Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage

Pertsova apartment house on Prechistenskaya Embankment, its present condition and fate

A fairy-tale terem on the Prechistenskaya Embankment, the Pertsova tenement house for gifted artists, is now in the use of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As you can see, one of the landmark buildings of early twentieth-century Moscow is not in the best of states: tiles keep dropping

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This Is Genuinely VERY Frightening

The East · Observations · Society

Uzbekistan Promises Foreign Tourists 3,000 Dollars if They Contract Coronavirus

Uzbekistan offers foreign tourists $3,000 if they catch coronavirus during their stay in the sunny republic. Tourism occupies an important place in the country's economy, and the lockdown has had a serious effect not only on the well-being of enterprises in the sector but on a

A fig tree's foliage hangs down from a stone vault inside an ancient structure, with a park and houses visible beyond.

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A fig tree grows upside down in the Baiae Baths Archaeological Park on the Bay of Naples

A fig tree that grows upside down. The Archaeological Park of the Baths of Baiae, on the shore of the Bay of Naples. The tree is about 20 years old. Such an unusual fig

Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations · Ethnography

Since such fairy-tale goings-on are afoot, a reminder that from today you can visit the exhibition "The Russian Fairy Tale" at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val

Since such fairy-tale goings-on are afoot, a reminder that from today you can visit the exhibition "The Russian Fairy Tale" at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val. The display brings together classic works on fairy-tale subjects, contemporary art, sculpture and media: a veritable journey through

Museums · Science · People · Nature

The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco devotes an entire hall to Cousteau: a kind of model of his ship holds the personal belongings of the museum's one-time director, the equipment Cousteau used, the instruments he invented, finds, letters and much else besi

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The lecture can be watched on YouTube and VKontakte

Today at 18:30 the website of the Russian Geographical Society will host a lecture marking the 110th anniversary of the legendary explorer of the World Ocean, Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The lecture can also be watched on YouTube and VK.

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A MASKED BALL, NO LESS!

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Anthropologists Joke, or How Could One Not Love Alexander Kozintsev

Art · Science · Education · People

Equal sums of squares of 10, 11, 12 and of 13, 14, and a note on the painting and Rachinsky

"The knowledge needed to solve this problem lies in the regularities governing the sum of squares of certain two-digit numbers, named after a celebrated Russian educator" 10²+11²+12²= 365 13²+14²= 365 Those whom the subject has intrigued will find an informative note about this painting,

Art · Observations · Education · People

Bogdanov-Belsky’s 1895 painting “Oral Arithmetic” and Professor Rachinsky’s village school

Mental Arithmetic at Rachinsky's Village School, Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, 1895. The problem on the blackboard, (10²+11²+12²+13²+14²)/365, World of engineering proposes to solve in one's head. I, to be honest, did not manage it at the first attempt: I tried to break

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