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🇷🇺 Russia celebrates #NavyDay: festivities, parades and fireworks galore across the entire nation, port cities being "where it's at" today. #PhotosOfTheDay ⚓ https://t.co/mCTv4GvhBC — PolitiTweet.org

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🇷🇺 Russia celebrates #NavyDay: festivities, parades and fireworks galore across the entire nation, port cities being "where it's at" today.. #PhotosOfTheDay ⚓ https://t.co/Osa4kY31bE — PolitiTweet.org

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🌊Today is the #CityDay of #Severodvinsk - the center of shipbuilding in Russia's far north. The city is famous for sandy braids of the White Sea & nuclear submarines constructed at the local shipyard. Btw, the world's largest submarine - the Typhoon class - was also built here! https://t.co/FEXmVyhWNa — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: 😍 Hidden gems off the beaten tourist path are the best - when in #Pskov, city with ancient glorious history (founded in 903!),… — PolitiTweet.org

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🍦 World's largest ice-cream was unveiled - eliminated in a flash - today at the #VDNKh Expo in Moscow. 100 kg of vanilla cream-based sundae with plum varenye (jam but better!) and hazelnut! #TastyDelight #SharingIsCaring Tsar-Bell, Tsar-Cannon and now - Tsar-Ice-Cream! 😋 https://t.co/B0tanuod1v — PolitiTweet.org

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😍 Hidden gems off the beaten tourist path are the best - when in #Pskov, city with ancient glorious history (founded in 903!), make sure to visit the #Gremyachaya Tower - the remaining picturesque part of a once powerful fortress, built in mid XVI century. 📸 © Roman Dmitriev https://t.co/pxgkpPh7zg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: 🐯 Today is International #TigerDay! 🇷🇺 #Russia is home to the magnificent & gorgeous subspecies: the Siberian aka #Amur tiger… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: ☕️Up for a cup of coffee? Beware: cappuccino is a thing of the past. Сoffee gourmets prefer #raf instead - a mixture of espress… — PolitiTweet.org

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#OTD in 1941, the 1st Rzhev-Sychovka Offensive Operation started - a courageous attempt by the Red Army to push Nazis back from Moscow. 🕯The small town #Rzhev became a symbol of fortitude of Soviet soldiers. A touching memorial has been erected here in memory of those perished. https://t.co/TOaZgVbzxl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: 🐯 Today is International #TigerDay! 🇷🇺 #Russia is home to the magnificent & gorgeous subspecies: the Siberian aka #Amur tiger… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: Here's how the #Zaryadye park in the historic centre of Moscow deals with the heatwave: fog chillers to the max! 🌫️ Looks AND… — PolitiTweet.org

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💬"My address is #Feodosia, always" - that's how Ivan #Aivazovsky referred to his native town in #Crimea. Wherever he went, he always returned home. ☝️ It was he who helped get a railway to the town & built a local history museum - one of the first of its kind in Europe. https://t.co/iDRhx5yrWA — PolitiTweet.org

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☕️Up for a cup of coffee? Beware: cappuccino is a thing of the past. Сoffee gourmets prefer #raf instead - a mixture of espresso, cream & vanilla sugar combined using a steam wand. It was invented in Moscow in 1996, gained extreme popularity since then! 📸https://t.co/OZjrrby69A https://t.co/Q1aW4mOQlL — PolitiTweet.org

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🌊#DYK? The most celebrated seascape by Ivan #Aivazovsky - the 9th Wave - derived its name from a legend that says that that #9 is the most powerful & destructive wave. The picture is interpreted as a Christian metaphor for salvation from the deadly sin☝️ #Aivazovsky205 https://t.co/ePh6YQyfUj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: 🐯 Today is International #TigerDay! 🇷🇺 #Russia is home to the magnificent & gorgeous subspecies: the Siberian aka #Amur tiger… — PolitiTweet.org

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🖼 Today marks the 205th anniversary of Ivan #Aivazovsky's birth One of the greatest maritime artists in history, he was born in #Crimea on the shore of the restless #BlackSea, created seascapes that are second to none. Visit @Tretyakovgal or @rus_museum to witness first-hand😍 https://t.co/PIWnhQ21eP — PolitiTweet.org

