75 years ago last week, a future world leader spent a couple of days here with 11 of his friends.
Contest #562 Hint
Oddly enough, no mosquitoes found here.
Contest #561 Hint
Was it sabotage or negligence?
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Total watching the game:
Here on a Fall day in 1872: about 4000
Luzniki Stadium last Sunday: about half the planet.
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Palace at the top, mausoleum at the bottom, and in between, a giant statue, houses of worship and a great big old market.
Contest #558 Hint
Protection by the government of the country to which it belongs meant this location was recently removed from a list one would prefer not to be on.
Contest #557 Hint
There are actually 2 rivers here, and you can clearly see both of them, one in its entirety.
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Built this way so that people would slow down and check out the scenery.
Contest #554 Hint
Shopping mall? Spy Headquarters? Prison?
Yup – all three over time.
Contest #553 Hint
I like my standing bodies of water (smaller than a lake) shaken, not stirred.