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A new monument to Alexander Tairov and Alisa Koonen, founders of Moscow's legendary Kamerny Theatre, on Tverskoy Boulevard, where they staged upheavals and discoveries in world theatre
A new monument to Alexander Tairov and Alisa Koonen, founders of Moscow's legendary Kamerny Theatre, on Tverskoy Boulevard, where they staged upheavals and discoveries in world theatre. Today the Kamerny is called legendary because it has literally entered the textbooks and become part of the great heritage of
NB! · Architecture · Moscow
The construction of a new bridge along Bolotnaya Embankment, in the bed of the Vodootvodny Canal
The construction of a new bridge along Bolotnaya Embankment, in the bed of the Vodootvodny Canal. The bridge will pass beneath the Maly Kamenny Bridge. Its total length will be about 170 metres
Archive · Moscow · Society
On 21 February 1928 the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) considered the question "On 'Zoyka's Apartment'":
In view of the fact that "Zoyka's Apartment" is the principal source of livelihood for the Vakhtangov Theatre, to permit the temporary lifting of the ban on its production At the beginning of 1928 the new head of the Main Repertory Committee (Glavrepertkom), Fyodor Raskolnikov, struck
Coming Up · Moscow · Museums
🌟 From space exploration and neurobiology to the cultures of different countries: once again gathering plans for cultural leisure
From 20 to 23 May Moscow will once again host an international festival devoted to museum affairs. Its public programme includes more than 60 free events: lectures, open discussions and interviews, guided tours and concerts. I suggest saving 6 events that are definitely worth attending! 📌The full schedule can be
Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums
The All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art Opens the Exhibition "Writing in Fire"
The All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art has opened the exhibition "Writing in Fire. The Art of Enamel", a large-scale project devoted to one of the most difficult and beautiful branches of the decorative arts. The display brings together masterpieces of the enameller's art from
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The Anthem of the Soviet Union in Sergei Mikhalkov's Study at the Writers' Union
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Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov", orchestrated by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and in the version of Leonid Baratov, on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre
Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov", orchestrated by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and in the version of Leonid Baratov, on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre. Alexander Pirogov as Boris, Bronislava Zlatogorova as Fyodor, Nikandr Khanayev as Shuisky, Alexander Peregudov as the boyar Khrushchov. Photo by Semyon Mishin-
Archive · Cinema · Moscow · Society
Boy Scouts Cordoning Off the Burning Savvinskoye Compound in 1918
The fire was not in the building of the Savvinskoye Compound itself, but in the studio of Alexandr Khanzhonkov, the man who filmed "The Defence of Sevastopol" and "The Beautiful Lukanida". The studio stood in the courtyard of the compound as a separate pavilion. It was
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“Oh, how I feel the accumulated burden of poisoned nights and bitter-sweet days!” wrote Annensky in “The Longing to Return” in 1909, and ever since the burden has gone on accumulating, though the vessels in which it is customarily kept keep changing
“Oh, how I feel the accumulated burden of poisoned nights and bitter-sweet days!” wrote Annensky in “The Longing to Return” in 1909, and ever since the burden has gone on accumulating, though the vessels in which it is customarily kept keep changing. This week our rubric on where to
Art · Monarchies · Moscow · Museums
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, with his sons thanks Moscow for the salvation of his state
Nikolay Matveyev, 1896, Tretyakov Gallery. The thanks are for the War of the Sixth Coalition of 1813-1814, and specifically for the fact that Russia did not stop after driving Napoleon from its territory in December 1812, but went on to liberate Europe. Had Russia made peace with Napoleon on
Archive · The East · Books · Moscow · Science
The Fundamental Library of INION RAS opens trial access to the largest archive of digitised Chinese newspapers, the Contemporary Chinese Newspaper Full-Text Database, to a reprint database of the social sciences, and to Artron, with its albums and images
The Fundamental Library of INION RAS has opened trial access to the largest archive of digitised Chinese newspapers, the Contemporary Chinese Newspaper Full-Text Database, to a reprint database of the social sciences, and to Artron, with its albums and images on art. Until 30 June all of this may