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RUSSIAN CULTURE EARLY RUSSIAN BELIEFS The low-down on some pretty serious customs and beliefs.

Solar cell: Solar cell, any device that directly converts the energy of light into electrical energy through the photovoltaic effect.

VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH PUTIN. The Vladimir Putin Timeline. Jan 07, 1952. Russian Orthodox Christmas, and possible day of Putin conception, since he was born 9 months later to a mother named Mariya (similar to Mary).

Exploring our Solar System with Pictures and Information on the Sun, the Moon, Phases of the Moon and the Nine Planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, …

The Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) is the name given to the components of the International Space Station (ISS) constructed in Russia and operated by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).

The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth, [citation needed] and is Earth’s only permanent natural satellite.It is the fifth-largest natural satellite in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites relative to the size of the planet that it orbits (its primary).

A new scientific paper authored by seven scientists affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences was just published in the scientific journal Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics.

Danish Solar Scientist Svensmark declares ‘global warming has stopped and a cooling is beginning…enjoy global warming while it lasts’ New paper by Russian solar physicist by Habibullo Abdussamatov predicts another Little Ice Age within the next 30 years

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