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Alexandr Radayev
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The Battle of Gettysburg and Russian Empire's support for the Union under Alexander II
Union Veterans, Northerners, and Confederate Veterans, Southerners, at the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1913. And yet, had the Battle of Gettysburg ended differently, we might today have had two distinct states: the Northern States and the Confederacy. The Russian Empire, in the person
Archive · Moscow · Mores · People
Flower sellers on the square before Belorussky Station, a 1960 photograph by Hilmar Pabel
A Former Ballet Dancer Selling Flowers in Moscow Still Does the Splits at Sixty. Photograph of 1960 by Hilmar Pabel, the square in front of the Belorussky Station
Archive · Society · Paris
Liberation of Paris in 1944, Russian partisans in the Resistance and de Gaulle's visit to Moscow
The Liberation of Paris, Summer 1944, Unknown Photographer. Paris was liberated soon after the opening of the Second Front, at a time when everyone understood that the Red Army was about to reach the borders of the USSR and would shortly begin its advance westward. The city was liberated by
Books · Humour
Skotinin: However much my neighbours have wronged me, whatever losses they have caused me, I have never petitioned against anyone; I make good any loss, rather than go chasing after it, by flaying my own peasants, and so the matter is buried and forgotten
Prostakov: Quite true, brother: the whole neighbourhood says that you collect your quitrent like a master. Mrs Prostakova: If only you would give us some lessons, dear brother; for we simply do not know how. Ever since we took away everything the peasants had, we cannot fleece anything out of
Architecture · Observations · Pop Culture
The 1956 Citroën Citirama tourist bus remains unique to this day
One would think that nowadays, with the universal mania for photographic documentation and for tourism, there ought to be far more such vehicles. But no. The Citroën “Cityrama” remains a unique tourist coach. Nothing comparable, equally futuristic and at the same time utilitarian, has appeared since 1956.
In the Press · Art · New York
The Art Newspaper publishes a review of the results of the New York contemporary art sales
The Art Newspaper has published a review of the results of the New York contemporary art sales. According to the analytics platform Pi-eX, the combined revenue of Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips came to $1.27 billion, 8% less than last year. The star lot of the season,
Cinema · Moscow · Pop Culture · Humour
Song about a nanny from Biryulyovo and the Shatalin house in 2000s television
She worked in a boutique in Biryulyovo, Until her boyfriend got her thrown out of work In one of those dreadful scenes. And what was she to do and where to go, How to avoid trouble? She set off on the off chance, Luck in life means so very much,
Archive · Art · Society · Humour
America Talks of Nothing but the Russian Bear
Illustrations from the early twentieth century, taken from the American humorous magazine Puck. Our little Mishka is so charming; how could one possibly not fall in love with him?
Observations · Mores · Education · Society
From 3 September, amendments to the Rosstandart order on the GOST for school uniform come into force
From 3 September, amendments to the Rosstandart order on the GOST for school uniform come into force. The relevant ministry, however, points out that "schools have the right to set their own requirements for the appearance, colour, cut and insignia of the uniform, taking into account the opinion of
Moscow · Museums · Heritage · People
Yury Nechaev-Maltsov's role in founding the Museum of Fine Arts and his commemoration
How is the memory of Yury Nechayev-Maltsov preserved within the walls of the Pushkin Museum? The Egyptian Hall bears his name, and on the façade of the museum there is a memorial plaque with a bas-relief portrait of Yury Stepanovich. And rightly so: Yury Stepanovich Maltsov was, together
Observations · Mores · Society
La Scala in Milan tightens its dress code and bans shorts, flip-flops and food
Milan's La Scala opera house has tightened its requirements for the appearance of spectators. Guests in shorts, T-shirts or flip-flops will no longer be admitted to performances, and the price of the ticket will not be refunded. And yet the theatre's director once declared