First Volume of the Literary Collections “Evreisky Mir”, Moscow, 1918

Evreysky Mir [The Jewish World], a literary miscellany

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Black-and-white photograph of bronze monuments standing and lying on the ground in a Moscow park, with adults and children walking by and looking at them.

Barbara Klemm, photograph “Postponed Past”, Moscow, 1991

"The Postponed Past", Moscow. 1991. Barbara Klemm

Fashion Is Cyclical

Fashion is cyclical

Sheep and wool in the records of the Third Dynasty of Ur: flocks, weavers and wool grades

According to records from the period of the Third Dynasty of Ur (roughly 2112–2004 BC), the country's sheep population stood at about 320,000 head. One administrative document from Girsu mentions 74,533 sheep. Another lists 816 women weavers who worked under the command of overseers. The

Black-and-white photograph of a young woman in a shimmering vest and two men in dark suits, smiling and moving casually in a studio.

Lyudmila Gurchenko, Muslim Magomayev and Polad Bulbul oglu in one photograph

Lyudmila Gurchenko, Muslim Magomayev and Polad Bulbul oglu

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Barbara Klemm, photograph “Postponed Past”, Moscow, 1991

Fashion Is Cyclical

Sheep and wool in the records of the Third Dynasty of Ur: flocks, weavers and wool grades

Lyudmila Gurchenko, Muslim Magomayev and Polad Bulbul oglu in one photograph