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Alexandr Radayev
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In my view, this is the most beautiful jade ring I have ever seen
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Mikhail Shemyakin's illustration to Alexander Vvedensky's poem "The Guest on Horseback and the World"
Mikhail Shemyakin's illustration to Alexander Vvedensky's poem "The Guest on Horseback and the World". 1971. Do note how closely it resembles Pepperstein's present manner. And Shemyakin, here still very early, at 28, has not yet acquired his recognisable, frightening hand, with its
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Elongated wooden sculpture with a carved human face
NB! · Art · Observations · Ethnography
The Image of the Strange European, or the Slender Man Aesthetic in the Sculptures of an Unknown African Artist of the Mid-Twentieth Century
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Withdrawal of coins from circulation and exchange at unfavourable rates in medieval Europe
The Right to Issue Currency Has Always Been a Source of Colossal Revenue for Those Who Held It, and of Incredible Injustice for Everyone Else. In medieval Europe there existed a practice of withdrawing coins from circulation. It happened constantly, sometimes twice a year. People were obliged to hand in
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New Year Card from Pavel Pepperstein
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Sunday became the seventh day of the week in the USSR by decree of 26 June 1940
The calendars of 1928 and 1945. Spot the difference? Until 1940 in the USSR, as in many countries of the world, the first day of the week was the day of rest, Sunday. The Russian word for week, nedelya, originally meant Sunday, and the days that followed were named by
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The Ancient Homeland of the Blondes: Afontova Gora, near the City of Krasnoyarsk, on the Left Bank of the Yenisei
Archaeology · Geography · Science
Viking burials of non-Scandinavians and the question of the origins of Scandinavians
A study recently published in Nature presents a map of the genetic legacy of the Vikings, who possessed a complex web of family ties and a rich history of cultural exchange across Europe and beyond. Among the notable finds are the remains of cousins scattered between Denmark and England, as
Cinema · Books · London · Observations · Humour
Jane Conan Doyle, Holmes actors and the expertise of an author's heirs
The Younger Daughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dame Jean Conan Doyle, on How the Actor Jeremy Brett Came to Meet Her:. “He was charming. He was the only actor who played Sherlock Holmes who bothered to get in touch with me and come to see me. All this time
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