There was a “Beard Tax” in Russia during Peter the Great’s reign, paid by anyone who had a beard News
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Built without a single nail, Russia’s Kizhi Pogost is one of the world’s oldest and tallest wooden structures News Featured
Soviet cosmonaut spent 10 months in space and when he came back to Earth the Soviet Union was dissolved News Featured