For those too idle to hunt out items for their own cultural programme, a small selection of events for the coming week

An exhibition by the practising National Geographic photojournalist Gerd Ludwig, “The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”. He is the only foreign photojournalist to have received permission to photograph in the most dangerous zone at the site of Reactor No. 4.
Where: Saint Petersburg, Rosphoto Museum
When: 7 August-22 September

The first city festival of contemporary art, EverArt Weekend. More than 30 of the city's well-known galleries will take part, presenting art objects by Russian artists, among them Vladimir Arkhipov, Andrei Bartenev, Alexander Brodsky, Marina Zvyagintseva and many others.
Where: Moscow, everart-weekend.ruWhen: 9-11 August

The Intelligent Flea Market is a market-cum-party, a delightful and cheeky cocktail of handbags and hats from the early 20th century, chunky costume jewellery, velvet dresses and leather biker jackets straight out of the 1980s, and antique coffee sets of copper and porcelain.
Where: Saint Petersburg, in the courtyard of Lenpoligrafmash
When: 10 August 12:00-21:00

The Bauhaus. Three Directors: Gropius, Meyer and Mies van der Rohe - as part of the celebrations of the Bauhaus school's centenary, Aviapark will host a programme of lectures devoted to the worldwide avant-garde movement and its legacy.
Where: Moscow, Aviapark
When: 11-24 August

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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

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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

For those too idle to hunt out items for their own cultural programme, a small selection of events for the coming week

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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