A woman with curly red hair, wearing a dark jacket and beads, speaks at a lectern with microphones in front of her.

Society · People · Saint Petersburg

80th anniversary of the birth of Galina Starovoytova, murdered in 1998

RAISE THE SHIELDS FOR THE QUEEN! Galina Starovoitova would have turned 80 today, but she was murdered in 1998

In the Press · Books · Society

Breakdown of a list of 100 books by country, century and author, including five Russians

The Guardian has published a list of the 100 best books ever published in English. The list includes 75 books originally written in English and 25 in translation. There are 5 Russian authors on the list: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Bulgakov, Grossman and Nabokov, with 8 books between them: 6. "Anna

A construction site with cranes on the canal bank, with apartment buildings behind it under a cloudy sky.

NB! · Architecture · Moscow

Construction of a new bridge about 170 metres long along Bolotnaya Embankment

The construction of a new bridge along Bolotnaya Embankment, in the bed of the Vodootvodny Canal. The bridge will pass beneath the Maly Kamenny Bridge. Its total length will be about 170 metres

Two women and two small children sit at a table with a white cloth set with blue and white plates, a tureen and a carafe.

NB! · Art

Pierre Bonnard's painting “Lunch with Children”, created in 1895

Pierre Bonnard. Lunch with the Children, 1895

NB! · Observations · Society

So That Trump Does Not Flatter Himself Overmuch

NB! · Observations

I Pretend to Be Glad to See Someone

Archive · Moscow · Society

On 21 February 1928 the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) considered the question "On 'Zoyka's Apartment'":

In view of the fact that "Zoyka's Apartment" is the principal source of livelihood for the Vakhtangov Theatre, to permit the temporary lifting of the ban on its production At the beginning of 1928 the new head of the Main Repertory Committee (Glavrepertkom), Fyodor Raskolnikov, struck

Colourised photograph of a man in a cap leaning out of a lorry cab, with another man seated in a tiny car beside it.

Archive · Humour

AEC Matador lorry beside a tiny Rytecraft car in Cardiff in 1935

And mind you don't play up! An AEC Matador meets a little Rytecraft in Cardiff, 1935

Archaeology · Science

Drilling marks on a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth found in Chagyrskaya Cave in Altai

The earliest dental intervention in human history was performed by Neanderthals. In Chagyrskaya Cave in the Altai, researchers have found a lower left second molar with a large artificial cavity on its chewing surface. Its age is about 59,000 years. Until now the earliest evidence of deliberate treatment of

NB! · Archive · Architecture · Faith

Installing the Dome of the Cathedral in Kaliningrad, 1994

Coming Up · Moscow · Museums

Moscow hosts international museum festival from 20 to 23 May with free public programme

🌟 From space exploration and neurobiology to the cultures of different countries: once again gathering plans for cultural leisure. From 20 to 23 May Moscow will once again host an international festival devoted to museum affairs. Its public programme includes more than 60 free events: lectures, open discussions and interviews, guided

Archaeology · Observations · Science · Humour

Scientists' conclusion on food procurement outside agriculture after its emergence

Prehistoric Danes kept hunting and fishing as their main sources of sustenance even centuries after the arrival of agriculture! Now there's a discovery! People went on procuring food outside agricultural practices, despite their appearance. When I hear scientific conclusions of this kind, I am never quite sure: is

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