Word: alexei
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these possibilities point to a gloomy future of more governmental paralysis and more clashes between the executive and the legislature. "It's an agony of the political system," says Alexei Yablokov, a senior presidential aide. "I think Yeltsin will choose a new constitution with a new parliament. It's the only way." The sides may come to a tentative agreement about holding elections this year, ahead of schedule, but stall them by continuing to disagree over whether to rewrite the constitution...
...southwest of Moscow. Before the water supply goes off at 9 -- for the next 10 hours -- Nadezhda must prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner for the family of four, wash dishes and clothes and fill four buckets for drinking. Husband Alexander rushes to clean up before daughter Larisa and son Alexei commandeer the bathroom...
Nadezhda earns 3,000 rubles styling men's hair 39 hours a week in a no- frills state shop that serves as one of the neighborhood's social centers. Larisa, 19, also a hairdresser, was unemployed for eight months but now brings home 1,500 rubles from her job; Alexei is in high school...
Clothes are a luxury. Nadezhda shares her only raincoat with Larisa. Alexander and Alexei, 16, have learned to go without anything new. The Vaktins have no telephone, so contact with friends is limited. The wooden cabinet and rickety set of armchairs in the living room, which also doubles as master bedroom, were bought 17 years ago. There will be no money to replace the furniture anytime soon. The family's only entertainment is an old Russian- manufactured TV on which Alexander watches the latest sports and Nadezhda her favorite soap opera...
Missing were the bodies of the youngest Romanovs: Alexei, then 13, and Anastasia, 17. "The bones we have show completed growth, which indicates more mature individuals," observes team leader William Maples, curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History. Did Alexei and Anastasia escape alive, as legend has it? Not likely. Their bodies were probably cremated, say the scientists. Anthropologist Maples recommends "a good archaeological survey outside Yekaterinburg to find the fire pit. Then we can put an end to the romantic myths and close the case...