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Alexander Blok’s poem “She Came in from the Frost, Flushed” of 6 February 1908
What vexed me most was that it was not we who kissed but the doves, and that the days of Paolo and Francesca are past. 6 February 1908, Alexander Blok, "She came in from the frost, flushed..."
Archaeology · Science
Egg with preserved yolk and white, 1,700 years old, found at Roman site in Aylesbury
An egg with its yolk and white intact, 1,700 years old, has been found in England. The egg was discovered during the excavation of a Roman-period site in Aylesbury, 60 kilometres north-west of London, together with three other eggs, which broke on being dug out, releasing a
Architecture · Faith · Art · Heritage
The 1488 Church of Saint George at Voroneț Monastery and Voroneț blue
The most beautiful of Romania's churches, a pearl of Moldavian architecture, the Church of Saint George, built in 1488 and painted both inside and out. It stands in the Voroneț convent for women. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. The chief distinguishing feature of the frescoes is held to
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Ink sketch of horses and a carriage with wheels
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
Exhibition of the 13 group at the Museum of Russian Impressionism, graphic art and painting
The Museum of Russian Impressionism has a very good exhibition of the artists of the rather original and productive group "13", which existed in 1929-1931. The core of the group was Vladimir Milashevsky, Daniil Daran and Nikolai Kuzmin, who worked at the newspaper Gudok and rethought the
Art · Mores · Humour
Princess Tarakanova, Konstantin Flavitsky, 1862, and Lady Jane Grey, Paul Delaroche, 1833
How much drama there is in a single movement of the hands of these women of tragic fate
Archive · Monarchies
Group portrait of Queen Victoria's family at the Osborne House fountain, 24 May 1854
Group portrait of the British royal family before the fountain at Osborne House, 24 May 1854. Besides Queen Victoria, her husband Prince Albert and her 68-year-old mother, Princess Victoria, the photograph shows, from left to right, the royal children: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, Prince Arthur,
Architecture · Books · London · Museums
The circular reading room of the British Museum, home of the British Library until 1997
The British Library building with a dome 45 metres in diameter, built in the 1850s. Or, to be precise, the circular Reading Room of the British Museum, with iron bookshelves running round its perimeter. The total length of the Reading Room's shelving is 25 kilometres. A considerable area
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The Death of Cleopatra, Artemisia Gentileschi
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Cornfield by Moonlight with the Evening Star
Cornfield by Moonlight with the Evening Star. Samuel Palmer, 1830
Science · Education · Society
Requirements for scholarship candidates, payment period and grounds for withdrawal
Following last year's presidential decree on the payment of Presidential postgraduate scholarships to 2,000 recipients in the amount of 75,000 roubles, a government resolution has been issued "on the rules for awarding and paying scholarships of the Presi. Candidates for the scholarships are citizens of