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Alexandr Radayev
Observations · Society · People
Do you remember the phrase attributed to Stalin, when he refused to exchange his son from his first marriage, Senior Lieutenant Yakov Dzhugashvili, for the former commander of the 6th Army in the Stalingrad "cauldron", Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus: "I d
This is a fairly commonplace formula for patriotic myths. Something similar is attributed to Barclay de Tolly, who was told of the death of his son during the Battle of Leipzig: "An officer has been killed; I beg you not to interrupt me, for now all children belong to
Geography · Heritage · Society · Humour
If You Dreamed of a Paris Without Crowds of Chinese Tourists
Visit the village in the Chelyabinsk Region, founded in 1842 by the Orenburg Cossack Host and named in honour of the Russian army's victory at Paris. Not far from Paris, one may also visit other monuments to the victories of Russian troops in Europe: the villages of Leipzig,
NB! · Architecture · Art · Paris
Niko Pirosmani in the courtyard of Dover Street Market, which has settled in the Marais, in the Hôtel de Coulanges, where Madame de Sévigné once lived
NB! · Archive · The East · Geography · Maps
The Brilliant Sphinx and the Pyramids on the Venetian Map of Cairo of 1598
NB! · Archive · Science · People
Albert Einstein's desk as it remained after the scientist's death
Albert Einstein's desk, just as he left it after his death
NB! · Observations · Mores · Humour
Good day, and do try not to sin quite as heartily as the ancient Romans
Monarchies · Museums · Observations
Parade helmet of an officer of the Life Guards Horse Regiment with the large guards cockade in the form of a silver star of the Order of Saint Andrew the First-Called, with an enamel centre and the motto of the Order of Saint Andrew "For Faith and Loyalty
Parade helmet of an officer of the Life Guards Horse Regiment with the large guards cockade in the form of a silver star of the Order of Saint Andrew the First-Called, with an enamel centre and the motto of the Order of Saint Andrew "For Faith and Loyalty&
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I Too Should Like to Know Where the Child's Father Is
Aristocracy · Books · Monarchies · Paris
Maximilian Voloshin's poem about Madame de Lamballe's head on a pike above the Paris crowd
That supple, passionate body The crowd trampled underfoot for me, And mocked it, and stripped it… And at the body I did not Dare to look… But I was hacked off from the body, Flung, scraps Of inflamed flesh, upon a stone… And the Parisian rabble Carried me off in
Faith · Society
According to a new report by a non-governmental human rights organisation monitoring intolerance and discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC; headquartered in Vienna, Austria), in 2023 in 35 European countries there were…
Most of the incidents are acts of vandalism against churches (62% of the total), desecration of Christian holy places (24%), arson (10%), threats (8%) and physical violence (7%). The report singles out the following flagrant cases: an attack with a machete by a Moroccan national on clergy and parishioners of
NB! · Observations · Nature · Humour
Keep this little tit-provider and she will bring you an unexpected profit
Keep this little tit-provider and she will bring you an unexpected profit. Or a mouse, it is not certain