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In Kolomenskoye there is a boundary post brought from the village of Shaidorovo in 1980, and for some reason it is called a monument to Alexander II or a memorial post of the abolition of serfdom. The carving itself bears no indication of any such meanings; what is more, its
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Just the other day one of the best-known works of Russian art, Ilya Repin's painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581", was returned to the Tretyakov Gallery after a large-scale restoration that lasted three years. I think everyone remembers
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Remember the flyover at Syromyatniki? Try to find, in the second photograph, the architectural structure from the first, the one that was solemnly promised to be preserved. Photo source: Arkhnadzor group
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After the decline of the ancient world, countless masterpieces of art lost their value in the eyes of men. Marble sculptures were smashed so that their bases could be used in the foundations of outhouses, and magnificently wrought bronze statues were melted down for scrap. By the fifth and sixth
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The Grand Collar of the Legion of Honour weighs 952 grams and is made of solid gold. It was first created in 1804 as a mark of distinction worn, among others, by Napoleon. It became the emblem of the President under the Third Republic. The example presented to Macron was
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