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😮 Cameras mounted on top of the #LakhtaCenter - an 87-story skyscraper in the north-west of St. Petersburg - captured #Zelda cyclone approaching the city. Watch the breathtaking timelapse video 👇 https://t.co/fZtZSA3PQT — PolitiTweet.org

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🌳 #DYK? In the south of Russia, there is a small piece of North America - Lake #Sukko, where a rare species of swamp cypress grow. 👉 The trees were planted here in the 1930s as an experiment & took root very well in the warm climate. 📸 Vitaly Timkiv, @rianru #ExploreRussia https://t.co/mYQnnxwZou — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: 🇷🇺 #OTD in 1561, Russia's most iconic church - St. Basil’s Cathedral - was consecrated. ☝️ Located at the very heart of Moscow… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: 🇷🇺 #OTD in 1561, Russia's most iconic church - St. Basil’s Cathedral - was consecrated. ☝️ Located at the very heart of Moscow… — PolitiTweet.org

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✈️ Today cabin crew members celebrate their professional holiday - International Flight Attendant Day. #DYK? Flight attendants were solely male for some time, but the game-changer happened in 1930 and smiling girls in smart uniforms have become a hallmark of this profession. https://t.co/vrcScwouVa — PolitiTweet.org

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☦️ Today Orthodox believers celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul! In Russia, the event has been marked since the 10th century. ⛪️ #DYK? Among many Russian churches dedicated to these apostles is one of St.Petersburg's oldest landmarks - the Peter and Paul Cathedral. https://t.co/2YF3YfiOgM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: 🇷🇺 #OTD in 1561, Russia's most iconic church - St. Basil’s Cathedral - was consecrated. ☝️ Located at the very heart of Moscow… — PolitiTweet.org

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⭐️ #OTD in 1916, legendary sniper and Hero of the Soviet Union Lyudmila #Pavlichenko was born. Known to her enemies as Lady Death, she took out 3️⃣0️⃣9️⃣ Nazis during #WW2. In 1942, she toured the Allied countries, persuading the Western public of the necessity to fight Nazism. https://t.co/w0yuodwaub — PolitiTweet.org

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🏛 #OTD in 1783, Empress Catherine the Great established what later became the renowned #Mariinsky Theatre. 🎶🩰 Once Russia's leading imperial theatre, it is now home of St.Petersburg's finest opera and ballet companies, that continue to draw the best talent. https://t.co/nV4nOwvyEh — PolitiTweet.org

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🇷🇺 #OTD in 1561, Russia's most iconic church - St. Basil’s Cathedral - was consecrated. ☝️ Located at the very heart of Moscow, this 16th-century building with candy-coloured onion domes survived fires, invasions, revolutions, wars, & became one of the country's major landmarks. https://t.co/H7I9j5mgiG — PolitiTweet.org

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🍫 Happy World #Chocolate Day! #DYK? Chocolate is not only a treat, but also an excellent material for making sculptures. Look at these masterpieces by the 🇷🇺Crimean chocolatier Nikolay #Popov! It's hard to believe, but they are all made of chocolate 😮 📸 I.Zarembo / @rianru https://t.co/ED9zQGZAcB — PolitiTweet.org

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❓ #DYK Academy Award winning Russian-American-Swiss actor and singer Yul #Brynner, who won over Hollywood & Broadway with his remarkable performance, was in fact born #OTD in 1920 in #Russia's Vladivostok. ☝️ His real name was Yuliy Borisovich Briner. #FamoUSRussians https://t.co/l3fpFpAUDj — PolitiTweet.org

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#OTD in 1998, the first World Youth Games kicked off in Moscow. 🏆 The opening ceremony included athletes from 140 countries, 80 000 spectators, 2 Russian cosmonauts and...a bear as the official mascot. ☝️ #FunFact: The event became a forerunner of @youtholympics. https://t.co/9yoqUlBk1x — PolitiTweet.org

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📚 #OTD in 1905, famous Soviet writer of juvenile and young adult literature Lev #Kassil was born. #DYK? A minor planet, 2149 Schwambraniya, discovered in 1977 by a Soviet astronomer, is named after the fictional land from Kassil’s novel “The Black Book and Schwambrania”. https://t.co/YzupKXJq0o — PolitiTweet.org

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#OTD in 1765, prominent Russian general Pyotr #Bagration was born. ⚔️ He entered the Army in 1782, quickly rose through the ranks and distinguished himself during the Napoleonic Wars. Emperor Nicholas I had a monument erected in his honour on the battlefield of #Borodino. https://t.co/fSN8HspxAd — PolitiTweet.org

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🩰 Just an ordinary dance from Tchaikovsky's immortal ballet Swan Lake...right on the subway platform. That is how Russia's capital marked the Day of Moscow Transport. This @MoscowMetro station with its marble walls & stained-glass windows became a perfect backdrop for the show. https://t.co/gJUd2UYAtx — PolitiTweet.org

