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The arrest of Stenich in November 1937 and his execution on 21 September 1938

The Soviet translator Natalya Leonidovna Trauberg on the Russian poet and translator Valentin Stenich, who made the first Russian translation of "Ulysses" and was shot in 1938:. "Nobody was particularly surprised about him [that he would be arrested], because in 1937 they were locking up people who,

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Valentin Stenich (1897–1938)

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Sinbad’s Many Names in James Joyce’s “Ulysses”, Translated by Khoruzhy and Khinkis

He reposes. He has voyaged. And with him? Sinbad the Sailor and Tinbad the Tailor and Jinbad the Jailer and Whinbad the Whaler and Ninbad the Nailer and Finbad the Failer and Binbad the Bailer and Pinbad the Pailer and Xinbad the Phthailer. When? Going to a dark bed there

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Jacob Jordaens's 1646 painting of King Candaules, a story told by Herodotus

Ever heard of candaulism? It is a psychopathological syndrome manifesting itself in the desire to show strangers the nakedness of one's partner. In our own day, this pathology is not infrequently encountered on Instagram. Yet as early as 1646 one could learn of such a deviation from the

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The interiors of Highclere Castle in Hampshire, ancestral seat of the Earls of Carnarvon, built in the early seventeenth century and rebuilt in 1838–1878, may be seen not only in the series "Downton Abbey", which made the castle famous, but also in the co

The interiors of Highclere Castle in Hampshire, ancestral seat of the Earls of Carnarvon, built in the early seventeenth century and rebuilt in 1838–1878, may be seen not only in the series "Downton Abbey", which made the castle famous, but also in the comedy film "King

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On the history of the Warsaw Library in Russia, there are interesting documents left by one of the first employees of the Imperial Library, Mikhail Ivanovich Antonovsky

On the history of the Warsaw Library in Russia, there are interesting documents left by one of the first employees of the Imperial Library, Mikhail Ivanovich Antonovsky. A writer, historian and translator, M.I. served the state in posts ranging from the Admiralty and the fleet to diplomatic errands. In

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After Suvorov's capture of Warsaw in 1794, among the other trophies that fell to Russia was one of the richest libraries in Europe, known as the Warsaw Library and by the name of the Załuski Library, assembled in the eighteenth century by the eminent Poli

After Suvorov's capture of Warsaw in 1794, among the other trophies that fell to Russia was one of the richest libraries in Europe, known as the Warsaw Library and by the name of the Załuski Library, assembled in the eighteenth century by the eminent Polish patrons of learning,

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Turgenev was terribly afraid of cholera and often remarked on fresh outbreaks in his letters, describing in detail the situation in Paris and other European cities, asking after affairs in Russia, noting that people were dying like flies, reflecting how f

Turgenev was terribly afraid of cholera and often remarked on fresh outbreaks in his letters, describing in detail the situation in Paris and other European cities, asking after affairs in Russia, noting that people were dying like flies, reflecting how fortunate it was that nightingales do not catch cholera and

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Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children

Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims / Fruits of Solitude. William Penn, 1693

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Svetlana Alexievich to the Studio

Svetlana Alexievich to the studio. The Nobel laureate doubts the nature of the coronavirus; might the epidemic, after all, have been caused by immunity weakened by 5G?

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Long-lived fish in the ponds of Petit Trianon, Fontainebleau and Chantilly

The British writer Barbara Pym, in her ironic novel Crampton Hodnet, written in the 1930s and 1940s, observes that the fish in the ponds of the Petit Trianon are so old that they must have seen Marie Antoinette. In principle, some freshwater fish really do live for more than a

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Accusation of selling a bewitched pig in an 1888 book on Welsh folklore

A book of Welsh folklore from 1888 tells of a Welsh woman accused of selling a "bewitched pig" at market. Having noticed that something was amiss from certain outward signs and from the piglet's behaviour, the buyer insisted that the seller lift the curse by passing