Aristocracy · Archive · Moscow · Mores

The Military Governor of Moscow, Yury Vladimirovich Dolgorukov, was a great friend of the eminent grandee Stepan Stepanovich Apraksin, formerly Military Governor of Smolensk and known above all for his lavish receptions at his house on…

According to the account of Elizaveta Petrovna Yankova, Apraksin and Dolgorukov had made a rather peculiar compact: whichever of them died first was to give a sign to the other, who remained among the living, and to appear to him three times before his death, to announce that the hour

NB! · Archive · Moscow · Society · People

A Little on How Gorbachev Secured the Central Committee's "Consent" to His Decisions

A little on how Gorbachev secured the Central Committee's "consent" to his decisions. From the memoirs of V. V. Grishin

NB! · Archive · Moscow · Society · People

How Mikhail Gorbachev Was Remembered by Viktor Grishin, the First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU Whom He Sent into Retirement

Archaeology · Moscow · Observations · Science · People

Moscow bids farewell to Ekaterina Devlet, specialist in early forms of art

Today in Moscow we bade farewell to the distinguished scholar Ekaterina Georgievna Devlet. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Academic Secretary of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the Centre for Palaeoart, Professor Ekaterina Devlet was a leading specialist in early forms of art and in

NB! · Archive · Monarchies · Moscow · Mores

Emperor Alexander Pavlovich, having accepted the hospitality of P.A. and P.Yu. Kologrivov

Emperor Alexander Pavlovich, having accepted the hospitality of P.A. and P.Yu. Kologrivov, deigned in their house to take tea from this cup, on the 21st day of January 1818, in Moscow

Archaeology · Moscow · Heritage · Science

After the opening of the tomb of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich in the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, expert analysis showed that the remains of the "murdered" son contain 32 times the normal level of mercury

After the opening of the tomb of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich in the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, expert analysis showed that the remains of the "murdered" son contain 32 times the normal level of mercury. As for fractures of the bones, no conclusions were drawn owing to

Archive · Books · Moscow · Observations · Society

In 1949 Alexandr Alexandrovich Fadeyev, then General Secretary and Chairman of the Board of the Writers' Union, appealed to Stalin with a proposal to close the Yiddish-language almanacs and dissolve the associations of Jewish writers

In 1949 Alexandr Alexandrovich Fadeyev, then General Secretary and Chairman of the Board of the Writers' Union, appealed to Stalin with a proposal to close the Yiddish-language almanacs and dissolve the associations of Jewish writers. The letter from the Department of Propaganda and Agitation of the Central Committee

Archive · Moscow · Education · Society

Student Kogan's sinfonietta based on the Israeli anthem at the Gnesin Institute in 1953

In 1953 a student of the Gnessin State Institute of Music and Pedagogy, Kogan, wrote a sinfonietta as his diploma piece, and on examination it emerged that it was built upon the national anthem of Israel. This became the occasion for a further investigation, in the course of which it

NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage

Bronze plaques telling the stories of houses and lanes have been installed on Prechistenka

Bronze plaques telling the stories of houses and lanes have been installed on Prechistenka. At least some use has been found for all that paving

Books · Moscow · Observations · Mores · Humour

Ilf and Petrov on the closed doors of Moscow circuses, theatres and cinemas

Muscovites love to lock their doors. Thousands of grand front entrances are boarded up from the inside, and hundreds of thousands of citizens creep into their flats by the back stairs. The year 1918 is long past, the very notion of a "raid on a flat" has grown

NB! · Moscow · Museums · People

Irina Antonova Turns 96 Today

Irina Antonova turned 96 today. Antonova gave 73 years to the Pushkin Museum, serving as its director for 52 of them

Books · Moscow · Museums

V. Dal Museum of the History of Russian Literature seeks a manager for its bookshop

The Editorial and Publishing Department of the V. Dal Museum of the History of Russian Literature seeks a manager. Duties: working in the museum bookshop "Ostroukhov": advising customers, arranging books on the shelves, handling primary accounting documents. Days off: Monday and Tuesday. Experience is not required. What matters