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Alexandr Radayev
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Fragment of embroidered textile with geometric pattern in a black frame with a glass tube
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
First stage of Open Storage at the Garage Museum presents Russian art since the 1980s
I went to see the Garage Museum's Open Storage. Ever since I first got to know the museum, I had been waiting for its own collection, so I count this important event in Russian museum life as important for myself as well. Perhaps my expectations of the Open
NB! · Books · Observations · Humour
Mishima out of context
Mishima out of context. Do we agree?
NB! · Geography · Maps
The Official Map of Argentina
Faith · People
When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future
Saint Teresa of Ávila
NB! · Rome · Humour
The Vatican Laundress, It Turns Out
NB! · Museums · Mores · Pop Culture · Humour
Charlotte Brontë's wedding bonnet 170 years after her wedding
Charlotte Brontë's wedding bonnet. 170 years on, still at the height of fashion
NB! · Archive · Paris
A Balloon over the Tuileries and the Louvre in 1878
NB! · Aristocracy · Monarchies · Society Pages
😍😍😍😍 Italian princesses of the House of Savoy and the House of the Two Sicilies at the name-day celebration of the great-grandchildren of Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy in Turin
😍😍😍😍 Italian princesses of the House of Savoy and the House of the Two Sicilies at the name-day celebration of the great-grandchildren of Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy in Turin. From left to right: Vittoria of Savoy, Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Luisa of Savoy and Chiara of Bourbon-
Interviews · Books · People
Translator Mikhail Rudicky on Kafka's prose and its likeness to Pushkin's
Kafka is a prose writer of genius. His narrative voice is clear and pure, full-toned, and, strange as it may seem, reminiscent of Pushkin's prose! Only Pushkin was drawn towards harmony, whereas Kafka was drawn away from it. "The Castle", for instance, reminds me of
Books · Society
Eduard Asadov’s poem “Dream of the Ages” on the struggle of freedom against violence
Ever since man first rose upright above the earth, And lived, and loved, as nature bids, According to science, among mountains and rivers, In that distant, almost primeval age,— There lived and flourished freedom in the world. But the forefather who took the hide and the meat, Leaving his comrade