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Alexandr Radayev
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Notice of the Moscow Military Governor-General on the Administering of the Oath of Allegiance to His Majesty the Sovereign Emperor Nicholas Pavlovich, of 18 December 1825
The administering of the oath will continue from the 20th day of December, to persons of the male sex of every rank and station, other than state peasants and the serf peasants and servants of landowners, for which purpose all churches will be open after the Liturgy From the collection
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Prince Edward, the future Duke of Kent, and Princess Alexandra play with inflatable toys on the grass under the supervision of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, at their residence, Coppins, in Buckinghamshire, in October 1940
Prince Edward, the future Duke of Kent, and Princess Alexandra play with inflatable toys on the grass under the supervision of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, at their residence, Coppins, in Buckinghamshire, in October 1940. I have never before seen inflatable figures used for play away from the water
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Five exhibitions closing between 11 January and 17 May
New selection of Moscow exhibitions you can visit this week:. 📌 Closing soon. The exhibition “Yakov Chernikhov. An Image of the Future. Architectural Fantasies of the Russian Avant-Garde” at the Jewish Museum, until 11 January 📌 The exhibition “From the Patriotic War to the Decembrists. Icons, Graphic Art and Decorative Objects”
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Another good year lived happily, and for that I am grateful
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I learned that I have a huge family: the path and the little wood, and in the field every single ear of corn!
Я узнал, что у меня Есть огромная семья: И тропинка, и лесок, В поле – каждый колосок! Речка, небо голубое – Это все мое, родное. Это Родина моя! Всех люблю на свете я! Literal translation I learned that I have A huge family: The path and the little wood, And in the
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For New Year cheer I am, for the moment, relying on a bauble bearing a sketch of a space object by Rostan Tavasiev, from the Moscow Museum of Modern Art
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Silhouettes of the Nyryshkin Family at an Exhibition on the Decembrists
Silhouettes of the Nyryshkin family at an exhibition on the Decembrists. Moscow, 1850. Most remarkable of all, every sitter is identified by name: Anastasia Yakovlevna, Evdokia Mikhailovna, the Abbess Maria, Varvara Alexandrovna, Rachel; in the middle row, Nikolai Alexandrovich, Yakov Alexandrovich, Annette, Kirill Alexandrovich, Mikhail Alexandrovich; in the bottom row,
Faith · London · Monarchies · Observations · Society
Christmas and the requirement for the King of England to belong to the Church of England
In his Christmas message, King Charles III of Great Britain speaks with rapture of Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and the "diversity of communities" But Christmas is surely not about inclusivity, nor about the brotherhood of foreign creeds, nor about any Oriental rites or political truisms. Christmas is the feast
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Psst, how many days to New Year?
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Cardinal Richelieu?
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The Russian Tricolour in Carl Allard's 1695 Dutch Book on Shipbuilding and Flags
One of the earliest depictions of the Russian tricolour appears in a Dutch book on shipbuilding and flags of the late seventeenth century, where it is captioned as the Flag of His Tsarist Majesty of Muscovy. The book, «The New Dutch Shipbuilding», which contains essential information on the building of