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The Catherine Palace during restoration in 1976. The Catherine Palace suffered severely during the German occupation of Pushkin. The Germans first plundered Rastrelli's Baroque masterpiece, then turned it into barracks and garages, and, retreating in January 1944, mined it and set it on fire. It was from its
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The Bell Tower of the Strastnoy Monastery as a Beacon of Anti-Religious Propaganda. The bell tower of the Strastnoy Monastery, demolished in 1937, was used in the Soviet years for anti-religious propaganda and for advertising Communist ideas: the monastery had been closed since 1919 and housed the Central
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The “Annushka” tram on Malaya Dmitrovka in 1896. Straight ahead is the Cathedral of the Passion Icon of the Mother of God, part of the Strastnoy Monastery, demolished in 1937. On the left is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Putinki, built in 1652 and surviving to
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Art at the entrance of a building has long ceased to be a rarity: the golden “Prometheus” has stood in Rockefeller Center since 1934, Picasso's work in Chicago's Daley Plaza since 1967, and there is no need to look far afield: Savitsky's famous sculpture
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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. 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
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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. 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 Association Sloboda". A magnificent pattern emerges from beneath the accumulated
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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
Architecture · Art · Museums · Paris
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