Cinema · Moscow · Pop Culture · Humour
She worked in a boutique in Biryulyovo, Until her boyfriend got her thrown out of work In one of those dreadful scenes. And what was she to do and where to go, How to avoid trouble? She set off on the off chance, Luck in life means so very much,
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Illustrations from the early twentieth century, taken from the American humorous magazine Puck. Our little Mishka is so charming; how could one possibly not fall in love with him?
Observations · Mores · Education · Society
From 3 September, amendments to the Rosstandart order on the GOST for school uniform come into force. The relevant ministry, however, points out that "schools have the right to set their own requirements for the appearance, colour, cut and insignia of the uniform, taking into account the opinion of
Moscow · Museums · Heritage · People
How is the memory of Yury Nechayev-Maltsov preserved within the walls of the Pushkin Museum? The Egyptian Hall bears his name, and on the façade of the museum there is a memorial plaque with a bas-relief portrait of Yury Stepanovich. And rightly so: Yury Stepanovich Maltsov was, together
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Milan's La Scala opera house has tightened its requirements for the appearance of spectators. Guests in shorts, T-shirts or flip-flops will no longer be admitted to performances, and the price of the ticket will not be refunded. And yet the theatre's director once declared
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Coming Up · Archive · Art · Moscow · Museums
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Ivan Klyun Foundation present an exhibition devoted to one of the key artists of the Russian avant-garde, Ivan Klyun. Ivan Klyun (1873–1943) was a associate of Malevich, the author of the first kinetic constructions in Russian art, and a theorist
Archive · Mores · Ethnography
There is an ancient Cossack dish called nardek. It is a most delicious dessert made from watermelons. Since the watermelon season is upon us, I suggest we recall how the Cossacks' favourite sweet is prepared. Nardek is a Don dessert, prepared exclusively on the Don, in the stanitsas, by
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Magnificent woodwork in the studiolo from the Ducal Palace at Gubbio, created for Duke Federico da Montefeltro around 1480. In the nineteenth century the studiolo was bought by a German art dealer and taken to Venice. In 1939 it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum
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Alexander Deineka, 1930
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Michael Douglas, aged 80, on his departure from the profession, at a conference held as part of the 59th Karlovy Vary Film Festival