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“500 Days: Program Summary,” a special issue of "Komsomolskaya pravda"

A special issue of the long-running Soviet daily "Komsomolskaya pravda" dedicated to economist Stanislav Shatalin's (1934-1997) "500 days" plan for economic reform under Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022).

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Yeltsin "sleeps through" Ireland

The aftermath of the "Shannon diplomatic incident," in which Yeltsin, having slept through a meeting with Irish leaders while his plane sat on the tarmac at the Shannon Airport, confronts Russian reporters back at Vnukovo-2 in Moscow.

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Evgeny Kiselev intervenes in the “Xerox affair,” 20 June 1996

A special broadcast on the "Xerox affair" by Evgeny Kiselev of "Itogi"

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World of New Russians Dictionary

Page from the "World of New Russians Dictionary" with a mocking Vitruvian man.

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