glimmers and at red square in the mortar, liam lies the leader of the october revolution of 1917 vladimir elliott lennon. the long lines in front of the mausoleum may have disappeared. but the kremlin has remained the center of power with it is led by vladimir putin, the president of the russian federation. he rules over a country that even without the former soviet republics, is still the largest in the world. russia, in the kremlin, a new government has long since taken over. but across the country, the old symbols are as powerful as ever. the legacy of the former soviet union is a complex one. the soviet empire covered a thick, the theosophist, and was home to 218000000 people. the collapse of this giant super states in 1991 was an event unprecedented in history. a super abolished himself. since then, 15 new states struggling to find that place in the wild order. some have gravitated towards western europe while others look to china. but all are defined by that relationship to russia. instead of the right soviet banner to day, the russian flag flies over the kremlin. the collapse of the soviet union brought hopes of independence and prosperity f

lies may 9th, known in russia as victory day, commemorates the country's victory over the nazis in 1945. on this day in moscow is hosting a military parade watched by russian leaders traditionally cost vladimir lenin's mausoleum on red square to show off in front of a home audience on may 9 to intimidate the opposition and please the dictator currently in power, james nixey, head of russia's eurasian, cheddom program, told cnn chaos, western officials have long believed that putin is using the day's symbolic meaning and propaganda effects to announce a major military success in ukraine, or a major escalation in hostilities, or both, according to the crisis group think tank. putin has many options, but in their opinion, the declaration of war - this is the most severe scenario, the other option for putin is the introduction of a law on mobilization, according to which one can bring full or partial mobilization. during the military parade, the kremlin may show hundreds of ukrainian prisoners of war, this is stated by the center for defense strategies, which is located in ukraine. warns that the kremlin may force 500 captured ukrainian fighters to pass under cameras on red square. russia claime

piotr fotki and vladimir li may 31, 1868 is considered the birthday of cycling. on that day, cycling races were first organized in paris in the park saint-clun competitions. approved by emperor napoleon himself, the third distance was chosen at 1200 m from the entrances to the park up to 40 kg. the front wheel is slightly larger than the rear wheel with solid rubber tires ; chain, gears and pneumatic chambers have not yet appeared; first finish. reached the englishman james murr. behind three minutes 50 seconds. in the same year, races were held in great britain, belgium, the czech republic and other countries, and in 1883, for the first time, cycling competitions were built in russia on moskovsky and girlfriend on may 31, 1962, soviet newspapers published a decree of the government party, and raising prices for meat, meat products and agricultural oils politics. nikita khrushchev ended in failure in many cities. people went on rallies, went on strike, issued anti-soviet leaflets, but a particularly acute situation developed in novocherkassk in rostovskaya area t