Metal cylindrical form and felt pieces on a concrete floor

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Old photograph of a shop sign reading “Universal Store Kaztorg”, with a mounted camel and people in warm clothing at the entrance.

The first department store opened in Perovsk, later known as Kyzylorda

The first department store in Perovsk, also known as Ak-Mechet and Kyzylorda

Black-and-white photograph of a man in military uniform and a woman in a hat holding a parasol, seated on benches in a park.

Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna in the Alexander Park at Tsarskoye Selo, May 1917

Emperor Nicholas II with Alexandra Feodorovna in the Alexander Park. Tsarskoye Selo. May 1917. Not the most flattering angle for the Empress: this photograph, of course, shows that she looked somewhat older than her 45 years, especially next to such a handsome man.

Dürer's Double-Sided Panel of 1507 with an Allegory of Avarice and a Portrait of a Young Man

Allegory of Avarice. Albrecht Dürer. 1507. This remarkable double-sided picture obliges us, quite literally, to turn our view of Dürer's art upside down. The front of the panel shows a grim Allegory of Avarice in the form of a hideous old woman with a bag of gold,

Close-up of a glass bottle with a blue label showing STALINE in red letters, along with the words “de source” and “état naturel”.

French mineral water Staline, with a name that echoes Stalin's

No one has done more for the rehabilitation of Stalin than a plain French mineral water

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The first department store opened in Perovsk, later known as Kyzylorda

Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna in the Alexander Park at Tsarskoye Selo, May 1917

Dürer's Double-Sided Panel of 1507 with an Allegory of Avarice and a Portrait of a Young Man

French mineral water Staline, with a name that echoes Stalin's