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Is it true that the heroine of the Patriotic War of 1812, Vasilisa Kozhina, is a fictional person?

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Is it true that the Novokuznetskaya metro station is decorated with benches from the bombed Cathedral of Christ the Savior?

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Is it true that Kerensky fled Petrograd in a woman's dress?

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Is it true that Narodnaya Volya member Nikolai Morozov was the oldest sniper of the Great Patriotic War?

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Is it true that Kutuzov wore an eye patch?

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Is it true that Mendeleev worked for Russian foreign intelligence?

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Is it true that the Museum of New Chronology has opened in Russia?

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Is it true that the execution of Polish officers in Katyn in 1940 was organized by the Germans?

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Was Grigory Rasputin the lover of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna?

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Did Stolypin say: “In Russia, everything changes in 10 years, but nothing changes in 200 years”?

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