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Lenin and a Cat, the Kremlin, 1920s

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Damn you, autocorrect!

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How Did They Prepare for the Easter Ball in Georgian England?

How did they prepare for the Easter ball in Georgian England? Mark the caption: Dandies and Dandizettes. An excellent feminine form, and one that ought to be put into circulation; do join in

A dilapidated single-storey house with boarded windows and a sagging roof behind a corrugated fence. Bare trees surround it under a cloudy sky.

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Abandoned single-storey house behind a corrugated metal fence

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This morning Elizabeth II was spotted inspecting her horses and the carriages of the late Prince Philip

This morning Elizabeth II was spotted inspecting her horses and the carriages of the late Prince Philip. The Queen wore an ash-grey hooded trench coat and a headscarf.

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Never before had I seen a monument to ore

Never before had I seen a monument to ore. Still less a double one. The plaques commemorate the days on which the first and the billionth tonnes of iron ore were extracted at the quarry of the Mikhailovsky GOK in 1960 and 2004 respectively

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The KMA: This Business Must Be Pursued with the Utmost Energy

The KMA: this business must be pursued with the utmost energy. Such is the mention of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly on the pedestal of the monument to Lenin in the central square of the city of Zheleznogorsk in Kursk Oblast, beside one of the largest iron-ore open-pit mines

A printed poster on a white wall titled “Знакомство” (Acquaintance), with long text, a drawing of an insect with many legs and pixel-art candles.

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Exhibition poster “Acquaintance” with a story of a trip to Zheleznogorsk

Gallery-wall painting in thick brushstrokes: yellow and red buildings with columns, a white fountain, cypresses, tiny figures below and floating silhouettes in a lilac sky.

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Oil painting of a fountain and colonnade at sunset with floating figures in the sky

In a white gallery room, black perforated plates lie on bubble wrap beside an upright metal mechanism with wires. A black-and-white drawing leans against the wall behind.

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Exhibition setup: parts of a mechanical installation on a gallery floor

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And last year, in fact, the actors of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre wrote an appeal to Putin for Tatyana Doronina's return as artistic director

And last year, in fact, the actors of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre wrote an appeal to Putin for Tatyana Doronina's return as artistic director. And now she is once again at the helm of the theatre. I do not know what the theatrical community makes of it,

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