MICKEY ROURKE RUSSIAN TO WED

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Wild man Mickey Rourke back in the former USSR plans to wed Russian beauty, sources say.

The Wrestler star  57, has been seeing model Elena Kuletskaya, 24, for the past few  months and popped the question to her over dinner last week.

Muscovite Mickey has told friends he’s planning a Kremlin-style wedding in April.

"They haven’t booked a venue or made any solid plans. He just knows he wants to do it in April, and he’s been asking what is involved in a traditional Russian wedding ceremony," a pal said.

Reputedly the icy Kuletskaya dumped Russkie pop throb Dima Bilan for Rourke, whom she’s been tutoring in the finer points of her native tongue for his turn as brawny Russian villain "Whiplash" in Iron Man 2.

Last week in New York, the red hot post-cold war couple went puppy shopping to replace Rourke’s beloved pooch Loki, who died before his Indie Spirit awards triumph and glam packed Oscar night.

It’ll be Mickey’s third trip to the altar.