Blacksmith Kirillov’s House in the Village of Kunara, Sverdlovsk Region, Built in 1954–1967

What does the country property of one's dreams look like? Here, for example, is the house of the blacksmith Kirillov in the village of Kunara in the Sverdlovsk Region, built in 1954-67 by a simple Russian man for himself and his family and decorated by his own hands and fancy. The house is usually called a specimen of naive art, but I would say of sincere art - that is far more accurate

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of 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

Blacksmith Kirillov’s House in the Village of Kunara, Sverdlovsk Region, Built in 1954–1967

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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