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Which body part leaves its owner in a Gogol story?
Answer: The nose
Why: The runaway nose even outranks its owner, strolling the city as a State Councillor.
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Where was Doctor Zhivago first published?
Answer: Italy
Why: Soviet readers had to wait until 1988, when the magazine Novy Mir finally printed it.
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What does Lefty help to shoe in Leskov's tale?
Answer: A flea
Why: The tiny horseshoes carry the craftsmen's names, but the shod flea can no longer dance.
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Who learned to ride a bicycle at 67?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
Why: A Moscow cycling club, the Society of Velocipede Lovers, gave him both the bicycle and his first lessons.
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What genre did Chekhov give The Cherry Orchard?
Answer: A comedy
Why: At the 1904 premiere, Stanislavski staged it as a tragedy, against Chekhov's wishes.
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Which Soviet leader approved Solzhenitsyn's Ivan Denisovich?
Answer: Nikita Khrushchev
Why: It appeared in Novy Mir in November 1962, after editor Aleksandr Tvardovsky sent it up for approval.
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