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Alexandr Radayev
Cinema · Observations · People · Pop Culture
Do you remember Natasha's lullaby from the film "Prophet", in which Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin plays the great Yura Borisov?
Do you remember Natasha's lullaby from the film "Prophet", in which Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin plays the great Yura Borisov? It turns out that this piercing song was both written and performed by Nadya Gritskevich, that very indie legend of the 2010s. Nadya and I met some
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In case anyone has forgotten, this is Justin Trudeau in his youth, back when blacking up with boot polish for a masquerade had not yet been declared an unpardonable incantation
Books · Society · People
Dostoevsky on revolution in Russia, atheism and the destruction of churches
The International has ordained that the European revolution shall begin in Russia. And begin it will... For we have no reliable defence against it, either in the government or in society. The revolt will begin with atheism and the plundering of all wealth. They will start by deposing religion, demolishing
Architecture · Monarchies · Heritage · Paris
The Vendôme Column in Paris from its erection in 1807 to its destruction in 1871
This is how the Vendôme Column might have looked, erected by Napoleon in 1807 in honour of the victory at Austerlitz. The associations are no accident: the form does indeed match the message. The original in the end differs little from the prototype, save for a somewhat widened viewing platform
Archive · Art · Pop Culture
Stephen Meisel's masterly Napoleonic campaign for Dolce&Gabbana FW2006, styled by Brana Wolf
Stephen Meisel's masterly Napoleonic campaign for Dolce&Gabbana FW2006, styled by Brana Wolf. The cast of models is stellar, though not one of them was ever crowned. Gemma Ward, Julia Stegner, Iselin Steiro, Snejana Onopka, Ines Krnokrak, Coco Rocha, Lily Donaldson, Morgane Dubled, Catherine Balf, Chad Dunn,
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Felix Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston, at Different Periods of His Life
Art · Museums · Heritage · People
Painting by Lavinia Fontana found in storage of a museum in northern France
In the storeroom of a small museum in northern France, a painting by the Renaissance artist Lavinia Fontana has been found. The picture had been lying about in storage for the past 150 years. Fontana is considered one of the first professional women artists in Europe, and the discovery of
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Truck with two men in the cab against a large red panel
NB! · Archive · Art · Moscow
Moscow in 1982 through the lens of the celebrated German photographer Walter Schmitz, who repeatedly visited the USSR in search of inspiration
NB! · Archive · Moscow
Beloved Smolenka, 1982
Beloved Smolenka, 1982. Photo by Walter Schmitz
Moscow · Museums · Observations · Society
Among today's news, besides the session of the Council for Culture and the Arts, a very pleasant message from the Tretyakov Gallery for Culture Worker's Day
Among today's news, besides the session of the Council for Culture and the Arts, there is a very pleasant message from the Tretyakov Gallery for Culture Worker's Day: to keep the creator alive within oneself, and to remember that culture workers turn routine into a work