[lbo-talk] Bald or hairy: rule of thumb for Russian leaders

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The Hindu http://www.hinduonnet.com/

Monday, Dec 17, 2007

International

Bald or hairy: rule of thumb for Russian leaders http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/17/stories/2007121755031600.htm

Vladimir Radyuhin

MOSCOW: Whatever other imprint, Russia's likely future President Dmitry Medvedev will leave in history one he has already made with his hairline: he has confirmed the long-standing Russian theory that bald and hairy leaders alternate each other in the Kremlin in strict succession.

This rule has never been broken for close to 130 years, ever since the balding Alexander III took over from hairy father in 1881. http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/17/stories/2007121755031600.htm



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