TODAY IS: The observed anniversary in Russia of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, during which Nikolai Lenin's government took control of the country. (The revolution occurred on October 25, according to the old Russian calendar in use at the time -- when the nation switched to the Gregorian calendar the rest of the world uses, the date was shifted to the 7th). Expensive objects of beauty lost by the upper-class during the socialist revolution are hunted by poor peasants in Mel Brook's hilarious 1970's film THE TWELVE CHAIRS. [today's movie at IMDb]

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