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Of the scanty listings of events devoted to the Decembrists, one exhibition made a good impression: "In the Depths of the Siberian Mines
Of the scanty listings of events devoted to the Decembrists, one made a good impression: the exhibition "In the Depths of the Siberian Mines. The Decembrists. 200 Years of History" at the In artibus foundation. The display brings together exhibits from six state collections, chiefly watercolours with portraits
Observations · Science · Society
Long before the Decembrists were admitted to the canon of the revolution's forerunners, Klyuchevsky called them a historical accident overgrown with literature, and Tyutchev remarked that Russian history was, to his taste, far too perversely arranged…
And now, two hundred years after the Uprising, one has the feeling that there is no longer a place for the Decembrists in the official pantheon, and that they will never again be as revered as they were in the middle of the twentieth century, when they were extolled as
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Dyl Bul Shchyl Kruchenykh, sculpture by Leonid Sokov, 2005
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Vogue cover of 1 December 1914
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I have never understood why Picasso may receive guests in his studio in his underpants, while for me it is not comme il faut
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The Hermitage shows Rembrandt’s “The Sacrifice of Abraham” after four years of restoration
The Hermitage has completed the restoration of Rembrandt's "The Sacrifice of Abraham". The results of the work, which lasted four years, are presented at a temporary exhibition in the Apollo Hall of the Winter Palace. Specialists removed layers of yellowed varnish and later overpainting which for
Art · Cinema · People · Saint Petersburg
A Model of the Monument to Alexei Balabanov Unveiled in Saint Petersburg
The model shows the maintenance tram car in which Danila Bagrov took refuge from the gangsters in the film Brother. On the edge of the car sits the figure of the director. The monument will be cast in bronze at life size and installed in May next year in Yekaterinburg,
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In this photograph from the early 1960s: students of the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio
In this photograph from the early 1960s: students of the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio. In the front row Vera Alentova is easy to recognise; in the back row one can make out Andrey Myagkov, along with Vsevolod Abdulov, Gemma Osmolovskaya, Yelena Odintsova and Rogvold Sukhoverko
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Vera Alentova, aged 22, at the Genoa Municipal Theatre in 1964, in the company of Rogvold Sukhoverko and Nikolai Malyuchenko
Heritage · Society · Rome · Ethnography
Rome to introduce an entry fee and visitor cap at Trevi Fountain square from 1 February
From 1 February, entry to the square in front of the Trevi Fountain will cost $2.35. No more than 400 people will be allowed on the square at any one time. These measures are intended to reduce the excessive pressure of tourism on the landmark. Today the fountain receives