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L. P. Orlova, back at the Mossovet Theatre after yet another successful plastic surgery operation, discovers in the programme for the production of "The Strange Mrs Savage" the name of V. P. Maretskaya set against her own role of Mrs Savage, 15 February 1973. Dissatisfied with V. P.
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Photograph of 1960 by Hilmar Pabel, the square in front of the Belorussky Station
Cinema · Moscow · Pop Culture · Humour
She worked in a boutique in Biryulyovo, Until her boyfriend got her thrown out of work In one of those dreadful scenes. And what was she to do and where to go, How to avoid trouble? She set off on the off chance, Luck in life means so very much,
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How is the memory of Yury Nechayev-Maltsov preserved within the walls of the Pushkin Museum? The Egyptian Hall bears his name, and on the façade of the museum there is a memorial plaque with a bas-relief portrait of Yury Stepanovich. And rightly so: Yury Stepanovich Maltsov was, together
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Ivan Klyun (1873–1943) was a associate of Malevich, the author of the first kinetic constructions in Russian art, and a theorist of colour and form. His work is regarded as important testimony to the evolution of artistic thinking in the first half of the twentieth century. The exhibition includes
Archaeology · Moscow · Museums
The wand is broken, so no magical powers remain in it. It is the third such object in the museum's holdings; the other two come from the collection of the Russian Egyptologist Vladimir Semyonovich Golenishchev. The newly acquired piece comes from the collection of the Australian surgeon Harley
Architecture · Interviews · Moscow · Museums
Not long ago, the Bakhrushin Museum held a preview of the Centre for Theatre History, part of the museum and theatre quarter. This large-scale and in many respects unique project has long been discussed with interest in the museum community. The other day TASS published a substantial, programmatic interview
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When I posted to my stories a photograph of a work from the collection of the New Tretyakov Gallery, "Our Goal Is Communism! Komar, Melamid", a woman I did not know wrote back: "no, it isn't". I asked her: "what do you mean,
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Extreme heat continues in France. The red alert level has been declared in 16 departments of the country. Since yesterday the top floor of the Eiffel Tower has been closed to visitors because of the high temperature. Abnormal heat is also being recorded in Spain, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Philips Galle's Alchemist after a drawing by Pieter Bruegel the Elder: a man sinking into utter insignificance and ruin, driven by the wish to grow rich quickly in the fields of alchemical transmutation. Instead of turning lead into gold, the experiments of the philosopher's stone, as
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A cast from the Pushkin Museum
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