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21 hours ago · The majority, 59.6% [ 88 ] of Ukrainian Russians were born in Ukraine. They constitute 22.4% of all urban population and 6.9% of rural population in the country. [ 88 ] Women make up 55.1% of Russians, men are 44.9%. [ 88 ] The average age of Russians in Ukraine is 41.9 years. [ 88 ]
21 hours ago · The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup, [b] was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet President and General Secretary of the CPSU at the time. The coup leaders consisted of top military and ...
- 19-22 August 1991 (4 days)
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
21 hours ago · Automatic token selling machines. Originally the Metro ride cost was 50 kopecks; however, in 1961, following a revaluation of the Soviet ruble, the ride was fixed at 5 kopecks for the next 30 years. After 1991, as Ukraine suffered from hyperinflation, the price gradually rose to 20,000 karbovanets in 1996.
3 hours ago · Listen to this Article. In preparing the ground for his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote an essay articulating his belief that Russians and Ukrainians are one people. He ...
21 hours ago · 2 000 000 осіб л. Гетьма́нщина (також Ві́йсько Запорізьке, в офіційній канцелярії — Україна, Русь) — українська козацька держава [8][9][10][11][12], яка виникла на теренах України [a] внаслідок ...
21 hours ago · Ukraine claimed the strike destroyed Russian military warehouses in Toropets, a town in Russia's Tver region about 240 miles northwest of Moscow and about 300 miles from the border with Ukraine.
21 hours ago · Photo: Greek map of Europe from the 15th century. Source: Wikipedia. Rome, of course, was more informed—its status as the centre of the Catholic world obliged it to be. It’s no surprise that the Apostolic See, likely among the first in Europe, decided to use this distant and little-known state for its own interests.
