Promotion Points for Ranger, Special Forces, and Sapper Courses. You can be awarded 40 promotion points for completion of Ranger, Special Forces, or Sapper courses, but you must complete all phases of the courses to earn these points.
Valery Rozov. Valery Rozov (b. Nizhny Novgorod, December 26, 1964) is a Russian BASE jumper, who on May 5, 2013, jumped off Changtse (the north peak of the Mount Everest massif) from a height of 7,220 metres (23,690 ft).
Ivan Pavlov's dogs. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was born to a Russian Orthodox priestly family in Ryazan in September 1849. He began his education locally but later progressed to a seminary and then to the University of St. Petersburg where he completed courses in Physiology and Medicine.