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All about the March on Washington, August 28, 1963
by Shmuel Ross
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Born: 1952Birthplace: Leningradprime minister and acting president of Russia Putin, a pro-market democratic reformer, was elected president of Russia in 2000 after enjoying a meteoric rise within…
