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This will be our first New Year without Andrei Myagkov, but with his film roles

This will be our first New Year without Andrei Myagkov, but with his film roles. The People's Artist of the RSFSR died in February 2021, in his 83rd year

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You Looked Somehow Different on Instagram

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Yesterday the group exhibition Dreamcast opened at the Lazy Mike gallery

Yesterday the group exhibition Dreamcast opened at the Lazy Mike gallery. Attention was drawn by the sculptures of Nadya Likhogrud, which, incidentally, have risen sharply in price this year, and by the works of Alexandr Krylov, these three in black frames being acrylic on metal. But on the whole I

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Louis XII's valet de chambre Pierre Sala gives his heart to a daisy in token of his love for Marguerite Buillou

Louis XII's valet de chambre Pierre Sala gives his heart to a daisy in token of his love for Marguerite Buillou. One wonders how he survived such an operation at all.

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Nikita hadn't even started his postgraduate studies then

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A Discussion of Pelevin's Generation P

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If you are warm, do not forget to say thank you to the State Plan for the Electrification of Russia (GOELRO), adopted on 22 December 1920, which contained the decision to begin preparations for district heating

If you are warm, do not forget to say thank you to the State Plan for the Electrification of Russia (GOELRO), adopted on 22 December 1920, which contained the decision to begin preparations for district heating. Let me remind you that central heating is by no means to be found

Sixteenth-century handwritten letter in brown ink on aged paper, written in an italic script and signed Elizabeth at the bottom.

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Two letters in Elizabeth I's own hand and how her handwriting changed over ten years

Two letters written in the hand of Queen Elizabeth I of England. We shall not discuss their contents; the question is how this young lady's handwriting changed in just 10 years, growing airier with age, but less legible. My own handwriting is also forever changing, but, unlike Elizabeth&

Gold diadem with two gazelle heads and round rosettes inlaid in blue and red, shown against a dark background.

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Diadem of one of the wives of Thutmose III with gazelle heads and rosettes

Diadem of one of the wives of Thutmose III. Style 👌🏼

Black-and-white photo of a small compartment: quilted walls, a fringed bed with a pillow, a pouf, a dressing table with a mirror, a patterned carpet, a mirror at left.

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Sleeping compartment with quilted walls, a bed and a dressing table

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You'll Thank Me Later

Screenshot of a message advising on storing a costume horizontally, layered with rice paper or micalent.

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How to Store a Costume by Museum Rules: Paper, Micalent and Horizontal Boxes

If you think your clothes deserve museum storage, here is the recipe. Do not forget the large horizontal boxes of museum-grade, acid-free conservation board