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5 August

On August 5, 1963, the Treaty banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Underwater, often abbreviated as the Partial Test Ban Treaty, was signed between the Soviet Union, the United States, and Great Britain. …

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Peter Carl Faberge

Peter Carl Faberge was a world famous master jeweler and head of the ‘House of Faberge’ in Imperial Russia in the waning days of the Russian Empire.

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Prominent Russians: Literature

Chinghiz Aitmatov Chinghiz Aitmatov Literature Chinghiz Aitmatov was the most celebrated representative of Kyrgyzstan and is revered for bridging the traditional Kyrgyz folklore and modern Eurasian literature. Bella (Izabella) Akhmadulina Bella (Izabella) Akhmadulina Literature Bella Akhmadulina is the Russian poet, short story writer and translator. Anna Akhmatova Anna Akhmatova Literature Anna Akhmatova’s works are Russia's finest poetry, a synthesis of femininity and manliness, displaying delicate feelings and deep thought. Vasily Aksenov Vasily Aksenov Literature Vasily Aksenov is the dissident, son of dissidents and one of the greatest writers of our time. Boris Akunin Boris Akunin Literature Boris Akunin is one of the best-selling suspense writers in Russia, famous for his detective stories set in tsarist Russia. Leonid Andreev Leonid Andreev Literature Leonid Andreev was a Russian playwright and short story writer, one of the most prominent representatives of the Silver Age. Viktor Astafiev Viktor Astafiev Literature Viktor Astafiev is one of the best representatives of Russian literature of the second half of the 20th century, renowned for his truthful stories about World War II. Isaac Babel Isaac Babel Literature Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel was a Soviet Jewish writer, one of the few to achieve fame abroad. Konstantin Balmont Konstantin Balmont Literature Konstantin Balmont was a Russian poet, critic and translator. He was one of the first symbolist poets of the Silver Age of Russian literature. Yevgeny Baratynsky Yevgeny Baratynsky Literature Yevgeny Baratynsky contributed to the Golden Age of Russian poetry, which reached its height in the 1820s. Vissarion Belinsky Vissarion Belinsky Literature Vissarion Belinsky was a Russian literary critic who made great contributions to the development of Russian literature and laid the foundation of Russian literary criticism. Andrey Bely Andrey Bely Literature One of the most outstanding figures of Russian symbolism, Andrey Bely was truly representative of his own epoch, embodying it in his life and art.