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Alexandr Radayev
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A tree has grown into a fence and its gates, photographed in a snowfall
A tree that has grown into its own fence. Does anyone recognise themselves?
Faith · People · Rome
Benedict XVI on facing the judge of his life and the grace of being a Christian
In his penitential letter addressed to the faithful, Benedict XVI shares his reflections on death:. "Soon I shall find myself before the final judge of my life. Even if, looking back on my long life, I may have many fears, I nonetheless await it with a glad heart, because
Faith · Society · People
Benedict XVI, 94, Answers for Failures to Punish Priests Guilty of Abusing Children during His Years as Archbishop in the Bavarian Diocese
The recent accusations against the Pope Emeritus concerned his connivance in, and mishandling of, four cases of abuse of minors between 1977 and 1982 in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The Pope answered these accusations in a letter: "…and before the victims whom I met during my pontificate,
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Elderly clergyman in a white cassock in a wheelchair on an airfield
Books · Observations · Nature · Humour
The play of young mares in Leo Tolstoy’s “Kholstomer” recalls the behaviour of coquettes
“The yearlings, the young fillies, already pretend to be grown-up and staid, and seldom skip about or join the merry companies. They graze decorously, arching their swan-like, close-cropped necks, and, as though they too had tails, flick their little brooms. Like the grown horses, some lie down,
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Google Congratulates the State Historical Museum on Its 150th Anniversary
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The Perfect Bandit Does Not Exi..
Education · Pop Culture · Ethnography
The Krestetsky Pattern Is Bound to the Hand Labour of Its Needlewomen and Cannot Be Replaced Even by the Most Modern Machines
The Krestetsky pattern is bound to the hand labour of its needlewomen and cannot be replaced even by the most modern machines. In Russia this is perhaps one of the few cases in which a traditional craft has turned so quickly, and with such respect for tradition, into a large
Heritage · Ethnography
Somewhere in the middle of the nineteenth century, in a village near the small but ancient town of Krestsy, at the crossroads of two roads, from Moscow to Novgorod and from Pskov to Vologda, there appeared a craft that soon won the love of all Russia and
Somewhere in the middle of the nineteenth century, in a village near the small but ancient town of Krestsy, at the crossroads of two roads, from Moscow to Novgorod and from Pskov to Vologda, there appeared a craft that soon won the love of all Russia and eventually became a
NB! · Observations · New York
Manhattan under snow, 2021
NB! · Archaeology · Architecture · Heritage · Rome
Well-preserved section of the original marble floor in the Colosseum
A genuine piece of marble flooring in the Colosseum. Excellent state of preservation