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	BMD Focus: Old Russian ICBMs Still Work
		On Sept. 27, the Russian navy successfully carried out an operation that Putin especially appreciated, given his long commitment also to trying to revive the navy: The R-30 submarine-based "Bulava" missile R-30 was successfully launched for the first time.
		However, the current series of tests suggests that the Russians have finally overcome the humiliating series of glitches that led to two successive failures to launch missiles from nuclear submarines Novomoskovsk and Kareliya in the February 2004 exercises.
		To this day U.S. astronauts and Russian cosmonauts are launched to the International Space Station from the same launch pad in at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that Yuri Gagarin, the first human being in space, was launched into earth orbit from in April 1961.
	www.spacewar.com /news/icbm-05e.html (822 words)

	Old Russian language
		The Russian language rose from various East Slavic tribal dialects when in the 9th century Novgorod and Kiev Principalities were united by Prince Oleg.
		Old Russian is a source of rich literature written in Kiev Russia in the 10th - 13th centuries, until the Mongol conquest.
		Many people mix Old Russian with Old Church Slavic, the language which was used for translating the Bible and other Christian books into Slavic.
	indoeuro.bizland.com /tree/slav/orussian.html (0 words)

	Russian Literature - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The earliest literary works of the Russians were not in the Russian language but in Old Church Slavonic, a related Slavic language that was the first written language in Russia.
		Old Church Slavonic remained the literary language of Russia until the 17th century.
		In literature the new century saw the end of Old Russian culture, with literary efforts directed largely by the church or the tsar, and the beginnings of Western influence.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761564269___19/Russian_Literature.html (1125 words)

	WEMSK34 Old Russian Literature
		Old Russian is frequently called Kievan, Kievan Rus', Old Ukrainian
		Russian Literature, from the Eleventh Century to the End of the
		Russian Primary Chronicle and the Chronicle of Nestor.
	www.the-orb.net /wemsk/oldrussianwemsk.html (813 words)

	Name Frequency in the Novgorod Birch-Bark Letters:Introduction
		They were true "given names" early on, but beginning in the XIII century, when the number of Christian and non-Christian given names became about equal, the popularity of Old-Russian names began to decline, and they progressively became nicknames or secondary names (bynames).
		Later, Russian names were added to the list of Russian canonical names, as we have shown with the example of the canonization of Vladimir I and his sons Boris and Gleb.
		Like every other language, Russian has changed over the years, many words have disappeared from the vocabulary, while many others have been introduced, and some modern words are look-alikes of Old-Russian words, yet have a different meaning.
	www.s-gabriel.org /names/predslava/bbl (1304 words)

	The State Russian Museum. collections.
		The Russian Museum holds one of Russia's leading collections of icons and Old Russian applied art.
		Acquisitions made in the 1900s and early 1910s were of enormous significance for the collection.The collection was added to in the years following the revolution by acquisitons made through the Museum Fund, as well as directly from churches and monasteries.
		Later, particularly in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, regular expeditions of museum research assistants and restorers were organized to gather works of Old Russian art.
	www.rusmuseum.ru /eng/collections/old (129 words)

	Russian old-growth forests
		Relatively large tracts – more than 20,000 to 25,000 hectares in size – of European old-growth forests have now remained only in Russia, therefor these sites are of international importance.
		Recognizing their value and userfulness, in our practical work in Russia, however, we use our definition, which is more relevant to the Russian situation.
		You could also learn about the Russian system of protected areas and opportunities for forest conservation within the frame of the Russian forestry.
	www.forest.ru /eng/old-growth (553 words)

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	www.russian-girls.us.com /russian_girls26-35_4_ctg.htm (266 words)

	SourceForge.net: Old Russian Spellchecker
		Old-Russian Ispell is a superset of A.I. Lebedev's rus-ispell package that enables spellchecking of texts in old Russian orthography (pre-1918).
		The KOI8-C encoding is used for representing old Russian characters.
		SourceForge.net is introducing a new feature that will let you buy or sell services for Open Source projects right from the site.
	sourceforge.net /projects/oldrus-ispell (116 words)

	Old Russian History
		The Rus influence in early Russian culture was great, and the fact that the origin of the first Russian dynasty stems from Rurik is evidence strong enough to prove this point.
		Russians embraced this new religion and hailed Vladimir as a savior, eventually canonizing him as a saint.
		The Russian Princess Olga became Christian in 955, but it was not until the reign of her grandson, Vladimir, that Orthodoxy would become the state religion of Russia.
	www.bu.edu /econ/faculty/kyn/newweb/economic_systems/NatIdentity/FSU/Russia/old_history.html (4860 words)

