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The Manifesto of 17 October 1905 and Nikolay Shebuyev's satirical journal “Pulemet”

On this day 120 years ago, 17 (30) October 1905, Emperor Nicholas II issued the Supreme Manifesto granting legislative power to the State Duma and establishing the political rights and freedoms of citizens. It proclaimed, in particular: To grant the population the unshakeable foundations of civil liberty, based on the

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Hegel as a Doctor: First He Frightens You with a Diagnosis, Then Persuades You That You Imagined It All Yourself

A pale stone facade with two tall windows, the lower sash of the left one open and silhouettes of people visible in the dark opening.

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Open windows that the author of the post calls the most famous in the world

At the moment, these are the most famous windows in the world. And they are open. Presumably they have decided to seal them for the winter, or at the very most to give them a wash.

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An Angel in Flight

An Angel in Flight. Etching by the Dutch engraver Jan de Bisschop after a design by the Roman-school artist Cavaliere d'Arpino, or Giuseppe Cesari, 1671

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Good night!

“Paradiso”, Canto XXVII of the “Divine Comedy”: The Sphere of the Fixed Stars. Edition of c. 1564. Collection of Cornell University Library.

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- opuity - ne putyu

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Letter signed by 57 people over a theft and the director’s salary of 15,000 euros a month

The director is not coping, but do not worry: a letter has already been written on her behalf. Signed by colleagues, relatives, friends, and grandmother's dog. Fifty-seven people in all. Who they are hardly matters. What matters is that there are many of them. It is a

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The chief enemy on the path of your spiritual progress is you

Elder Arsenie Papacioc

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The “Mona Lisa” Returns to the Louvre Two Years After the Theft, 1914

The painting was stolen on 21 August 1911 by an Italian, Vincenzo Peruggia, an employee of the Louvre. On 12 December 1913 it was found in Florence

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A 17th-century English bestiary describes the Florida beast Succarath and how it was caught

In Florida, which is part of the West Indies, there dwells a beast that cannot be passed over in silence on account of its strangeness and ugliness. The natives call it Succarath, and the cannibals Su. It lives chiefly by rivers and along the seashore, and feeds on its prey.

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German police dismantle international ring selling forgeries of Rembrandt, Picasso and Kahlo

German Police Uncover Ring of Forged-Masterpiece Dealers. German police have announced the dismantling of an international gang that sold fake paintings for millions of dollars. The fraudsters passed off forgeries as works by Rembrandt, Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo. According to the police, the alleged organiser is a 77-

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Alexandr Radayev