Art · Society · People
Human Rights
The artist Vyacheslav Sysoyev (1937-2006)
Alexandr Radayev
NB! · Archive · Faith · Society · Ethnography
Members of the Russian Doukhobor sect in Saskatchewan in 1907: the Doukhobors fled persecution at home with the sponsorship of Leo Tolstoy and other benefactors, and founded a prosperous diaspora in Canada
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Glory to Thee, O Lord
NB! · Geography · Maps · Observations · Ethnography
Map of the Greek-speaking population by district in the Russian Empire
An extremely interesting map of the presence of the Greek-speaking population by district in the Russian Empire. Naturally, the greatest numbers are concentrated in the Black Sea provinces
NB! · Archive · Geography · Maps
An Illustrated Map of the Soviet Union, Published in the USA in 1948
Art
Hermes Putting On His Sandals
Sir William Blake Richmond, 1886
Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
Drive out Cupid's lust with all your might, or Venus will seize your blinded soul
The inscription on Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Venus and Cupid" in the Hermitage collection. Cranach's Venus, painted in 1509, is the first female nude in the history of German painting, Eve excepted.
Geography · Books · Observations
Strabo and the Eleventh Book of His “Geography”
All men speak different languages because, through their obstinacy and ferocity, they live in scattered groups and have no intercourse with one another. Strabo. Geography. Book XI
NB! · Archive · In the Press · Mores · New York · Humour
New York Daily News in 1931 on why a gentleman should not wear conspicuous socks
The New York Daily News observes that gentlemen do not wear conspicuous socks. 1931
Archive · Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage · Society
March draws to a close, 63 days remain until summer
March draws to a close, 63 days remain until summer. Let us recall together the most interesting pieces on the channel over the past month: 📌 A photo chronicle of Moscow in the pictures of an American spy. Unique colour shots of the capital in the 1950s. 📌 Plywood night bombers against
Books · Observations
The Worst Will Happen
The worst will happen. Remember me, children, when that day comes. I foresaw it and I foretold it. I felt the catastrophe approaching. Our age is rotten. The horror awaiting Germany was predicted by Klaus Mann as early as Mephisto, published in 1936. He puts this warning into the mouth
Faith · Observations · Society
Thank God, Easter Symbolism Has Not Yet Been Banned in Europe
A reminder: in certain countries, which we shall not name, Christmas markets may now be called merely "festive" ones, and as for the crucifix vanishing from images of churches, we know about that not by hearsay alone