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An exhibition of the outstanding master of geometric abstraction, the first Russian minimalist Alexandr Yulikov, has opened at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val. The display brings together works spanning more than 50 years, which allows one to trace the development of the artist's method and his turn
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The Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve preserves the remnants of Moscow's oldest oak grove. The oaks of Kolomenskoye may remember the Russian sovereigns who lived and stayed here: Peter I, Alexis Mikhailovich, Michael Fyodorovich, Ivan the Terrible, Vasily III and Ivan III. The oldest oaks of the estate are fenced
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Britain's Oldest Crown Belonged to a Druid, Not a Monarch. The bronze crown in the collection of the British Museum dates from the second century BC. It is made of bronze and was found at Mill Hill in the county of Kent in 1988. One of the richest
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Since 2011, the Vitaly Wolf Library has been housed at 4, Bannyi Lane, building 2, in Moscow. The library also serves as a cultural centre, with an assembly hall where concerts and cultural events of various kinds are held. There is also a memorial study of Vitaly Yakovlevich, with his
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The Imperial Wedding Crown of silver, crimson velvet and diamonds: a small piece, 14.5 cm high and 10 cm in diameter, worn as a female crown at the weddings of members of the House of Romanov from 1884 to 1908. Until 1884, an individual crown made from stones of
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Sketches and drawings by Vyacheslav Zaitsev. The exhibition “House of Models. Industry of Images” at the Museum of Moscow
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The greatest impression made on me in Yekaterinburg was by the Shigir Idol in the Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore. This enormous wooden effigy, 3.4 metres tall, is the oldest wooden sculpture ever found. What surprises me most is how little known this monument is, though it is
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The Chaika in which Boris Yeltsin, First Secretary of the Sverdlovsk Regional Committee of the CPSU, was driven. Yekaterinburg, Yeltsin Center
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American art from its founding figure, John Smibert, with his 1739 portrait of Benjamin Colman, to the Native American artist and curator Jaune, quick glance, Smith with his 1998 mixed-media painting "I See Red: Target Dances". Such is the evolution. New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
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Alexander Ivanov worked on “The Appearance of Christ Before the People” for twenty years, although he had expected to finish it within the span of his Italian placement. His close friend Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, incidentally portrayed in the painting as the figure nearest to Christ, wrote that “Ivanov has long