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Alexandr Radayev
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A Reminder That the Most Beautiful Bridge in the World Bears the Name of Emperor Alexander III
The East · Books · People
British writer Dame Freya Stark, who lived from 1893 to 1993
Tolerance cannot afford to have anything in common with the mistaken notion that evil may be turned into good. The British writer Dame Freya Stark (1893-1993)
The East · Monarchies · Humour
Parable of Harun al-Rashid and the old woman who prayed for his health
There is a parable. Harun al-Rashid liked to wander about at night. One evening he strayed into a dark hovel in which an elderly woman was offering up a prayer for his health. “How pleasant!” he said. “How shall I reward you?” “You see, you are a good deal
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"Comrade Stalin, what did you and Churchill agree on?" "He asked whether I could hear him well."
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What, in essence, are we looking at?
What, in essence, are we looking at? Nicholas II, in signing his abdication, acted under the influence of swindlers and did not grasp the consequences of his actions
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Look What I Found
NB! · Faith · Reportage · Rome · Ethnography
A Nativity scene in the window of a Roman city bus displayed at the "100 Presepi" exhibition in Saint Peter's Square on Christmas Eve
NB! · Art · London
English ships near the mouth of the Thames lie in wait for Flemish merchants, late 15th century
The English fleet near the mouth of the Thames, waiting for rich Flemish merchants in the hope of seizing their goods. Late 15th century
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I cannot say why, but for me Sergey Sharshun's self-portrait from the New Tretyakov collection is Harold, hiding his pain
Cinema · Monarchies · Observations · Pop Culture
Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette on the set of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, 2006
She was, incidentally, 24 then. Now she is 43. But this is only the beginning
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