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"And having so taken counsel, they came together at Moscow…": The first mention of Moscow in the Patriarchal (Nikon) Chronicle for 1147, from a manuscript presumably compiled at the Trinity-Sergius Monastery from the mid-14th century
"In the year 6655. Grand Prince Yury of Suzdal, son of Vladimir Monomakh, grandson of Vsevolod, great-grandson of Yaroslav, great-great-grandson of Vladimir the Great, gathered an host, and went and took the town of Novy Torg, and along the river Msta laid waste many districts; and
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Griboyedov's arrest in 1826, his interrogation about Russian dress and his release
In 1826 Griboyedov was arrested on the testimony of Prince Trubetskoy, who had named him among the members of a secret society. Alexander Griboyedov was interrogated by General Vasily Vasilyevich Levashov, a veteran of Borodino. Among other things, Griboyedov was asked at the interrogation: - In what sense and to what
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The State Coat of Arms: the Double-Headed Eagle and the State Seal in the Manuscript "Titulyarnik" or "The Great Sovereign's Book" of 1672
The State Coat of Arms: the Double-Headed Eagle and the State Seal in the manuscript book "Titulyarnik" or "The Great Sovereign's Book" of 1672. Pen, watercolours, shell gold. Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts. In this historical and diplomatic reference work, presented to
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Salvador Dalí, 1949
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Soviet People, Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Gary Oldman as the young Dracula, 1992, photograph by Herb Ritts
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A day after the abdication of Nicholas II, his younger brother Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich abdicated too
The document recording his abdication is known as the Act of Non-Acceptance of the Throne, since formally Mikhail did not renounce power but entrusted the fate of the monarchy to the Constituent Assembly, which the Bolsheviks later dispersed. "A heavy burden has been laid upon Me by the
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George Balanchine, founder of the School of American Ballet, born Georgiy Balanchivadze, with the ballerina Suzanne Farrell at the Saratoga Race Course, and an unidentified horseman
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A Rather Flowery Dedication to Empress Anna Ioannovna in the "Life and Deeds of Marcus Aurelius", Printed by the Academy of Sciences in 1740:
"To the gloriously warring heroine of all Russia, who makes triumphant peace, the most serene, most autocratic, great sovereign lady of ours, Empress Anna Ioannovna, Autocrat of All the Russias, most gracious sovereign lady, this most submissive offering"
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Bulgarian pepper in Russia since the 16th century and theories behind its name
Bell peppers have been known in Russia since at least the 16th century: the crop reached us from Turkey and Iran. According to one version, the name, which in Russian means "Bulgarian pepper", comes from the fact that the peppers were brought by Bulgarian settlers; according to another,
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Newton's alchemical laboratory in his Cambridge years stood in the garden of Trinity College, between the chapel and the college gate; its exact location is unknown, but the approximate site was established by excavations, in which were found…
Newton's alchemical laboratory in his Cambridge years stood in the garden of Trinity College, between the chapel and the college gate. Its exact location is unknown, but the approximate site was established by excavations, in which waste from chemical experiments was found. It is known that Newton devoted