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• ... that Count Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov (pictured) ended his love affair with the 60-year-old Empress Catherine II of Russia in order to marry her 16-year-old lady-in-waiting?
• ... that Sergei Yushenkov and Yuri Shchekochikhin, key members of the Kovalev Commission charged with investigating the Russian apartment bombings both died in apparent assassinations?
• ... that the Samara flag, presented as a gift from Russia to the Bulgarian volunteers in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, is the only flag awarded a Bulgarian Medal for Bravery?

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1. Wikipedia:Recent additions 104, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions 105, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
3. Wikipedia:Recent additions 105, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.