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After Boris Yukhananov's death, the director Alexey German Jr. recalled that in his youth Yukhananov used to convince beautiful women that he was a prince from a faraway land, and the women believed him

After Boris Yukhananov's death, the director Alexey German Jr. recalled that in his youth Yukhananov used to convince beautiful women that he was a prince from a faraway land, and the women believed him. The theatre critic Marina Davydova quoted a phrase with which Yukhananov himself explained his

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Chinese Teach-Yourself Manuals Rise to Second Place in Popularity in Russia

Society · Education

History to become a compulsory entrance examination for more applicants

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has drafted amendments to the university admission rules for the 2027/28 academic year. History is to be made compulsory for those specialisms for which a university may currently choose between history and social studies. As a result, the number of fields of

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Children at the First All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers, held from 17 August to 1 September 1934

A delegation of Pioneers addressed the Congress with a greeting. Among the various groups of participants were children brought to the Congress by Samuil Marshak, who delivered a report arguing that writing for children is harder than writing for adults. The children were a living example of the reading audience

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Learning Our Roman Numerals

Archaeology · Museums · Education

In Norway, beneath the Grønhaug mound, 30 metres across and 4 metres high, on the island of Karmøy, an oak ship some 15 metres long was buried

In Norway, beneath the Grønhaug mound, 30 metres across and 4 metres high, on the island of Karmøy, an oak ship some 15 metres long was buried. This has been known since the excavations of 1902. In August of this year, archaeologists of the Museum of Archaeology at the University

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Fees for study in the upper forms of secondary schools, in specialised secondary institutions and in the higher educational establishments of the USSR were abolished only from 1 September 1956

Fees for study in the upper forms of secondary schools, in specialised secondary institutions and in the higher educational establishments of the USSR were abolished only from 1 September 1956. My grandmother always used to tell how hard it was for her parents to pay for her schooling, and the

Archive · Moscow · Education

Moscow: A City of Universal Literacy

Photo collage, 1934

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The Ceremonial Hall of the Academy of Arts Library

The ceremonial hall of the Academy of Arts library. Saint Petersburg, 1900s

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Chief Accountant of the University Appointed Acting Rector of GITIS

Aristocracy · Observations · Education · Pop Culture

Just learned that Tilda Swinton and Diana Spencer were in the same class at West Heath Girls School, a boarding school near Sevenoaks in Kent

Tilda Swinton remembered boarding school as a very lonely place. West Heath Girls School was a prestigious, though not first-rank, private school for girls. In the mid-1970s boarding there cost some £1,500 to £2,000 a year, which in those days placed the school within reach of

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We Are Tired of Using “You” to the Stars, We Have Learned the Sweetness of Roaring

The programme of the Futurists in two lines of Khlebnikov, written around 1908. We wish to say “thou” to the stars We are tired of saying “you” to the stars We have learned the sweetness of roaring Be fearsome, like Ostranitsa, Platov and Baklanov, Enough of your bowing To the