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In chess the black and white pieces are sworn enemies, but those who command them are usually the best of friends
Archaeology · Monarchies · Heritage
Excavations at Pompeii from Domenico Fontana to a cap of 20,000 visitors
The first excavations at the site of Pompeii were begun by Charles III of Bourbon, King of Naples and Sicily, in April 1748. In truth, the place had been discovered by chance as early as the end of the sixteenth century by the architect Domenico Fontana, while digging the Sarno
NB! · Art · People
Alexander Deyneka’s work “Full Speed” depicting a steam locomotive
Full Speed Ahead. Alexander Deineka
Cinema · People · Pop Culture
Isabella Rossellini
Parents: Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman Husbands: Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Wiedemann Partners: David Lynch, Gary Oldman
NB! · Art · Cinema · Rome
Posters for the 1972 film “Roma”, or “Fellini’s Roma”
Archive · Observations · Society
The Battle of Gettysburg and Russian Empire's support for the Union under Alexander II
Union Veterans, Northerners, and Confederate Veterans, Southerners, at the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1913. And yet, had the Battle of Gettysburg ended differently, we might today have had two distinct states: the Northern States and the Confederacy. The Russian Empire, in the person
Archive · Moscow · Mores · People
Flower sellers on the square before Belorussky Station, a 1960 photograph by Hilmar Pabel
A Former Ballet Dancer Selling Flowers in Moscow Still Does the Splits at Sixty. Photograph of 1960 by Hilmar Pabel, the square in front of the Belorussky Station
Archive · Society · Paris
Liberation of Paris in 1944, Russian partisans in the Resistance and de Gaulle's visit to Moscow
The Liberation of Paris, Summer 1944, Unknown Photographer. Paris was liberated soon after the opening of the Second Front, at a time when everyone understood that the Red Army was about to reach the borders of the USSR and would shortly begin its advance westward. The city was liberated by
Books · Humour
Skotinin: However much my neighbours have wronged me, whatever losses they have caused me, I have never petitioned against anyone; I make good any loss, rather than go chasing after it, by flaying my own peasants, and so the matter is buried and forgotten
Prostakov: Quite true, brother: the whole neighbourhood says that you collect your quitrent like a master. Mrs Prostakova: If only you would give us some lessons, dear brother; for we simply do not know how. Ever since we took away everything the peasants had, we cannot fleece anything out of
Architecture · Observations · Pop Culture
The 1956 Citroën Citirama tourist bus remains unique to this day
One would think that nowadays, with the universal mania for photographic documentation and for tourism, there ought to be far more such vehicles. But no. The Citroën “Cityrama” remains a unique tourist coach. Nothing comparable, equally futuristic and at the same time utilitarian, has appeared since 1956.
In the Press · Art · New York
The Art Newspaper publishes a review of the results of the New York contemporary art sales
The Art Newspaper has published a review of the results of the New York contemporary art sales. According to the analytics platform Pi-eX, the combined revenue of Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips came to $1.27 billion, 8% less than last year. The star lot of the season,