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Fan Fiction About Me and Ivleeva Is the Finest Thing Written in 1851
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Snegirev House on Plyushchikha Hidden Under a Canopy
Snegirev House on Plyushchikha has been hidden under a canopy. In the neglected residence of Professor Vladimir Fyodorovich Snegirev, the founder of Russian gynaecology, repair work has been under way for several years now, though I am not sure it can be called restoration. Built in the Romantic style in
Observations · Mores · People · Humour
Betty Ford, wife of the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford, dances on a table in the White House in 1977
I meant to be indignant and to write that it is unthinkable for a figure of such rank to dance on tables, but then I recalled the photograph of Galina Brezhneva dancing on a table, not in the White House, admittedly, but in her own flat, at a private gathering
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Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith and David Niven in Egypt during the filming of Death on the Nile, based on the novel of the same name by Agatha Christie, 1978
Art · Cinema · Observations · Pop Culture
Ulyana Sergeyenko Continues to Delight with Her Devotion Not Only to the Hollywood Films of the Golden Age but to Refined Masterpieces of World Art
Ulyana Sergeyenko continues to delight with her devotion not only to the Hollywood films of the golden age but to refined masterpieces of world art. This time, the sketches for a couture collection inspired by old circus acts, cabaret divas and the dance shows of the early twentieth century reveal
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The Naked Party
The Naked Party. The Beginning
Faith · Art
Saint Francis Preaching to the Birds
Two panels of a Crucifixion triptych, circa 1374
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage
Restoration begins on the Rostokino Aqueduct in Moscow, the only surviving aqueduct in Russia
Restoration work has begun on the Rostokino Aqueduct in Moscow. The only surviving aqueduct in Russia, it is a cultural heritage site of federal significance and an important part of Russia's first water supply system, the Catherine (Mytishchi) Waterworks. The aqueduct was built in 1779–1785 and played
Architecture · Faith · Heritage · Paris
Damaged Notre-Dame limestone to be raffled for France's endangered religious heritage
Notre-Dame de Paris is raffling about fifty stones from its historic façade among those who donate €40 or more to the cathedral's restoration before 4 April 2025. Fragments of limestone that proved too badly damaged for reuse have been cut into pieces weighing from 800 grams, each
Archive · Architecture · Faith · Books · Rome
The Raising of the Obelisk in the Vatican
"On the Vatican Temple and Its Origin", Carlo Fontana
Books · Society
Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Orwell and King in a list of ten authors
Top 10 most published writers in Russia in 2024, according to the statistics of the Russian Book Chamber:. 1. Anna Jane 2. Fyodor Dostoevsky 3. Mikhail Bulgakov 4. Alexander Pushkin 5. Erich Maria Remarque 6. Jane Austen 7. Leo Tolstoy 8. George Orwell 9. Mike Omer 10. Stephen King