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Restoration of the Great Cathedral of the Don Icon of the Mother of God, dating from the late seventeenth century, in the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow is in full swing

Restoration of the Great Cathedral of the Don Icon of the Mother of God, dating from the late seventeenth century, in the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow is in full swing. The entire interior of the cathedral is under scaffolding, including the unique seven-tier carved iconostasis of the time of

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There are two versions of the historical significance of this brick pillar in Kolomenskoye

Some call it the petition pillar, to which petitions, that is, requests to the Tsar, were brought, and on which royal decrees were posted. I do not care for this version. Firstly, the Tsardom of Muscovy had a Petitions Office (Chelobitny Prikaz); secondly, what nonsense it is to carry complaints

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On 28 June 1899, the Tsarevich and Heir Apparent, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, third son of Alexander III and younger brother of Nicholas II, set out from Abastumani towards the Zekari Pass on a petrol-engined tricycle

On 28 June 1899, the Tsarevich and Heir Apparent, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, third son of Alexander III and younger brother of Nicholas II, set out from Abastumani towards the Zekari Pass on a petrol-engined tricycle. He had been taking treatment here for tuberculosis for many years. The newspaper

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The legendary openwork cast-iron fence of the Demidov town estate in Bolshoy Tolmachyovsky Lane regains its former appearance thanks to the efforts of the "Remember Everything" Labour Commune and the volunteer organisation "Ecological and Cultural Associa

The legendary openwork cast-iron fence of the Demidov town estate in Bolshoy Tolmachyovsky Lane regains its former appearance thanks to the efforts of the "Remember Everything" Labour Commune and the volunteer organisation "Ecological and Cultural Association Sloboda". A magnificent pattern emerges from beneath the accumulated

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The Anichkov Bridge in the 1870s

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Photographs from the excavation of the "underground city" in Tbilisi

Grandiose subterranean halls with vaulted tiers came to light in August during repair work in the courtyard of the Melik-Azaryants tenement house on Rustaveli Avenue, on the side towards Republic Square. Naturally, talk of buried cities at once revived, which is, on the one hand, perfectly understandable: how can

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The Musée national Picasso in Paris will issue an exclusive edition of eight bronze sculptures by the artist to raise money for an extension of the building

The museum holds the largest collection of works by Pablo Picasso in the world. And now, as the "Picasso 2030" project is being prepared, at a cost of €50 million and providing for the construction of a new wing of 800 sq. m for temporary exhibitions, the museum

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Not long ago I wrote on Threads about the Polytechnic Museum, asking when it will open, whereupon a man turned up and began to assert that the museum has had another storey added – mark this – from below!

For all the adepts of TikTok education, I took these photographs yesterday while passing by. The lower storey has always been there! Yes, it was dug out, yes, it was adapted to a new use, reinforced and refurbished, but for now we do not tack lower storeys on to historic

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Soviet utilitarian industrial architecture looks better than any modern developer's project

Soviet utilitarian industrial architecture looks better than any modern developer's project. Do you know why? Because even this garage has a soul, unlike your residential complexes

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Christ Pantocrator in the Church of St John the Baptist in Tolchkovo, Yaroslavl

Christ Pantocrator in the Church of St John the Baptist in Tolchkovo, Yaroslavl. Frescoes of the 1690s by the artel of Dmitry Plekhanov and Fyodor Ignatyev Photograph of the 1940s

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Kandinsky's House in 1980

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On Friday I breakfasted in Kandinsky's flat, in a room whose windows look out over Zubovskaya Square

Where did Rodchenko and Stepanova live in Moscow? E. L.: At first they made do in other people's flats, in tiny rooms. They lived in a house belonging to the family of Vasily Kandinsky, at 8 Dolgy Lane (now Burdenko Street), in flat 25, while Kandinsky spent almost