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The Hermitage has opened the exhibition "A Feat of Enlightened Philanthropy" for the 150th anniversary of the Central School of Technical Drawing, founded by Baron Alexander Ludwigovich Stieglitz (1814-1884), the greatest Russian banker of his age, who fi

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The Hermitage has opened the exhibition "A Feat of Enlightened Philanthropy" for the 150th anniversary of the Central School of Technical Drawing, founded by Baron Alexander Ludwigovich Stieglitz (1814-1884), the greatest Russian banker of his age, who fi

The Hermitage has opened the exhibition "A Feat of Enlightened Philanthropy" for the 150th anniversary of the Central School of Technical Drawing, founded by Baron Alexander Ludwigovich Stieglitz (1814-1884), the greatest Russian banker of his age, who financed the state loans for the Crimean War and the

By Alexandr Radayev
In the House at 35 Tavricheskaya, One Floor Below Vyacheslav Ivanov's "Tower", Where All Symbolist Petersburg Gathered on Wednesdays, a Drawing School Operated from 1906

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In the House at 35 Tavricheskaya, One Floor Below Vyacheslav Ivanov's "Tower", Where All Symbolist Petersburg Gathered on Wednesdays, a Drawing School Operated from 1906

In the house at 35 Tavricheskaya, one floor below Vyacheslav Ivanov's "Tower", where all Symbolist Petersburg gathered on Wednesdays, a drawing school operated from 1906. The school was founded by Elizaveta Zvantseva, a pupil of Repin and Serov. By the turn of the century the Academy

By Alexandr Radayev
From the famous Prigov: “Just stepped out of the bath, and already I remember nothing”

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From the famous Prigov: “Just stepped out of the bath, and already I remember nothing”

From the famous Prigov: “Just stepped out of the bath, and already I remember nothing.” A month is built much the same way. So let me propose recalling the main things from April's publications in the digest. 🎭 At the Taganka Theatre, Alexander Zolotovitsky has staged “Three Sisters”, in

By Alexandr Radayev
A lecturer at the MSU Faculty of Journalism reports that, for the first time in three decades, the church of the Martyr Tatiana at Moscow State University has been forbidden to take its Easter procession any further than the faculty courtyard, citing Covi

Faith · Moscow · Observations · Education · Society

A lecturer at the MSU Faculty of Journalism reports that, for the first time in three decades, the church of the Martyr Tatiana at Moscow State University has been forbidden to take its Easter procession any further than the faculty courtyard, citing Covi

For the previous thirty years, a fifteen-minute procession of the cross got in the way of no traffic whatever. Nor do I recall any such restrictions being imposed on rallies and concerts, or on the mass festive and prayer gatherings of other faiths, running to many thousands of people

By Alexandr Radayev
I periodically read news of some new social studies textbook coming out, and each time I ask myself one question: what exactly is this subject doing in the school curriculum?

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I periodically read news of some new social studies textbook coming out, and each time I ask myself one question: what exactly is this subject doing in the school curriculum?

Social studies has no disciplinary core. Physics quite literally explains how the world is put together, why the lightbulb burns and why the water stands heaped above the rim of the glass. Mathematics teaches one to think rigorously and to bestir one's wits. History supplies context. And social

By Alexandr Radayev
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