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Adolf Hitler tried to build a bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland. So did the Red Army. Both failed.

Now Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, is determined to succeed. Mr Putin has dispatched 3,000 workers to build a 19km span over treacherous waters that Moscow is hoping will not only demonstrate its engineering prowess but also make its recent annexation of Crimea irreversible.

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