Old engraving of a Prussian eagle pecking a bearded man chained to a printing press, with figures lying at his feet.

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Caricature of the 1843 Closure of Karl Marx's Rheinische Zeitung in Cologne

The Prussian eagle pecks at the liver of Karl Marx, chained to a printing press like Prometheus to his rock. The caricature was timed to coincide with the closure in 1843 of the Cologne Rheinische Zeitung, edited by Marx

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May Your Morning Begin with the Beautiful Ancient Rus' of Vsevolod Ivanov

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Another Stroke of Genius on Avito

Another stroke of genius on Avito. Yeltsin plays billiards with the presidents of the Union republics as the balls, and Gorbachev, naturally, breaks the USSR

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The Heraldic Crowns of the United Kingdom of Italy

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Cillian Murphy in 2007 on the set of “28 Days Later” on Vasilyevsky Spusk in Moscow

Tall living room with a decorated, painted ceiling, a large window with sheer curtains, sofas, a glass coffee table, a fireplace and a blue-and-white vase.

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Living room with a painted ceiling, stone fireplace and bookshelves

Black-and-white photograph: an elderly woman in a tiara raises a finger, a girl in a headdress sits beside her, other guests behind.

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Mary of Teck as a grandmother and the question of her strictness

Was Mary of Teck a strict grandmother? Hm, let me think

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Sectional architectural model of a hall with wooden roof trusses. White fabric falls from a pale ceiling to the walls, and small paintings stand on easels.

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Model of an exhibition room with fabric drapery and small paintings

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Poster for a lecture by the Austrian professor of philosophy Andreas Gustav Wetter, a specialist in Russian philosophy and scientific materialism, at a cinema in Italy

Poster for a lecture by the Austrian professor of philosophy, specialist in Russian philosophy and scientific materialism Andrey Gustav Wetter at a cinema in Italy. The subject, naturally, is Italian Marxism. I would have gone to listen

Antique engraving of a statue of a woman in long draped robes holding a snake, captioned Hygie.

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The origin of the word hygiene in the name of Hygieia, goddess of health

The word "hygiene" derives from the name of the goddess Hygieia, goddess of health, healing and cleanliness. After all, places of healing must, above all, be clean. Apollo is the patron of medicine, but it is Hygieia who is nonetheless answerable for health.

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