Alexei Leonov, the first person to walk in space, has been laid to rest at a memorial cemetery outside the Russian capital of Moscow. The legendary cosmonaut, who died Friday at 85, was buried Tuesday in a lavish ceremony, attended by hundreds of well-wishers and other celebrated cosmonauts. Leonov staked his place in history on […]
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Lyudmila Rudenko, one of the most influential chess players of all time, has been recognized by Google with a doodle on what would have been her 114th birthday. The doodle, as Google describes, “draws artistic inspiration from 1960s graphic art and posters — reimagines a focused Rudenko’s determination during the world championship game.” Lyudmila Rudenko
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Google is honoring Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein today with a doodle marking what would have been his 120th birthday. “Known as the father of montage — the film technique of editing a fast-paced sequence of short shots to transcend time or suggest thematic juxtapositions — Eisenstein deployed arresting images in sequences of psychological precision,”
