Coming Up · The East · Monarchies · Moscow · Museums
The exhibition “Descendants of Genghis Khan. Rus and the World” opens on 20 March. The display will include objects that tell of the legacy of the Mongol Empire and the Golden Horde, of Russo-Tatar ties and mutual cultural influence, of dynastic marriages and court ceremonial
Observations · Mores · Society
Sofia and Mikhail were the most popular names for newborns in Russia last year. In 2025 the names most often given to girls were Sofia, Eva, Anna, Maria and Varvara. For boys: Mikhail, Alexander, Artyom, Matvey and Timofey. One would like to believe this bright tale, but the statistics are
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Almaty · Archive · Books · Observations · Mores
I happened to read a fragment of the memoirs of Lyubov and Boris Fedotov, animal trainers quite well known in the USSR. It is a very sad story, I say at once. So if you fear pain, do not read the text that follows. The Fedotovs write of the hardships
London · Monarchies · Society · Ethnography
In 1824 the King and Queen of Hawaii, Kamehameha II and Kamamalu, visited Britain. The second ruler of the islands, Kamehameha, like his father, the founder of the kingdom, relied on the might of British and American arms, particularly in view of the revolts that kept flaring up against him.
Monarchies · Museums · Heritage · Paris
The Louvre announces a tender for the restoration of Empress Eugénie's crown, dropped by the robbers as they fled the scene of the crime. The crown, set with diamonds and emeralds, was deformed, lost part of its decorative elements and one of its golden eagles. According to the
Books · Heritage · Society · Paris
A brief review of last month's publications. We spoke chiefly of the topical and the pressing, naturally without neglecting the link with the past, which, of course, explains a great deal. And so, the digest for January. 📌 What the Mona Lisa owes its popularity to. The story of
Books · Mores · People · Humour
Veronika Vitoldovna Polonskaya, the last love of Vladimir Mayakovsky
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Archive · Books · Heritage · Rome
It was with a heavy heart that I learned that Rome had been bombed. Yet this was news I had been expecting for several months. Can there really be so many military objectives in Rome? I did not remember it so. Perhaps the railway station is of the utmost importance
Faith · Art · Heritage · Society · Rome
The face of the Italian prime minister has been wiped from a fresco in a Roman church a few days after visitors recognised Giorgia Meloni in one of the cherubs. Urgent restoration was carried out on the orders of the church authorities. On Wednesday morning, visitors to the Roman basilica