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1954: village cows grazing in Moscow's Cheryomushki district
Photo by Lev Borodulin
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The Suuk-Su Resort at Gurzuf, Crimea, Early 1900s
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Interior view of the changing cubicles at the Yegorov Baths in Saint Petersburg, 1907
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Tolstoy out walking in winter 1908, photograph by Vladimir Chertkov
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Easter Festivities in the Army, 1914-1918
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Munich museum returns painting to heirs of Jewish owner who fled Germany in 1938
The Bavarian State Painting Collections have returned to the heirs of Sophie Heilbronner, née Wimpfheimer, the painting "Music (Arcadian Scene)" by the German artist Albert Lang, painted in 1892. The Bavarian State Painting Collections bring together the museums of Munich, among them the Alte and Neue Pinakothek. The
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Lyudmila Gurchenko with a falcon in one of Moscow's apple orchards, 1991
Photo by Igor Gnevashev
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Ralf Lauren's Autumn/Winter 1993 Collection Was Dedicated to Russia
Ralf Lauren's Autumn/Winter 1993 collection was dedicated to Russia. Not only the pieces shown on the catwalk but also a line of footwear, accessories and household items appeared in a peculiar Russian style.
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A Fragment of the Treaty of Kadesh Has Been Found
Archaeologists working at Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite kingdom on the territory of present-day Turkey, have found a fragment of a clay tablet bearing cuneiform writing, which has turned out to be part of the Treaty of Kadesh. Cuneiform is a system of writing in which signs were
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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 charred and mutilated walls that the Amber
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German Vogue, October 1992