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📆#OTD in 1586, the city of #Tyumen was founded. ☝️The first Russian city in #Siberia. 🏭By the beginning of the 19th century Tyumen had major industrial centre. Later the discovery of oil & gas fields in the region made it a key economy hub. https://t.co/u1yWmMidJG — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: 🐯 Today is International #TigerDay! 🇷🇺 #Russia is home to the magnificent & gorgeous subspecies: the Siberian aka #Amur tiger… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's how the #Zaryadye park in the historic centre of Moscow deals with the heatwave: fog chillers to the max! 🌫️ Looks AND feels cool 👌 https://t.co/JpFLqUayIP — PolitiTweet.org

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🐯 Today is International #TigerDay! 🇷🇺 #Russia is home to the magnificent & gorgeous subspecies: the Siberian aka #Amur tigers. They are no longer in danger: from near extinction to well over half a thousand adults roaming the wilderness 🤗 https://t.co/blj5ukyK01 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: ☦️ #OTD in 9️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ - 1034 years ago - the Ancient Rus' adopted the Orthodox Faith. It all began in Chersonesus, #Crimea, wh… — PolitiTweet.org

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#OTD famous Soviet-Russian theatre and film actress Marianna #Vertinskaya was born. 🇨🇳 Was born in #Shanghai to the family of the famous Russian chansonnier Alexander Vertinsky; 🎭 Worked at the Vakhtangov & Sovremennik theatres in Moscow; 🎬 Starred in 42 films. https://t.co/VKo2K94qtp — PolitiTweet.org

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☦️ #OTD in 9️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ - 1034 years ago - the Ancient Rus' adopted the Orthodox Faith. It all began in Chersonesus, #Crimea, where Grand Prince of Rus' (now a Saint) Vladimir the Great was baptized. This choice influenced 🇷🇺 #Russia's culture and the course of history itself. https://t.co/1dApRGLnbq — PolitiTweet.org

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🛳 #OTD in 1741, Alexey #Chirikov reached the northwestern coast of America on the St. Paul packet boat. Later, he also discovered a number of islands of the Aleutian Ridge. The Bering-Chirikov expedition marked the beginning of the development of North America by Russia ☝️ https://t.co/Mm30lvDXLl — PolitiTweet.org

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🎬 #OTD in 1971, the Soviet drama film "Officers" directed by Vladimir Rogovoy premiered in the #USSR. 🎥 A masterpiece about unshakable bonds of love, friendship & duty amid the horror of #WWII shot at the Gorky Film Studio attracted at the box office 50+ million viewers. https://t.co/y2YFiPvnQE — PolitiTweet.org

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#OTD in 1929, Vasily #Shukshin was born. ☝️ A distinguished Russian writer, a brilliant actor and a talented director, he is most famous for his 125 short stories. 🎬 In 1975 he shot his sensational movie #KalinaKrasnaya that was watched by 62 million people in #USSR! https://t.co/MRyXL0zbsK — PolitiTweet.org

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📆 #OTD in 1984, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya achieved a spectacular feat by becoming the first woman to perform the spacewalk. 🎖 #DYK? She also became the first female cosmonaut to fly to space twice as well as the only woman two-time Hero of the Soviet Union. https://t.co/9tPUUxC69Z — PolitiTweet.org

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#OTD in 1980, outstanding Soviet bard, poet and actor Vladimir #Vysotsky passed away. He was only 42 years old...💔 🎼 Though he is gone, his legacy lives on in his timeless songs - partly jokes, partly dramas. Indeed he was the voice and the heart of the generation. https://t.co/3PgE3R74SI — PolitiTweet.org

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#OTD in 1956, #Dubna was founded: 🔬 one of the largest innovation centres in Russia, 🔬 home to the internationally acknowledged @Joint_Institute for Nuclear Research, 🔬 the only city in the world which gave name to a chemical element (#dubnium) 📸 Boris Ushmaikin / @rianru https://t.co/j9QsJFRFtJ — PolitiTweet.org

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🎉Today #Obninsk turns 6️⃣6️⃣! The 1st #Science City in Russia is: ⚛️famous for the world's first nuclear power plant (launched here in 1954); 🔬a home to about 1000 doctors and candidates of sciences; 🏥a centre of Russian nuclear medicine. https://t.co/ks4JYK0HEQ — PolitiTweet.org