Observations · Mores · Society
According to the 1958 reference manual of the Academy of Sciences, the correct form is “Muž s ženoj pošli na ogorod” [“Husband and wife went (plural) to the kitchen garden”], since the subjects, husband and wife, are equals. But “mat’ s rebenkom pošla na ogorod” [“Mother and child went (singular)
NB! · Archive · Mores · People
But jokes aside, the photograph shows Ella Harper (1870-1921), known from childhood as the Camel Girl, an impresaria of amusement and circus shows in the USA. She drew the public's curiosity by her manner of getting about, on all fours, which was owing to the peculiar structure
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One might suppose that the frame is an ideological statement, yet we could just as easily take the picture for a prank. If you have ever looked through a good collection of photographs of that era, the chances are that it contained something of the kind: men larking about in
London · Mores · Pop Culture · Humour
Barely 150 years ago, a man in a hat like this could be met on the streets of London, a hat that evidently set Philipp Plein upon the road along which he now speeds without turning aside. But the decoration of this headgear, unlike the designer flourishes of our own
Archive · Moscow · Mores · Society · People
“I am an old Muscovite and from birth I lived in the Metropol. In the Second House of Soviets. Where lived those members of the Comintern who had fled arrest in their own countries, and who by the time of my birth had already been shot or were serving their
Monarchies · Observations · Mores · Humour
Selling slices of royal wedding cake is nothing new. Naturally, any guest may ask for a piece of the wedding cake to take home, and many keep this relic, some from mercenary motives, and others, presumably, wishing to bring their nearest and dearest into contact with the sacred body of
Architecture · Faith · Observations · Mores
A touching piece about how a young family left Moscow, buying in Tarusa an izba of 1908 that was once a dependency of the Holy Trinity Convent community. The house was sold by the elderly granddaughters of its first owner, who chose these buyers precisely because they were the only
Archive · Mores · New York · People
Retired society divas Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale at their estate, Grey Gardens, where they lived in complete seclusion for many years
NB! · Cinema · Mores · Humour
An entertaining history of culinary masterpieces. The tale of the Kyiv Cake, worthy of Leonid Kanevsky
Books · Moscow · Museums · Mores
They call the neighbour to the samovar, And Dunya pours the tea; They whisper to her: "Dunya, mind your manners!" Then they bring in the guitar too: And she starts to squeak (good God!): Come to my golden palace! Literal translation Here the guitar is a sign of
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Many Tolstoys, for understandable reasons, do not care for Chertkov, the closest friend, confidant, fellow thinker and comrade-in-arms of Lev Nikolayevich. To appreciate Chertkov's place in Tolstoy's life, it is enough to recall that their correspondence fills five volumes of Tolstoy's collected
Art · Observations · Mores · Humour
As an experienced foreman and connoisseur of renovation matters, I cannot help wondering: do these gentlemen hang their wallpaper from the corner or towards it? The engraving does not settle the matter at once: whether the new chequered paper is going up in place of the old-fashioned kind with