Day: April 12, 2011
Coffee in Russia, Commodities and Life’s Little Pleasures……
While sipping that cup of coffee this morning in Moscow, Russia. I was doing some thinking’s. It dawned on me that we (The world) have come full circle… April 11, 2011 saw the value of the US dollar dip below 28 rubles for the first time in over two years. The lowest it was traded
50 years after Gagarin flight Russia still has star dreams
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hailed Yury Gagarin’s flight into space 50 years as a symbolic, revolutionary event, adding that his country still dreams about “conquering” other planets and flying to distant stars. The first manned space flight remains a landmark for humankind, he said in an interview with China Central Television CCTV. “I believe it
Russia Celebrates 50 Years: Gagarin First Man In Space…
On 12 April 1961, Gagarin became the first man to travel into space, launching to orbit aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1). His call sign was Siberian Pine (Russian: Кедр). In his post-flight report, Gagarin recalled his experience of spaceflight, having been the first human in space: “The feeling of weightlessness was somewhat unfamiliar compared