Members of a Hasidic Jewish movement may sue the Russian government in an effort to recover 18th-century religious writings and prayers seized by the Nazi and Soviet armies, the Associated Press reports.
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December 6, 2006
Ukraine’s parliament adopted a law recognising a 1932-1933 famine that killed up to 10 million people as a Soviet “genocide” against the Ukrainian people.
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November 29, 2006Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s wife on Thursday presented the initial three volumes of the first full collection of his works to be published in Russia.
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November 17, 2006A Russian court on Tuesday opened the way for the possible rehabilitation of Russia’s last Tsar, Nicholas II, and his family more than 80 years after they were shot in a cellar by the Bolsheviks, the Reuters news agency reported.
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November 15, 2006
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