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Died. Mikhail D. Millionshchikov, 60, physicist and vice president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences; reportedly of cancer; in Moscow. One of Russia's leading scientific spokesmen, Millionshchikov signaled a major shift in his country's policy when, in a surprise statement at a 1970 U.S. news conference, he became the first major Soviet official to propose cooperation with the U.S. in the exploration of space...
...patio behind the Orante Intourist Hotel at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, an American scholar and a leading Soviet physicist were skimming a Frisbee at each other. The Russian, Mikhail Dmitrievich Millionshchikov, had approached the game hesitantly, perhaps because the American. Columbia University's Marshall Shulman, a specialist in Russian affairs, had demonstrated such skill. But soon Millionshchikov was lunging enthusiastically after the elusive plastic saucer...
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