	Old Believers at AllExperts
		As a side-effect of condemning the past of the Russian Orthodox Church and her traditions, the messianic theory depicting Moscow as the Third Rome appeared weaker.
		Old Believer churches are currently restored in Russia, although Old Believers (unlike the nearly official mainstream Orthodoxy) are facing many difficulties in claiming their restitution rights for their churches.
		Old believers hold that for the preservation of a certain âmicroclimate' that enables the salvation of one's soul it is not only necessary to live by the commandments of Christ, but also to carefully preserve Church tradition, which contains the spiritual power and knowledge of past centuries, embodied in external forms.
	en.allexperts.com /e/o/ol/old_believers.htm (4927 words)

	Russian literature at AllExperts
		Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia or its Ã©migrÃ©s, and to the Russian-language literature of several independent nations once a part of what was historically Russia or the Soviet Union.
		Old Russian literature consists of several sparse masterpieces written in the Old Russian language (not to be confused with the contemporaneous Church Slavonic).
		Traditional Russian prose remains popular, and distinctive work has come out of the Russian provinces: for example Nina Gorlanova from Perm has written stories about the everyday problems and joys of the provincial intelligentsia.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/ru/russian_literature.htm (1147 words)

	CNN--InDepth: Russia Election
		A faction of the Russian church led by archpriest Avvakum Petrovich revolted against Nikon in an abortive attempt to restore the liturgy.
		Old practices were banned from public display, forcing followers to perform their religious rituals in the woods or at night.
		In 1971 the Russian Orthodox Church recognized the validity of the old rites and restored the status of the Old Believers within the church.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2000/russia/story/train/old.believers (1094 words)

	Russian Orthodox Elders and Spiritual Fathers
		In the pre-Tartar period of its history The Russian Church was one of the metropolitanates of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
		Among major events in the history of old Russian monasticism was the foundation of the Trinity Monastery by St. Sergius of Radonezh (c.
		Metropolitan Jonas, installed by the Council of Russian bishops in 1448, was given the title of Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia.
	www.orthodoxphotos.com /Orthodox_Elders/Russian/index.shtml (1627 words)

	History of Russian matrioshka nesting dolls with flower painting, traditional stacking dolls, Semionovo matryoshka and ...
		Russian nesting doll (synonyms - nested doll, stacking doll) or matryoshka as it is sounded in Russian - probably, the most popular Russian national souvenir.
		The first Russian nesting doll (matryoshka) was born in 1890 in the workshop "Children's Education" situated in Abramtsevo estate new Moscow.
		Russian wooden dolls within smaller dolls were called matryoshka.
	russian-crafts.com /nest/history.html (2793 words)

	Russian
		At the time Russian government could not successfully sell an international bond issue directly to foreign investors due to a variety of factors: the lack of connection between Russian and international capital markets and the unfamiliarity of foreign investors with the prospects of the economy.
		To finance the expenses of the war on the Russian territory, and later during the war campaign in Europe, in 1812 - 1815 Russian government continued to print currency and issued short term (one year) bonds in the amount of 6 to 10 million rubles.
		Russian Stocks and Bonds: Gallery page for brief description of additional bonds and images of the certificates.
	som.yale.edu /~drey/rusbonds/rusbonds.htm (2752 words)

	Russian Culture: Russian Cuisine
		One of the peculiarities of Old Russian cuisine was the way in which the dishes were prepared using a special Russian oven.
		Finally, people of the Old Russian period invented most of the traditional drinks that are associated today with ancient Russia: Medovukha (a mildly alcoholic drink prepared from honey, hops and berry juice), berezovitsa (a drink made from birch sap) and the famous Russian vodka.
		In 2004, the population of the Russian Federation was 143,782,338.
	www.guidetorussia.org /culture/russian-cuisine.shtml (1678 words)

	Russian Orthodox Old Believers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The “official” Russian Church was known among the Old Ritualists as the “dominant State Church”, for it subsequently was subjugated by Tsar Peter I (the Great); its patriarchate was abolished and replaced by a Synod of Bishops which became an imperial “department of religious affairs” well controlled by the tsarist regime.
		After the Russian Revolution of 1917, members of the State Church fled persecution by the Communist Party and settled in the United States where they established the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR).
		In 1964 the Synod of Bishops of the ROCOR removed the anathemas against the Old Ritualists that had been put down by the Council of 1666-7, and in 1974 extended an invitation for Old Believers to re-enter the body of the Russian Orthodox Church.
	www.oldbelievers.org /znamenny.html (434 words)

	SurLaLune Fairy Tales: Old Peter's Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome
		The old fisherman went back to the shore with a sad heart; but he was afraid of his wife, and he dared not disobey her.
		The old man went along to the seashore, glad enough to be out of the courtyard and out of reach of the stablemen with their whips.
		And suddenly the fisherman saw his old woman in the gold and silver dress of a Tzaritza come stalking out on the balcony with her generals and boyars to hold a review of her troops.
	www.surlalunefairytales.com /russian/oldpetersrussiantales/goldenfish.html (3178 words)

