>>>>And, in fact, Russian didn't adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1917.
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>>>...and in Greece, 1923.
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>>That I didn't know. I thought Russia was the last of the Western countries to adopt it.
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>Tamar,
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>That was according to my copy of Encarta Deluxe 2000. But it also said, "Soviet Union" in 1918.< s >

If I recall correctly 'USSR history', which I studied in school, Soviet Union was formed in 1922, not in 1918, so Encarta Deluxe is wrong. And it de-composed in 1991, I believe :)