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Friday, March 09, 2012
 
51 years ago on March 9, 1961, dog Chernushka became the third dog ever to safely return from one orbit on board of...
51 years ago on March 9, 1961, dog Chernushka became the third dog ever to safely return from one orbit on board of Vostok 3KA, the same spacecraft used by Yuri Gagarin 1 month later on April 12, 1961.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_3KA#Vostok_3KA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/e/ec/Chernushka.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/e/ec/Chernushka.jpg

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Soviet Safety posters. "не ходи по рыбе..."
Soviet Safety posters. "не ходи по рыбе..."
http://zwonok.net/index.php?newsid=2640
With English translations:
http://englishrussia.com/2011/01/15/look-out-soviet-bloody-posters/

With alternative slogans "а нет, пойду похожу..."
http://blogiat.com/blog/1347.html
http://englishrussia.com/2011/01/15/look-out-soviet-bloody-posters/

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В недрах тундры выдры в гетрах тырят в вёдрах ядра кедров!
В недрах тундры выдры в гетрах тырят в вёдрах ядра кедров! Содрав с выдры в тундре гетры, вытру выдрой ядра кедра, вытру гетрой выдре морду - ядра в вёдра, выдру в тундру.

This tong-twister (скороговорка) was going around and around for a long time, being polished, as normal folk art is. Today, for the first time, I saw it polished enough to be done, after a trivial edit by me.

The oldest mention of it online in in this form, I found was from 11.06.2011 here:
http://www.cem-zavod.ru/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=6&func=view&catid=5&id=6740&limit=10&limitstart=60#7973
via Serge Vakulenko on FB
http://vitonchik.livejournal.com/686412.html

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