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As My Great-Grandfather Used to Say: Well, Is Everyone Here?
Geography · Science · Society
Roscosmos publishes satellite images of Alaska and Anchorage ahead of the 15 August talks
Roscosmos on What Is Happening in Alaska. Images received from the Elektro-L and Arktika-M satellites show that the territory of Alaska is for the most part covered by cloud. A high-resolution image of Anchorage was taken by the Resurs-P satellite
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"Sergey Viktorovich, how are you feeling ahead of the summit?" "See for yourself"
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In Memory of a Meeting in Alaska
Books · Observations · Society · People
Libraries in public spaces offer surprising finds, such as this rarity: a book by Oleg Sokolov, the infamous killer professor
The attitude to the creative work and writings of people with such a dark biography is, in truth, a thorny ethical question. When it came to Roman Polanski, his films, at least for me, were not something one wished to unsee, but Sokolov's book I would not pick
Architecture · Monarchies · Heritage
Château of Philip the Bold in Burgundy and its roof of multicoloured tiles
Built in Burgundy at the end of the fourteenth century for Philip the Bold, the Château Philippe le Hardi is known for its remarkable tiled roof with a distinctive colourful pattern. Over the centuries it has been rebuilt several times, but it remains a significant historical and architectural landmark of
Archive · Cinema · Monarchies · Society · People
Nadine Bulycheva freed enslaved women on stage at a Rio de Janeiro theatre in 1886
The name of the Italian opera singer of Russian origin Nadezhda Vasilyevna Bulycheva (1858-1921) is inscribed for ever in letters of gold in the history of the worldwide struggle to abolish slavery. On 10 August 1886 the Russian prima donna Nadine Bulycheva sang the part of the Ethiopian slave
Books · Observations · Paris · Humour
The Louvre bookshop places cacti between its book tables
Cacti! The Louvre's bookshop has found an original and long-awaited solution to the problem of visitors squeezing between tables laden with stacks of books and knocking them over, catching them with a sleeve, a bag or a hip. Cacti placed between the tables will unfailingly halt the
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Is It Appropriate to Speak of Hydrophobia in the Case of Odysseus?
Cinema · Books · Humour
“You shall not pass,” he said in an even voice
“You shall not pass,” he said in an even voice. A dead silence fell at once. “I serve the Secret Fire and wield the Flame of Anor. You shall not pass. The dark fire of Udûn will not avail you. Go back to the Shadow!” In short, the Anor of
Archive · Art · Monarchies · Moscow · Museums
"The Handshake of Abraham Lincoln and Alexander II": a sculpture installed in the park before the Burganov House Museum on Sivtsev Vrazhek
Although this meeting never took place in reality, many note the similarity between these two rulers, and the former US Congressman James Symington called them "friends who were never destined to meet, but who were kindred spirits." The monument was created in 2011 and first shown at the