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... ( Russian Moskva ) is the capital of Russia . Since it was first mentioned in chronicles of 1147 , Moscow has played a vital role in Russian history ; indeed the history of the city and of the Russian nation are closely interlinked ...
... ( Russian Moskva ) is the capital of Russia . Since it was first mentioned in chronicles of 1147 , Moscow has played a vital role in Russian history ; indeed the history of the city and of the Russian nation are closely interlinked ...
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... Russian Orthodox churches in addition to a few other Christian churches and Jewish and Muslim places of worship . Beginning in the late 1980s with the Soviet policy of glasnost and continu- ing with the Russian successor government in ...
... Russian Orthodox churches in addition to a few other Christian churches and Jewish and Muslim places of worship . Beginning in the late 1980s with the Soviet policy of glasnost and continu- ing with the Russian successor government in ...
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... Russian art song dates primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries , although the period of Catherine the Great ( reigned 1762-96 ) supplies a substantial background in its imitations of French ro- mances ( either in French or Russian ) ...
... Russian art song dates primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries , although the period of Catherine the Great ( reigned 1762-96 ) supplies a substantial background in its imitations of French ro- mances ( either in French or Russian ) ...
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