When I am told that I love animals too much and people too little, I remember the Duchess of Leuchtenberg, of whom it was said that, rising at 11 in the evening, she did not sleep until 9 in the morning, kept 8 dogs, and at night ordered the livers to be

When I am told that I love animals too much and people too little, I remember the Duchess of Leuchtenberg, of whom it was said that, rising at 11 in the evening, she did not sleep until 9 in the morning, kept 8 dogs, and at night ordered the livers to be taken out of 12 hens, fried in butter, and served to the dogs. Besides this, her dogs consumed up to 300 biscuits a day, chicken cutlets and other delicacies. Meanwhile the Duchess's son and daughter ate on the third day, and ate what was left over after the dogs. Quite a situation

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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

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When I am told that I love animals too much and people too little, I remember the Duchess of Leuchtenberg, of whom it was said that, rising at 11 in the evening, she did not sleep until 9 in the morning, kept 8 dogs, and at night ordered the livers to be

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

Frederic Leighton

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