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Museum room with a bookcase, a bronze bust and theatrical costumes
Moscow · Museums · Heritage · Society · Reportage
Meyerhold Museum in Bryusov Lane closed after the liquidation of the TsIM centre
Soon after the liquidation of the TsIM, the Meyerhold Theatre and Cultural Centre, the Meyerhold Museum closed as well, though this closure passed almost unnoticed by the public. With the TsIM one can still guess at the reasons for what is going on, but why should the blow have fallen
Art · Monarchies · Mores · People
In some portraits of Napoleon's sister Pauline Bonaparte, known as one of the three crowned courtesans, Pauline has short hair
In some portraits of Napoleon's sister Pauline Bonaparte, known as one of the three crowned courtesans, Pauline has short hair. In this portrait by Robert Lefèvre, attention is drawn to an unusual headdress: brocade ribbons adorn Pauline's closely cropped head. The story of Pauline's
Coming Up · Art · Paris · Pop Culture
Christie's in full swing preparing the sale of Hubert de Givenchy's impressive collection, estimated at 50 million euros
Christie's is in full swing preparing the sale of the impressive collection of the couturier Hubert de Givenchy, estimated at 50 million euros. The exhibition is being held in two Parisian salons connected with Givenchy's life and on the premises of Christie's. The auction
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage
Memorial plaque to French pilots of the Normandie-Niemen regiment on Prechistenskaya Embankment
You lived briefly, but brightly! A memorial plaque to the French airmen of the Normandie-Niemen regiment who fell in the Second World War, fighting side by side with the soldiers of the Soviet army. The plaque is mounted on the Tsvetkov mansion on Prechistenskaya Embankment, which since 1942 has
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AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN US
NB! · Pop Culture · Humour
Light Yagami – Stalin 1:1
Cinema · Books · People · Ethnography
I learned that I have an enormous family: the path and the little wood, and in the field every ear of corn!
Я узнал, что у меня Есть огромная семья: И тропинка, и лесок, В поле – каждый колосок! Речка, небо голубое – Это все мое, родное. Это Родина моя! Всех люблю на свете я! Literal translation I learned that I have An enormous family: Both the path and the little wood, In the
Coming Up · Books · Moscow · Observations
Moscow libraries give away about 70,000 withdrawn books, bookable through a website
Moscow's libraries are once again giving away withdrawn books: some 70,000 volumes in all. The mechanics of the project are very simple: you register on the website, browse the list of books by author, subject or title, or the list of libraries, choose the editions you want,
Coming Up · Art · Observations
VLADEY auction on Saturday 11 June to present paintings by contemporary realists
I am often asked what to buy on the contemporary art market. My answer: I prefer realism. And at the VLADEY auction on Saturday, 11 June, there will be plenty of contemporary realism. The team has assembled canvases featuring Alexey Azarov's riot policemen, for whom "things are
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