An exhibition marking the centenary of the incorporation of the Winter Palace into the State Hermitage is devoted to the reconstruction of the Hermitage buildings and its chief architect Alexander Sivkov

An exhibition marking the centenary of the incorporation of the Winter Palace into the State Hermitage is devoted to the reconstruction of the Hermitage buildings and its chief architect Alexander Sivkov. Its unique photographs show the remodelling of the palace interiors, the hidden side of architectural structures, the laying of utilities and, for instance, a breach in the foundation during the construction of the cloakroom

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

An exhibition marking the centenary of the incorporation of the Winter Palace into the State Hermitage is devoted to the reconstruction of the Hermitage buildings and its chief architect Alexander Sivkov

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s