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Alexandr Radayev
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Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and the 1979 law on absolute primogeniture
While Europe is in quarantine, His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, aged forty, is on manoeuvres. Sweden has not introduced a quarantine, although against the background of the other Scandinavian countries the situation does not look entirely cloudless. Let me clarify at once: Carl Philip is married to
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Jean-Luc Godard, aged 89, live on the Instagram of the University of Lausanne, where he once taught a course on cinema
Jean-Luc Godard, aged 89, live on the Instagram of the University of Lausanne, where he once taught a course on cinema. One gets the feeling that Godard does not quite grasp what the young people are up to here, and simply chills, puffing on a cigar as he answers
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Nadezhda Babkina in an induced coma and a mention of her in a 1989 California newspaper
Dreadful news about Nadezhda Babkina: she is said to be in a medically induced coma. I hope it all turns out well. I recall how I came across Nadya Babkina in a Californian newspaper of 1989: https://t.me/cucumberdeath/44
London · Monarchies · Society · People
Elizabeth II's green outfit in her addresses to the nation from 1991 to 2020
Elizabeth II addressed the nation in the same outfit she wore for her first broadcast of this kind in 1991, after the outbreak of the Gulf War. Green is Elizabeth's favourite colour, and was the favourite colour of her father, George VI. The Queen spoke to the people
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Woman with a halo holding a golden vessel, Renaissance panel painting
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The hands of Mary Magdalene in a painting by Carlo Crivelli from 1480
The delicate, slender, tender and sensual hands of Mary Magdalene. Carlo Crivelli, 1480
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But Yelizaveta Shakhovskaya's only daughter, Varvara, turned out to be a long-liver
But Yelizaveta Shakhovskaya's only daughter, Varvara, turned out to be a long-liver. I do like that sort of thing 😬
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The beauty Elizaveta Borisovna Shakhovskaya
The beauty Elizaveta Borisovna Shakhovskaya. One of her portraits is held in the Louvre, and two more in the Hermitage: this one, by Jean-Laurent Mosnier, and a second, a miniature by Augustin Ritt.
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In the late eighteenth century, marriages to foreigners were all the rage among the Russian nobility, and the foreign partners were at times not representatives of the hereditary aristocracy at all, neither counts nor even barons, but merely French…
In the late eighteenth century, marriages to foreigners, male and female, were all the rage among the Russian nobility, and the partners from abroad were at times not representatives of the hereditary aristocracy at all, neither counts nor even barons, but merely French émigrés or Italian singers. With the marriage
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Not Bad for a Typo
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Sergey Obraztsov’s puppet play “An Extraordinary Concert”, dating back to 1946
Let us watch some genuine Soviet classics. An Extraordinary Concert is a puppet play by Obraztsov, with roots reaching back to 1946. Like everything that sets a standard, An Extraordinary Concert is as relevant today as ever. And in any case, you will take real pleasure in this cultivated, subtle