. https://t.co/Z4zmeRTYhq — PolitiTweet.org

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🚄 #OTD in 1984, #ER200 – the first bullet train built in the #USSR – made its maiden trip from Moscow to St.Petersburg. #DYK? High-speed rail was a rare know-how for European capitals of that time. In this regard, ER200 with a speed of 200 km/h was quite ahead of its time! https://t.co/F0HV0eIOgi — PolitiTweet.org

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#HappeningNow 🌋 A long, long time ago there was a volcano living all alone in the middle of the sea... The #Ebeko volcano on Russia's Kuril Islands wakes up, spewing a spectacular 3km high ash column. 😍😮 Truly mesmerizing and astonishing. 📹 https://t.co/ULmk53WmMY https://t.co/aagTwAL2h6 — PolitiTweet.org

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📅 #OTD in 1920 brilliant Soviet theater and film actor Alexey #Smirnov was born. He volunteered to fight the Nazis in #WWII, earned Medal "For Courage" and Order of the Red Star. 🎭 As an actor, he played many iconic characters, always poignant in war dramas. #RealManOfSteel https://t.co/91IsKEgkqu — PolitiTweet.org

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📅 #OTD in 1940 Soviet test pilot Vladimir #Fedorov made the world's first flight in a rocket glider with a liquid-propellant engine. ✈️ This success contributed to development of the jet aircraft industry. #AviationHistory https://t.co/yN7vZlZ63q — PolitiTweet.org

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#RussianHistory 🗓 #OTD in 1825 the Russian Empire and Great Britain signed the Anglo-Russian Convention. 📃 Together with Russia-US treaty of 1824 these agreements defined the boundaries in North America, established rules of trade and navigation in the region. https://t.co/f1BE5AEWwB — PolitiTweet.org

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🤯 Wow, spring is nigh! High time to get back in shape before summer kicks off, and beach season with it! Here's a tip from the first man in space Yury #Gagarin: morning exercises, gym and team games a day keep the abs & core muscles... in shape ! 💪 Be like Yury, keep fit! 😎 https://t.co/UuCf5SnYpe — PolitiTweet.org

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🗓 #OTD in 1965 the Soviet heavy transport aircraft Antonov An-22 performed its maiden flight. It remains the world's largest turboprop-powered plane to-date. ✈️ A total of 69 units were produced overall, several still remain in service. https://t.co/Fr7sNoE0Qu — PolitiTweet.org

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🐻‍❄️ Today is #PolarBear Day! 🇷🇺 #Russia is home for over 5'000 of these wonderful animals, living in 19 major habitats in the Arctic. #DYK ❓ that polar bears are included on the IUCN Red List. Despite massive conservation efforts climate change remains a huge challenge. https://t.co/zPYC2ZZvRS — PolitiTweet.org

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⛪️ Today is #CleanMonday, the first day of the #GreatLent – fasting season for Orthodox Christians, when they prepare for celebrating Christ’s resurrection. The day before, on #ForgivenessSunday, believers asked each other for forgiveness – to begin the lent with a good heart 🫶 https://t.co/u0ieSSgbIx — PolitiTweet.org

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📆#OTD in 1781 Catherine the Great issued a decree on the creation of "city schools" in St. Petersburg - thus founding a public school network in the Russian Empire. 🏫It became one of the biggest steps towards building a class-lesson based school educational system. https://t.co/GUUDnBUXpK — PolitiTweet.org

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📅 #OTD in 1887 one of the all-time-greats, flying ace and an aerobatics pioneer Peter #Nesterov was born. His 2 most famous Firsts: performing the dead loop, later named after him, and successful aerial ramming. #RussiansDIdItFirst https://t.co/Wcz4E2V98F — PolitiTweet.org