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Alexandr Radayev
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Czech Carnival in Olomouc, 1968
Czech carnival in Olomouc, 1968. Photograph by Josef Koudelka; the picture is titled Exiles
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Mark Rothko, Yellow and Blue, 1954
Faith · Society · People · Rome
Pope Francis Makes Personal Visit to Russian Embassy in Rome Over Events in Ukraine
Pope Francis visited the Russian Embassy in Rome to express personally his concern over events in Ukraine. The Pope usually receives ambassadors and heads of state in the Vatican, so his stepping outside its walls shows the degree of his alarm at the situation that has arisen. Vatican spokesman Matteo
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An address by Maria Vladimirovna Romanova has been published on the website of the Russian Imperial House
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At Lavrov's Address, One Wishes to Remark on a Very Handsome Carpet
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Share of Russian gas in selected European countries' imports, 2021
Geography · Maps · Observations · Society
A map showing the percentage of gas imported by European countries from Russia is rather old, dating from 2006, and Nord Stream is not yet on it, but it is nonetheless highly picturesque
A map showing the percentage of gas imported by European countries from Russia is rather old, dating from 2006, and Nord Stream is not yet on it, but it is nonetheless highly picturesque. More up-to-date information can be found in a graphic by The Economist. France depends on
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If the Corinth Canal, linking the Aegean and Ionian seas, was opened in 1893, how did the BBC come by this photograph of the ship Argo sailing through it, bearing Jason and the Argonauts from the 27 states of the EU in quest of the Golden Fleece?
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The Bogolyubovo Icon of the Mother of God, regarded as the earliest image of the Intercession
Into my mind comes the image of the Bogolyubovo Icon of the Mother of God, commonly called the oldest iconographic depiction of the Protection. Created between 1158 and 1174, the icon is held to be the first ever painted on Russian soil. The story of its making is traced to
Art · Museums · Paris · Pop Culture
At the Yves Saint Laurent retrospective at the Centre Pompidou, the master's designs are displayed beside works that inspired, or might have inspired, their creation, as in the case of this black-and-white satin crêpe dress from…
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