NB! · Archive · People

Leo Tolstoy, a Land Surveyor and the Peasant Prokofy Vlasov at Yasnaya Polyana in 1890

NB! · Moscow · Observations · Pop Culture

Incidentally, Madonna came rolling into Russia in 2006 all the same, protests notwithstanding

NB! · Ethnography

Charming Shoes Made by the Craftsmen of the Southern Ute Tribe, Living in South-Western Colorado

A woman in a red sweater and glasses holds a painted wooden spoon beside a glass containing pelmeni in champagne.

NB! · Observations · Mores · Humour

Pelmeni in champagne and the notion of the mysterious Russian soul in the 21st century

The Mysterious Russian Soul: Twenty-First-Century Edition

A construction site with cranes on the canal bank, with apartment buildings behind it under a cloudy sky.

NB! · Architecture · Moscow

Construction of a new bridge about 170 metres long along Bolotnaya Embankment

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

Two women and two small children sit at a table with a white cloth set with blue and white plates, a tureen and a carafe.

NB! · Art

Pierre Bonnard's painting “Lunch with Children”, created in 1895

Pierre Bonnard. Lunch with the Children, 1895

NB! · Observations · Society

So That Trump Does Not Flatter Himself Overmuch

NB! · Observations

I Pretend to Be Glad to See Someone

NB! · Archive · Architecture · Faith

Installing the Dome of the Cathedral in Kaliningrad, 1994

NB! · Archive · Moscow · Society · People

The Anthem of the Soviet Union in Sergei Mikhalkov's Study at the Writers' Union

NB! · Observations · Humour

Don't you think that's rather a lot of preliminaries for assembling a simple IKEA bedside table?

NB! · Architecture