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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Yuri Gagarin

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KGB Doggedly Stalked Nureyev

Russians wanted
to break defector dancer’s legs

(Newser) - He was never interested in politics, but Rudolf Nureyev was a KGB scourge for decades after his 1961 defection. The famed ballet dancer’s colleagues were glad to see him go—‘Rudik’ was a prima donna to management and competition for fellow performers—but the state was incensed, the... More »

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