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Saint Tikhon rejected accusations that Orthodoxy in America served Russia

I did not know such details: it turns out that in the early twentieth century Orthodox Christians in America were accused of being agents of the Russian state. In 1901, when Saint Tikhon of Moscow was a bishop in the United States, he called “meaningless words” the charge that anyone

Books · Observations

Longing is the torment of the nearness of the distant

Martin Heidegger

Books · Observations · Society · Pop Culture · Humour

The joke about Cheburashka's Jewish origin predates the remarks of a State Duma deputy

Is this the Mandela effect already, or just universal forgetfulness? How is one to explain why everyone is discussing Cheburashka's Jewish nationality, and, above all, discussing it as the original invention of a State Duma deputy? Yet the man merely voiced an old joke from LiveJournal that everyone

A hand holds an open illustrated book showing subway passengers, including a couple in wedding attire, a father with a baby, and musicians. Captions mention a subway ride and sharing joy.

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Spread from a children's book about the New York subway with bright illustrations

Books · Observations · New York · Society · Humour

New York's odious mayor and his wife have already managed to publish a children's book about themselves

New York's odious mayor and his wife have already managed to publish a children's book about themselves. How sweet they are, how sugary and cartoonish. They tell the story of their wedding in the subway. On the one hand, they go on constructing the myth of

Aristocracy · Monarchies · People · Humour

The full name of Teresa Cristina, Princess of the Two Sicilies and Empress of Brazil

"Teresa Cristina Maria Josefa Gaspar Baltazar Melchiora Januária Rosalía Lucía Francisca de Assis Isabel Francisca de Paula de Alcântara Donata Bonosa Andreia de Avelino Rita Ludgarda Gertrudes Venância Tadea Spiridione Roca Matilde." "Can you make it shorter?" "Teresa Cristina." "Patronymic?" "Princess

NB! · Art

John Waterhouse, 1967

Books · Moscow · People

Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1915 verses on war, Moscow and the poet of Bolshaya Presnya

Me and Napoleon. I live on Bolshaya Presnya, 36, 24. A quiet little spot. Peaceful. Well? What is it to me, one would think, that somewhere in the storm-world they have gone and invented a war? Night has come. A fine one. Ingratiating. And why do some of the

NB! · Cinema · Pop Culture · Humour

Gandalf the White Vanquished Sauron; Gandalf the Terry-Towelling Saves Middle-earth from a Draught

Architecture · Heritage · Society

Russian Government to Select Monuments for New Heritage Sites Portal

A Single Portal for Cultural Heritage Sites to Be Created in Russia. The portal will bring together full information on monuments of history and culture, including their legal status, location, cadastral data, technical condition, conservation obligations and the work carried out to preserve them. It will also provide information on

Architecture · Museums · Heritage · Paris

Weakened beams found in the Louvre's Sully Wing, Campana Gallery closed

A difficult autumn continues for the Louvre. A recent inspection found that several load-bearing beams on the second level of the southern Sully wing had weakened, and as a result some service rooms have been closed, together with the Campana Gallery, where the collection of ancient Greek pottery is

Museums · Society · Saint Petersburg

The State Hermitage Announces a Change in Admission Prices for the Main Museum Complex and the General Staff Building

From 1 December, the basic price of a Hermitage ticket will be 700 roubles. Revenue from ticket sales will go towards improving infrastructure, above all security systems, creating a comfortable environment for exhibits and visitors, free charitable tours and inclusive programmes

Alexandr Radayev