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Mississippi Manufacturers Association/ 11/2/2005

COLUMBUS, Miss. - SeverCorr LLC President and CEO John Correnti broke ground Oct. 27, 2005, on an $850 million steel mini-mill at the Lowndes County Golden Triangle Megasite near Columbus, Miss. Participating in the groundbreaking ceremony were Gov. Haley Barbour along with other state and local officials.

www.telegraph.co.uk/
By Adrian Blomfield/ 30/12/2005

Russia's equivalent of Father Christmas has become the centre of a New Year industry worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
Tomorrow night, Ded Moroz, or Grandfather Frost, will act as compere at hundreds of Russian New Year's Eve parties.

The Moscow News/ 21 number, 2002 year

Prominent poet of his age, Konstantin Batyushkov was born on May 29, 1787 - 215 years ago. In the minds of educated Russians Batyushkov is associated with Russia's premier poet Alexander Pushkin, his contemporary (Batyushkov was only 12 years older).

The Moscow News/ 40 number/ 2002

This week we have another 70th birthday. It is celebrated on October 23 by Vasily Belov, one of the most controversial writers of the "rural prose" school which emerged in the 1960s in the Soviet Union. Vasily Belov was born in a Vologda village in 1932, at the height of collectivization, to a peasant family, one of five children.

The Moscow News/ November 20, 2006/ By Antonina Thao

During his short visits to Moscow, Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost), Russia's kind New Year magician, is met like a more and more welcome guest each year.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060516/48205783.html

SOCHI, May 16 (RIA Novosti) - The chief executive of Severstal, Russia's largest steel maker, said Tuesday his company was concentrating its efforts on a major gas pipeline linking Russia and Europe across the floor of the Baltic Sea.

Russia Profile/ Issue 6, Volume III, July 06/ By William Craft Brumfield

Traveling an Ancient Salt Road

Photo: William Craft Brumfield

In the popular imagination, virtually all Russia is "north" - cold and imponderable. Yet within this immense Eurasian landmass, there is a region traditionally known as the Russian North that includes territories located along a water network extending from the White Lake - Beloye ozero - to the White Sea - Beloye more. Of special interest are the contemporary regions of Vologda and Arkhangelsk. Despite the cataclysms of the twentieth century, this area of the Russian north still lays claim to a deeply rooted cultural coherence created by those who settled in its forests and moved along its rivers.

http://www.mk.gov.lv

State Chancellery

29.06.2006

Today, Aigars Kalvītis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, met Vyacheslav Pozgalev, Governor of Vologda Oblast of the Russian Federation, who has come on a visit to Latvia.

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2006/26/c1536.html

LUXEMBOURG and MOSCOW, May 26 /CNW/ - Arcelor, the world's number one steel company, and Severstal, the largest Russian steel company, announced today that they have agreed to merge, creating the world's steel champion and most profitable steel company . The combined company will rank amongst the world's most competitive steelmaking and resource assets in both developed and emerging markets, and will be the only one with leading positions in Brazil and Russia.

hidden europe/ Issue 5 - November 2005 /By Nicky Gardner/ www.hiddeneurope.co.uk

In late 2005, hidden europe magazine gave a useful account of Veliky Ustyug, detailing the town's links with Ded Moroz (Father Frost). The original article was written by Nicky Gardner and is reproduced here courtesy of hidden europe (www.hiddeneurope.co.uk).