Parade helmet of an officer of the Life Guards Horse Regiment with the large guards cockade in the form of a silver star of the Order of Saint Andrew the First-Called, with an enamel centre and the motto of the Order of Saint Andrew "For Faith and Loyalty

Parade helmet of an officer of the Life Guards Horse Regiment with the large guards cockade in the form of a silver star of the Order of Saint Andrew the First-Called, with an enamel centre and the motto of the Order of Saint Andrew "For Faith and Loyalty", an image of the coat of arms of the Russian Empire and the Saint Andrew's cross. On the crown of the helmet is a three-dimensional, lifelike figure of a double-headed eagle in fire-gilt finish. The cockade roundel at the temple is painted in the colours of the state flag of the Russian Empire

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

Parade helmet of an officer of the Life Guards Horse Regiment with the large guards cockade in the form of a silver star of the Order of Saint Andrew the First-Called, with an enamel centre and the motto of the Order of Saint Andrew "For Faith and Loyalty

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

Frederic Leighton

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Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s