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📆 #OTD in 1935, the Master Plan for Reconstruction of Moscow was adopted to change the face of Russia's capital and turn it into a thriving metropolis. ✅Wider streets ✅Radial avenues and highways ✅Industrial enterprises ✅Moskva-Volga canal ✅New parks and public spaces https://t.co/nWtUr6Guho — PolitiTweet.org

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🍏Looking for an easy weekend recipe? #Sharlotka is your best choice! #DYK? Charlotte russe - Russian version of apple bread - was invented by a French chef in the service of Russian Tsar Alexander I. Today any Russian housewife can master it! Would you? 😉 📸 V.Malinka / RBTH https://t.co/85dbnp7XpS — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Russia: ⚽️ Russia's 2022/2023 football season has officially kicked off in Saint Petersburg. 🏆 The Russian reigning champion Zenit bea… — PolitiTweet.org

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🎶 #OTD in 1981, the iconic Russian rock opera "Juno and Avos" premiered in Moscow. The performance depicts the real love story of a Russian explorer & a daughter of the San Francisco Governor. ☝️ For decades, this masterpiece has enjoyed wide success both in Russia and abroad. https://t.co/fnAW9eDhFq — PolitiTweet.org

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⚽️ Russia's 2022/2023 football season has officially kicked off in Saint Petersburg. 🏆 The Russian reigning champion Zenit beat Spartak Moscow 4-0 on Saturday to won the Super Cup for the third time in a row. Home advantage works! Congratulations, @fczenit_en! 💙🤍 💙 https://t.co/zsVjvPo6hu — PolitiTweet.org

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🎉 Today #StarayaRussa celebrates #CityDay, turns 8️⃣5️⃣5️⃣! ⛲️ This old Russian city is famous for its mineral springs and mud lakes. No wonder great Russian minds like #Dostoevsky used to come here to improve their health and rejuvenate! 📸 Nikitin, @rianru https://t.co/mXiXwmYTzs — PolitiTweet.org

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🔬 On July 8, 1895, Igor #Tamm was born - outstanding Russian physicist, 1958 Nobel Prize winner for his discoveries in electromagnetic radiation. 📸 In the picture: Igor Tamm (in the centre) talking over a cup of coffee with his famous Danish colleague Niels Bohr (on the left). https://t.co/KNsrqp5V9s — PolitiTweet.org

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#OTD in 1938 a prominent Soviet-Russian actor & theater director Andrey #Myagkov was born. 📽 The true star of national cinema, he is best known for his roles in famous films directed by Eldar #Ryazanov: 🎞 TheIronyOfFate 🎞 OfficeRomance 🎞 TheGarage 🎞 CruelRomance https://t.co/W0LQ1q4AjN — PolitiTweet.org

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❤️ Today is the All-Russia Day of #Family, #Love and #Fidelity! It is also known as the Day of Saint Peter and Saint Fevronia, the Orthodox patrons of marriage who lived at the turn of the 12-13th century. A daisy - the flower of fidelity - is the symbol of the holiday 🌼 https://t.co/ZvAhnw2uCp — PolitiTweet.org

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📆 #OTD in 1924, great Soviet/Russian scholar Natalia #Bekhtereva was born. 🧠 One of the most acknowledged neurophysiologists of the 20th century, she contributed much to science, figuring out how memory works and discovering the brain’s error-detecting mechanism. https://t.co/jftifMjBII — PolitiTweet.org

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🎪 #OTD in 1863, prominent Russian-Soviet circus entertainer Vladimir #Durov was born. He revolutionized animal training with a force-free approach and founded one of Russia's most prestigious circus dynasties. ☝️ The Durovs still resonates today in Russian lore and culture. https://t.co/YJuD4hQxda — PolitiTweet.org

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🇷🇺 #OTD in 2013, the opening ceremony of the 27 Summer Universiade took place in Russia's #Kazan. 🤸🏋️⛹️‍♂️ Over 11 000 athletes from 162 countries took part in 27 sports, making the 2013 Universiade the biggest ever in the history of the event. https://t.co/sNBfRMG4Oh — PolitiTweet.org

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🎨 #OTD in 1887, famous Russian-French painter Marc #Chagall was born. 🖼 Among the celebrated artists of the XX century, Chagall was associated with several major artistic styles and contributed much to avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting. https://t.co/te38Uu7sYR — PolitiTweet.org

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#OTD in 1901 a Soviet-Russian puppeteer and founder of the State Central Puppet Theatre in Moscow - Sergey #Obraztsov - was born. 🎭 Having founded the puppetry as an art form in the #USSR, he is widely recognized as one of the greatest puppet masters of the 20th century. https://t.co/DpfI7612i8 — PolitiTweet.org