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Alexandr Radayev
Mores · Society
Sofia and Mikhail lead the list of children's names in Russia since the start of the year
Mikhail and Sofia Become the Most Popular Names for Children in Russia in 2025. Since the beginning of this year, 7,177 children have been named Sofia. Second place in the popularity stakes goes to Eva, third to Anna. This year Russia has also acquired 8,830 new Mikhails. Among
Architecture · Museums · Society · Paris
Funding for the €1 billion Louvre renovation remains uncertain
Never Enough for Them! Funding for the Louvre renovation project remains in question, reports TANR. Since 2021 the director of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars, has been promoting the "Grand Louvre" project, which envisages a large-scale reconstruction of the museum, including the building of a new entrance
Moscow · Observations · Society · Saint Petersburg
Changing titles of the heads of Moscow and Saint Petersburg from the 18th century
Ever wondered why Moscow has a mayor, while Saint Petersburg has a governor? The titles of the highest officials in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation are governed by regional legislation. Both Moscow and Saint Petersburg are constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and each decides for itself what
NB! · Art · Museums · Society · Saint Petersburg
Subsidies for Saint Petersburg museums to buy works of art to resume this year
Subsidies for Saint Petersburg museums to buy works of art are to resume this year. In 2025 around 100 million roubles will be allocated for the purpose, the Governor of Saint Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, has announced
Art · Observations · Humour
A charming winged creature is simply waiting for you to open the window with no mosquito net
Hieronymus Bosch
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Dante
Dante. Salvador Dalí
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The Modern Venus, or a Woman of Modern Fashion in Her Natural State
The Modern Venus, or a Woman of Modern Fashion in Her Natural State. 1786. Who could have imagined that a satire on the standards of beauty of the late eighteenth century would be so precisely realised in our own day?
Books · Observations · Mores · Society
Charles Dickens in “American Notes” on evening amusements and the press
Is there no amusement here? Why, yes. There, across the road, is the lecture-room, from which sheaves of light pour out, and then three times a week, or more often, there are evening services for the ladies. For the young gentlemen there are the counting-house, the store and
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George Bernard Shaw with a surfboard on the South African coast at the age of 75, 1931
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When They Asked for the Abstract
Archaeology · The East · Geography
On the spread of international trade in antiquity: during excavations of the Etruscan city of Lattara in the south of France, fragments of woollen goods were found, dated to the 5th-6th centuries BC and made, quite definitely, from the wool still famous t
On the spread of international trade in antiquity: during excavations of the Etruscan city of Lattara in the south of France, fragments of woollen goods were found, dated to the 5th-6th centuries BC and made, quite definitely, from the wool still famous today, produced in Kashmir. Wool from the