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Exhibition on the reconstruction of Hermitage buildings and architect Alexander Sivkov marks 100 years since the Winter Palace joined the museum

An exhibition marking the centenary of the incorporation of the Winter Palace into the State Hermitage is devoted to the reconstruction of the Hermitage buildings and its chief architect Alexander Sivkov. Its unique photographs show the remodelling of the palace interiors, the hidden side of architectural structures, the laying of

Black-and-white photo of an Aeroflot airliner, registration CCCP-42382, parked on a concrete apron with boarding stairs and a few people nearby.

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Aeroflot Tu-104 airliner CCCP-42382 parked on an airfield apron

Geography · London · Moscow · Society

First flights between London and Moscow in May 1959, with a stopover in Copenhagen

The first flight from London to Moscow and from Moscow to London took place in May 1959. The British side assigned a Vickers 806 Viscount, G-AOYS, to the service, the Soviet side a Tu-104A of Aeroflot. The route included a stopover in Copenhagen, and the journey time with

Cinema · Books · Humour

Watching "Khraniteli" (The Guardians), the Soviet heartfelt screen adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, based on the splendid translation of the novel by Muravyov and Kistyakovsky, in which many details cut from the plot in Peter Jackson's version have be

Watching "Khraniteli" (The Guardians), the Soviet heartfelt screen adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, based on the splendid translation of the novel by Muravyov and Kistyakovsky, in which many details cut from the plot in Peter Jackson's version have been preserved. Tom Bombadil, for instance,

Archaeology · Architecture · Faith · Heritage

Destruction of the Church of St Paraskeva Pyatnitsa in Tolpino in 1933 and the 2022 finds

On the website of the Ryazan Diocese I read how volunteers, together with local historians and villagers, found in the village of Semion a bas-relief of the Saviour from one of the oldest churches of Ryazan Governorate. The church of the Great Martyr Paraskeva Pyatnitsa in the village of

NB! · Observations · Humour

The Palantíri Have Not Yet Been Delivered

In the Press · Art · Observations · Humour

Berlusconi's collection of thousands of cheap paintings has become a burden to his heirs

The Guardian carries an amusing little item on how Silvio Berlusconi's heirs were astonished to learn that a collection of some 25,000 paintings, on which he may have spent around 20 million euros, consists largely of worthless daubs. The former Prime Minister of Italy devoted several years

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Mesmerising Details and Carlo Crivelli's "Saint Michael", 1472

Moscow · Museums · Observations

Homemade car by Soviet engineer Oleg Kucherenko on show at the Museum of Moscow

This Car Looks as if It Is Plotting Something. A splendid home-built automobile with the touching name "Trud" ("Labour"), the work of the Soviet engineer Oleg Kucherenko, is on show at the exhibition "Garage Wanted" at the Museum of Moscow, organised jointly with

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At the House on Khlebny (19 Khlebny Lane), the exhibition "Shadows Dance Underwater" by the artists Yakov Khomich, Soslan Sosiev and the InterLNKD collective has opened

At the House on Khlebny (19 Khlebny Lane), the exhibition "Shadows Dance Underwater" by the artists Yakov Khomich, Soslan Sosiev and the InterLNKD collective has opened. It runs until 20 December

A large multi-panel painting of a heap of assorted objects, including a motorcycle, globe, bust, clock, umbrellas and toys, on an exhibition hall wall.

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Exhibition of the art group “Rossiya” opens at the Nakovalnya gallery

An exhibition by the art group “Rossiya” has opened at the Nakovalnya Gallery. They are among my very favourite artists, Ivan and Yegor Dmitriev especially. The show is a small one, and thoroughly agreeable

Star and badge of an order shaped like a sunburst with a face at the centre, set with stones, in a red velvet case beneath a pink-and-green ribbon bow.

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