	Russian folk tales presented by Whootie Owl - "The Turnip"
		The old woman took hold of the old man, the old man took hold of the turnip, they pulled and pulled, but couldn't pull it out.
		The granddaughter took hold of the old woman, the old woman took hold of the old man, the old man took hold of the turnip, they pulled and pulled, but couldn't pull it out.
		The dog took hold of the granddaughter, the granddaughter took hold of the old woman, the old woman took hold of the old man, the old man took hold of the turnip, they pulled and pulled, but couldn't pull it out.
	www.storiestogrowby.com /stories/turnip_body.html (659 words)

	Old Russian Part 1
		Nicholas was a collector-of old coins, old buttons, old silver, old firearms, old lace, Persian rugs, fine porcelain, and all sorts of stuff that he had picked up on his tours of duty.
		She thought his eyes were beautiful, his face appealing, and his Russian excellent, but she could not help regretting that a Czar as weak as the last Louis had come at such a bad time.
		An old woman was sweeping the yard with a twig broom.
	www.dispatchesfromthevanishingworld.com /pastdispatches/oldrussia/printerrussiapart1.html (16648 words)

	Russian
		Afterwards the old certificate was surrendered and exchanged for a new certificate with coupons for another term of 10 years.
		Russian 4% State Loan of 1902, issued for the realization of the remuneration payable by China to Russia.
		These bonds were collateralized by the payments that Russia were to receive from China in compensation for the losses incurred in consequence of the Chinese disorders (Boxer rebellion in 1901).
	www.kelley.iu.edu /aukhov/Rusbonds/rbgallery.htm (570 words)

	Photographer to the Tsar: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii - The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii ...
		His subjects ranged from the medieval churches and monasteries of old Russia, to the railroads and factories of an emerging industrial power, to the daily life and work of Russia's diverse population.
		Through such an ambitious project, his ultimate goal was to educate the schoolchildren of Russia with his "optical color projections" of the vast and diverse history, culture, and modernization of the empire.
		Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) poses near a mountain stream, thought to be the Karolitskhali River in the Caucasus Mountains near the seaport of Batumi on the eastern coast of the Black Sea.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/empire/gorskii.html (808 words)

	The Golden Ring Trip: information, a map, the distances, the cities, suggested itinerary, the price. -- WayToRussia.Net
		Vladimir is an old Russian town, it used to be capital of Russia in the 12th century.
		There are many interesting sights, like old churches, monasteries and museums, but the interest in the city is in its provincial atmosphere and its contrast with the big cities.
		Suzdal is officially protected from the industries, and the old architecture and buildings are kept intact.
	www.waytorussia.net /GoldenRing/GoldenRing.html (1625 words)

	Russian Iconography on the Internet
		We are one on the UK's largest dealers in Russian Icons with crosses from the 11th.century, painted Icons from 1500 to the end of the 19th.century.
		Russian Art and Architecture From icons and onion domes to suprematism and the Stalin baroque, Russian art and architecture seems to many visitors to Russia to be a rather baffling array of exotic forms and alien sensibilities.
		While it consists mostly of materials relating to the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia, it is not in any way an official publication of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia.
	www.pinfold.com /icons/russia.htm (1753 words)

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	www.mylanguageexchange.com /Learn/Russian.asp (949 words)

	Russian (Cyrillic) alphabet and pronunciation
		Russian is an Eastern Slavonic language closely related to Ukrainian and Belarusian with about 277 million speakers in Russia and 30 other countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania and Moldova.
		Russian started appearing in writing regularly during the reign of Peter the Great (1672-1725) who introduced a revised alphabet and encouraged authors to use a literary style closer to their spoken language.
		Russian literature started to flower during the 19th century when Tolstoi, Dostoyevskii, Gogol, Blok and Pushkin were active.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/russian.htm (526 words)

	Anthology of Old Russian Literature by Adolf Stender-Petersen at Questia Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Russian literature mediated this process...Westerners." The attempts in Russian literature to represent, interpret...highlighting their services to the empire.
		...the case of Old Russian literature, enjoyed sufficient popularity to survive in numerous...ascetics of modern Russian literature, committed as they are to the establishment...tendency of Old Russian spiritual literature to subordinate concrete...
		Russian opera was marked by the nonnational romanticism of Peter Ilyich...
	www.questia.com /library/book/anthology-of-old-russian-literature-by-adolf-stender-petersen.jsp (1538 words)

	22-Year-Old Uzbek Pretends to Be 14, Impregnates 11-Year-Old Russian Girl - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In May Russian tabloids posted a story about a an 11-year-old girl from Moscow who got pregnant from her 14-year old boyfriend.
		According to the Russian law the age of sexual consent for both sexes 16.
		Some Russian regions have recently passed a law allowing marriages as early as 14 years of age, but Moscow is not one of them and the couple will have to wait till the bride is 16 to marry officially.
	mosnews.com /news/2005/05/27/uzbekmacho.shtml (846 words)

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