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☦️ On October 14, Russia celebrates Pokrov, the Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Virgin Mary.

According to tradition, when Muslims attacked Byzantium around the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries, people gathered in a church to pray.

St. Andrew the Fool for Christ saw the Virgin Mary enter the church, remove the veil covering her head and shoulders, and spread it over the worshippers, assisted by St. John the Evangelist and St. John the Baptist.

They disappeared, but their divine grace remained. Soon afterward, the enemy retreated.

❄️ As the Virgin Mary is considered Russia’s protector, tradition holds that every year on Pokrov, she covers the Russian land with snow, white as her sacred veil.

🌨️ “On Pokrov, it’s autumn before noon, but winter by afternoon.”

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🇨🇳 Chinese mating rituals.

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🇯🇵✈️ Japan’s Kansai International Airport is truly unique. To build it, engineers created an artificial island in the sea, measuring 4 km long and 1 km wide.

🌊 Construction began in 1987 with a massive seawall outlining the future island. The enclosed area was then filled with earth, and a bridge was built connecting the island to the outskirts of Osaka.

In 1991, construction began on the terminal and runway. The airport opened in 1994, and just a year later, it successfully withstood a magnitude 7.0 earthquake — a testament to the quality of its design and construction.

🛫 A second runway was completed in 2007, with another terminal and a third runway planned for the future.

💰 The total construction cost reached $15 billion.

🧳 And here’s another remarkable fact: the airport hasn’t lost a single piece of luggage in 30 years!

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🇷🇺 The nuclear-powered submarine Novosibirsk launched cruise missiles in the Pacific Ocean during a scheduled military exercise, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

🚀 The submarine struck a simulated target with a Kalibr cruise missile from a distance of 1,200 km.

It also successfully hit a surface target with an Oniks cruise missile at a range of over 170 km.

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🇨🇳🇰🇵 A bridge connecting China and North Korea has finally opened, 12 years after its construction.

🌉 The bridge was completed back in 2014, but North Korea spent the following years without developing the necessary access roads and customs infrastructure.

💰 The 3-kilometer-long bridge cost approximately $329 million to build.

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📈 South Korea’s imports of Russian LNG reached a four-year high in September.

🇷🇺 In September, the value of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to South Korea nearly doubled compared to August, reaching $249.9 million.

This marked the highest level since January 2022, when imports totaled $385.5 million.

According to RIA Novosti, citing South Korean customs data, Russia also ranked among South Korea’s top five LNG suppliers.

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🎨 Vasily Kandinsky’s painting Colorful Life has sold for £31.6 million ($41.7 million) at an auction in London, Christie’s announced.

💰 The painting had been estimated at £18–25 million ($24–33 million). Kandinsky created the work in Paris in 1907, during the early period of his artistic career.

🖼️ “Combining the cultural traditions of his native Russia with the pioneering developments of the artistic avant-garde he encountered in Paris, this painting demonstrates the extraordinary power of Kandinsky’s creative vision, which established him as one of the leading thinkers and innovators of modern art,” the auction house stated in its description of the lot.

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