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Alexandr Radayev
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And last year, in fact, the actors of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre wrote an appeal to Putin for Tatyana Doronina's return as artistic director
And last year, in fact, the actors of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre wrote an appeal to Putin for Tatyana Doronina's return as artistic director. And now she is once again at the helm of the theatre. I do not know what the theatrical community makes of it,
Aristocracy · Archive · London · Monarchies
Four royal children were born in Britain between February and May 1964
Four heirs to the British crown at their joint 21st birthday party at Windsor Castle in 1985. The year 1964 is remembered by the English for a royal baby boom, when four royal heirs arrived within the space of a few months. That year the Queen herself was delivered of
Architecture · Heritage · Society · Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg stained glass exhibition hosts talk on citizens protecting architectural decor
At a meeting of activists and conservationists held as part of the banner exhibition "Stained Glass of Saint Petersburg. Losses. Protection. Rescue" in Saint Petersburg, the burning question "How can a concerned citizen protect the architectural decoration of historic buildings?" was discussed, and a set of
Aristocracy · Archive · Art · Moscow · Museums · Society
Speaking of aristocrats and art: on the upper floor of MAMM, an archival exhibition by Lauren Greenfield on the life of the Moscow post-Soviet elite, a photographic project of 2012-2014 in which the artist set out to capture the daily life and pretensions
Speaking of aristocrats and art: on the upper floor of MAMM, an archival exhibition by Lauren Greenfield on the life of the Moscow post-Soviet elite, a photographic project of 2012-2014 in which the artist set out to capture the daily life and pretensions of Russia's wealthy.
Moscow · Museums · Observations · Society Pages
Yesterday MAMM opened an exhibition of photographs by Yulia Mayorova, but I did not manage to see it: I had time only to fortify myself with two glasses of champagne and snap the corridor, with the works glimpsed at its far end, since the opening was dela
Yesterday MAMM opened an exhibition of photographs by Yulia Mayorova, but I did not manage to see it: I had time only to fortify myself with two glasses of champagne and snap the corridor, with the works glimpsed at its far end, since the opening was delayed and I had
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The Women of the British Royal Family Armed to the Teeth
Architecture · Moscow · Humour
Safe unopened since 1917 in the Loan Treasury building in Nastasyinsky Lane, Moscow
The architect Dmitry Lurie relates that the Loan Treasury building of 1913-15 in Nastasyinsky Lane in Moscow has preserved a safe whose doors have stood unopened since 1917, so that, purely in theory, what lies inside is pre-revolutionary air. In Dmitry's photograph the marks left by
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Close-up of a cracked grey rock surface
Faith · The East · Observations
Desktop wallpapers for Orthodox Holy Week, 26 April to 1 May
This year Holy Week for the Orthodox falls from 26 April to 1 May. I offer a set of desktop wallpapers, one for each day of the week before Easter: A close-up of the 2,000-year-old tree from the Garden of Gethsemane. The stone from the Church
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When you've had a drop too much on a Saturday evening and are trying to explain to your drinking companions how it all really was
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