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In a world after some irreversible catastrophe, only one Oleg Kikimora remains: a thinker shaped like a bun, wrinkled as a dried fig, who lives in a deadly bog and arranges his existence under the dictatorship of aggressive flora and…

Coming Up · Moscow · Observations · Pop Culture · Reportage · Saint Petersburg · Humour

In a world after some irreversible catastrophe, only one Oleg Kikimora remains: a thinker shaped like a bun, wrinkled as a dried fig, who lives in a deadly bog and arranges his existence under the dictatorship of aggressive flora and…

To keep boredom at bay, Oleg Kikimora sets up his own radio station, SPGS, and with his broadcasts shatters the silence of a nature reserve in hiding, lit only by smoky skies and the occasional saluting meteorite. The radio's programme consists of conversations with subscribers, for instance an

By Alexandr Radayev
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

Coming Up · Archive · Architecture · Museums · Saint Petersburg

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

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

By Alexandr Radayev
Five actresses of a certain age, with very different professional histories and ranges, from Pippi Longstocking and an elderly sow to Nina Zarechnaya, meet at an audition, not yet knowing what to expect from texts quite unsuited to them, unfamiliar…

Coming Up · Moscow

Five actresses of a certain age, with very different professional histories and ranges, from Pippi Longstocking and an elderly sow to Nina Zarechnaya, meet at an audition, not yet knowing what to expect from texts quite unsuited to them, unfamiliar…

Matters take an unexpected turn, and the audition goes nothing like what was expected. The ladies share the details of their artistic fates, speak of what was and what never came to pass, of life, love and dreams. "Casting 81/18" at the Taganka Theatre. A kind, light

By Alexandr Radayev