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It turns out that, besides building yet another office Palmyra of loot and woe in the protected zone on Ivanovskaya Hill, they also plan to remove all the fences and make the territory barrier-free (really?), to protect the century-old poplars from the Zh

It turns out that, besides building yet another office Palmyra of loot and woe in the protected zone on Ivanovskaya Hill, they also plan to remove all the fences and make the territory barrier-free (really?), to protect the century-old poplars from the Zhilishchnik state budgetary institution, even to

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Architect Alexey Ginzburg Speaks of Noble Plans for the Scientific Restoration of Buildings on Kolpachny Lane

Architect Alexey Ginzburg speaks of noble plans for the scientific restoration of buildings on Kolpachny Lane. He adds that he, too, would like the district not to lose its identity. Over the awkward matters, such as the eighteen-metre piles that will reach the cultural layer of the eighth century,

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The Museum of Architecture Hosts a Debate on Demolition and Construction in the Historic Zone of Ivanovskaya Gorka in Moscow

The Museum of Architecture has provided a venue for a debate on the demolition and construction of buildings in the historic zone of Ivanovskaya Gorka in Moscow. The background is as follows. On Kolpachny Lane, within a protected zone, a five-storey business centre is planned, complete with glazed attic,

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Jubilee exhibition of Naum Granovsky's photographs of Moscow open at the Lumière Brothers Centre until end of October

Until the end of October the Lumière Brothers Centre for Photography is hosting a jubilee exhibition of the architectural photographer Naum Granovsky, bringing together photographs of Moscow from the 1920s to the era of Soviet modernism. The book «Naum Granovsky 1920-1980» is also on sale there.

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I am simply horrified: under the guise of "restoration", the necropolis of the Novodevichy Convent has been literally destroyed

I am simply horrified: under the guise of "restoration", the necropolis of the Novodevichy Convent has been literally destroyed. See for yourselves. Levelling hundreds of burials to the ground and dismantling monuments, gravestones and the remains of crypts is now what passes for restoring a cemetery. If any

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At the Shchusev Museum of Architecture an exhibition has opened that will become a new part of the permanent display: three halls have been given over to the restored frescoes of the 15th-century Trinity-Makaryev Monastery at Kalyazin, blown up and floode

At the Shchusev Museum of Architecture an exhibition has opened that will become a new part of the permanent display: three halls have been given over to the restored frescoes of the 15th-century Trinity-Makaryev Monastery at Kalyazin, blown up and flooded in 1940 during the construction of the

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The Museum of the Defence of Moscow holds a Group Portrait of the Descendants of A.S. Pushkin Who Took Part in the Great Patriotic War, 1957, by the retired lieutenant colonel Vladimir Pereyaslavets

The Museum of the Defence of Moscow holds a Group Portrait of the Descendants of A.S. Pushkin Who Took Part in the Great Patriotic War, 1957, by the retired lieutenant colonel Vladimir Pereyaslavets. Not all of Pushkin's descendants who served in the war are gathered in the

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Exhibition “Masterpieces from Kazan” for Tatarstan’s centenary at the Tretyakov Gallery until 1 November

I suggest a visit to the exhibition marking the centenary of the Republic of Tatarstan, "Masterpieces from Kazan. From Roerich to Kandinsky", at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, which runs until 1 November and presents works by artists of the Silver Age and the Russian avant-garde

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Second Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art Opens at Garage

Yesterday saw the opening at Garage of what is arguably the main event in the art world: the Second Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art. I am sure that colleagues on other channels will say more about the format: this time the artists were chosen on the personal recommendations of participants

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At the Exhibition "Not Forever" in the New Tretyakov Hangs a Portrait of the Diplomat Semenov with His Wife and Daughter by the Artist Dmitry Zhilinsky

At the exhibition "Not Forever" in the New Tretyakov hangs a portrait of the diplomat Semenov with his wife and daughter by the artist Dmitry Zhilinsky. Oil on chipboard and gesso. My attention was caught by the pointedly rich apartment of a high-ranking official, with costly canvases

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Memorial plaque to Iosif Kobzon appears on the Shuvalova House of the Gnessin Institute

A memorial plaque to Iosif Kobzon has appeared on one of the buildings of the Gnessin Institute of Music and Pedagogy. I pass the music salon of the Shuvalova house, which is now the correct name for this building, almost every day, and yet I am seeing the commemorative plaque

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Sculptor Alexander Burganov and his statue of the Marquis de Sade at Lacoste castle in Provence

As a native of Khamovniki, I find the name of the sculptor Alexander Burganov stirs mixed feelings in me: I recall his ungainly studio in the lanes off Prechistenka, but also, on the other hand, some of his remarkable works. Several of them adorn the ruined château of Lacoste in