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How to get a Russian visa in the U.S.

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What do Americans call ‘Russian dressing’?

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How a ‘rebel’ from New York became a Moscow cheese maker

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‘God Bless America’ was written by… a Russian! Wait, what!?

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How Kennedy & Khrushchev’s secret correspondence saved the world from a nuclear catastrophe

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The first U.S. citizen born - and buried - in Russia

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The SHOCKING true story of a Russian ballerina’s 20-year imprisonment in a U.S. insane asylum

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These American presidents once worked in Russia!

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How an American conquered Russia’s (and Europe’s!) tallest peak

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Meet Joanna Stingray, the American who jumped the Iron Curtain and married a Soviet rockstar

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Americans honored with a monument in Russia (PHOTOS)

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8 AMERICANS who won the Soviet PEACE Prize

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One black family’s journey from the U.S. to Soviet Russia and back (PHOTOS)

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Why this American decided to enroll at a Russian university

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Why did Russia sell Alaska to the United States?