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We begin our screening of "Little Buddha" with Karo.Art at the October Cinema Centre

We begin our screening of "Little Buddha" with Karo.Art at the October Cinema Centre. As usual, I have prepared extracts from ancient tomes for discussion after the film. We shall be talking with the artist Mikhail Rubankov. And a little later I shall invite everyone to my

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Kalmyk Lama

Kalmyk Lama. Painting by Vasily Vereshchagin, 1870

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Lenin's Meeting with the Mongolian Delegation

A popular subject in twentieth-century Mongolian art. The Mongols' attire is very beautiful. What a pity that national dress is vanishing so rapidly all over the world.

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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev with chopsticks at table with Mao Zedong during the Soviet official visit to Beijing in 1959

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On the Mount of Olives, from which Jesus Christ ascended, a stone slab bearing the imprint of Christ's right foot remains

On the Mount of Olives, from which Jesus Christ ascended, a stone slab bearing the imprint of Christ's right foot remains. The relic is called the "Little Footprint" ("Stopochka"). The part of the stone with the imprint of Jesus's left foot was

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In Tiflis I Was Struck by the Cheapness of Money

In Tiflis I was struck by the cheapness of money. I drove in a cab across two streets and dismissed the driver half an hour later, and had to pay two silver roubles. At first I supposed that he meant to take advantage of a newcomer's ignorance; but

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Of all the churches in Constantinople, the one that impressed me most was the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, part of the Chora Monastery complex

Of all the churches in Constantinople, the one that impressed me most was the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, part of the Chora Monastery complex. In present-day Istanbul it is the best-preserved Byzantine church; the current building dates from the 11th century and stands on the

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Photographs from a journey to Egypt, 13 to 27 March 1887

Photographs from a journey to Egypt, 13 to 27 March 1887. The photographs are by Hugues Krafft, a wealthy Parisian bourgeois of German origin who inherited an enormous fortune on his father's death, which allowed him to devote his life to the arts and to travel. He wandered

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Which Lectures to Attend?

Which lectures to attend? If you are asking yourself this question and are in search of intellectual leisure, I advise you to look closely at the forthcoming events in Moscow. 🧩26 April at 10:00 International conference “The USA and the Changing Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific Region”

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The Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, in the fourteenth century, described the dependence of society on tax rates as follows:

At the beginning of a dynasty, when the rulers' demands are modest, taxes are low, and crafts and trade develop freely. As crafts and trade develop, a taste for luxury awakens in the rulers. As the rulers grow accustomed to luxury, they raise taxes. When taxes rise, crafts and

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The Pyramid of Cheops, Seen from Above

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India's Population Overtakes That of China

India's population has overtaken that of China. India is home to 1.442 billion people, China to 1.425 billion. The population of Russia is 146.150 million people.