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Alexandr Radayev
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Poem “The Struggle for Existence”, dedicated to Darwin, about a summer on the Istra
I read Yegor Kholmogorov's thorough rebuke of believers in Darwinism, and recalled a poem by the satirist Pyotr Shumakher (1817-1891), dedicated to Darwin himself. The Struggle for Existence (Dedicated to Darwin) I was on the Istra this summer, In a remote, forgotten corner; I lived as a
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Madonna and Child, Filippo Lippi, 1484
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A group of 90 Catholic priests, scholars and writers asks bishops and cardinals to reject the Vatican declaration approving the blessing of same-sex couples and to refuse to implement it in their dioceses
A group of 90 Catholic priests, scholars and writers asks bishops and cardinals to reject the Vatican declaration approving the blessing of same-sex couples and to refuse to implement it in their dioceses. Odd that only 90 of them could be found
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Model of a calf of an extinct pygmy elephant at the American Museum of Natural History
The enchanting model of a dwarf elephant calf at the American Museum of Natural History is one of the sweetest things ever made by the exhibition department of any museum whatsoever. The calf is no larger than a pet dog, while the adult of this extinct species stood a mere
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Abraham Bosse depicts a French aristocratic woman in church in an engraving of 1628
A French aristocrat in church. Abraham Bosse, 1628
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Listening to the Dance of the Knights from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev, 2008
Let me remind you that Valery Gergiev was Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2015, after which he took charge of the Munich orchestra. This recording was named Disc of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2011.
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The Storming of the Winter Palace, a Dish from the Meissen Factory
Education · Society · Humour
Until 1956, when the sole code of Russian spelling and punctuation, approved by the authorities and the USSR Academy of Sciences, was adopted, the verbs ПРИЙТИ, ПРИДТИ and even ПРИТТИ were all considered equally valid; after the reform, only ПРИЙТИ…
Until 1956, when the sole code of Russian spelling and punctuation, approved by the authorities and the USSR Academy of Sciences, was adopted, the verbs ПРИЙТИ, ПРИДТИ and even ПРИТТИ were all considered equally valid; after the reform, only ПРИЙТИ was left as correct. So if you still spell it
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Reconstructed statue of a seated emperor at the Recycling Beauty exhibition in Milan
Until the end of 2025, a 13-metre copy of the ancient Colossus of Constantine, which once stood in the apse of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum, can be seen in the grounds of the Villa Caffarelli, part of the Capitoline Museums complex. The reconstructed statue of
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Prince Charles at the Solovetsky Monastery in 2003
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