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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Leap Year Checker.
Message-ID: <1990Sep30.001756.7403@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <24700010@sunc1> <1115.26ff47b6@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <242@srchtec.UUCP> <654522456@grad11.cs.duke.edu>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 90 00:17:56 GMT

In article <654522456@grad11.cs.duke.edu> drh@duke.cs.duke.edu (D. Richard Hipp) writes:
>Russia waited until the 20th century before "going Gregorian".
>
>You can probably guess that the non-uniformity of calendars in Europe in
>prior centuries created some small confusion for international travelers.

It's still a headache when dealing with even relatively recent Russian
history, *not* helped by the Soviets' tendency to quote pre-changeover
dates using the new calendar, as if the change had happened earlier.
For example, you will often find two different dates for the birth of
historical figures like Tsiolkovskii, depending on choice of calendar.
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