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http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-crewlette/(permalink)

Author: snopescom

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Date published

1999-03-22

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Public relations Hearsay Science fiction Publicity stunt Communist Party USA Nielsen ratings Prime time Starship Enterprise Outer space William Shatner Nationalism Cable television The Chances Vice president The Beatles Cold War Sap Star Trek Xenophobia Manchester CBS Soviet Union American Broadcasting Company NBC Moscow Russia Russian language United States Toupée Impersonator Gene Roddenberry Cultural impact of the Beatles Billboard Ghostwriter Western fiction The Real Iron Curtain Decidedly

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The character of Ensign Chekov was added to the television series 'Star Trek' because an editorial in the Communist newspaper Pravda had criticized the lack of a Soviet crewman on board the U.S.S. Enterprise.

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