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Powerlifting, Russian hawks

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July 16th 2008
Universities are supposed to be places where contrarian views are cultivated, accepted, but I was still shocked when Svetlana's advisor told me "I bet your surprised to meet a hawk in Russia." He gave me a signed latest book, which he described as "pro-Bush." It's not so much pro-Bush as it as a taxonomy and history of neoconservatism in the United States (which he likes) and Wallace-style ""pa ... read more

Europe » Russia » Urals » Perm

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more