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The lad knew from the very start that this trip was a daft idea

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An illustration to a newspaper article on how, in Paris on the Rue de Charme, during the demolition of an old house, a skeleton in an elegant costume and a tricorne of the Revolutionary era was found in a wall recess

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The Reading Room on the Titanic

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King Charles III in the Library of Balmoral Castle

A doll with blond braids and painted eyes sits in a wooden box. She wears an 18th-century-style satin dress with peach ruffles, a pink skirt and black lace.

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Antique doll in a pink ruffled dress with black lace

NB! · Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations

Seeing this early nineteenth-century doll at the Museum of Moscow, I was reminded of the portrait of little Alexandra Tomilova holding a doll, from the collection of the Russian Museum

Seeing this early nineteenth-century doll at the Museum of Moscow, I was reminded of the portrait of little Alexandra Tomilova holding a doll, from the collection of the Russian Museum. The artist is Alexander Varnek, 1825

NB! · Archive · Faith · Moscow · Education

Service in the House Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana at Moscow State University, 25 January 1996

A small black ceramic sculpture with glossy glaze and greenish tones sits on a white shelf against a white wall, casting a sharp shadow beside it.

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Dark glazed sculpture on a white wall shelf

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Facts That Cannot Be Passed Over in Silence

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The Moon Goddess Selene, Jean-Louis Machard

Portrait of a young man in a jacket and sweater: a coat hanger across his face, an ice-cream dish on his head. Labels: ice-cream dish, toothpaste, hanger.

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Drawing by V. Pivovarov: a sacralizer for a boat trip

NB! · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour

Do confess: is anyone else, in this sort of weather, hearing Paulina Andreyeva start up Konstantin Meladze's song "Ottepel" ("Thaw") in their head, or did the broadcasts of Channel One make such an indelible impression on me alone?