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A Scene from a Play on a Theme from Russian History
A scene from a play on a theme from Russian history. The photograph was taken by Karl Bulla in Saint Petersburg in the 1910s
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“The Descent into Hell”, a medieval stone sculpture from the parish church of Saint-Symphorien, at an exhibition in the Fenaille Museum in Rodez, France
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Statute on Zemstvo Institutions, with All Relevant Enactments and with Judicial and Governmental Clarifications
Statute on Zemstvo Institutions, with All Relevant Enactments and with Judicial and Governmental Clarifications. Author: Mysh
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Alexander Rodchenko with a Pair of Compasses, 1948
NB! · Archive · Faith · Ethnography
Mordvin Pilgrim Women at the Ponetayevka Convent for Women in 1904
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Aerial view of an excavation with stone walls and a gridded area
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Helicopter carries a log on a long line above a fishing boat in a foggy bay
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Summoning sorcerers to work spells to a man's harm is equated by the Nomocanon with murder
NB! · Observations · Society · Humour
Should we worry that tension between France and Italy is rising as sharply as during the Second World War, given both countries' highly dubious military achievements in those years?
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From the Life of a Pedagogue
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On the Feast of the Apple Saviour we not only have the fruit blessed in church and prepare treats from apples, but also do charitable deeds
On the Feast of the Apple Saviour we not only have the fruit blessed in church and prepare treats from apples, but also do charitable deeds. In keeping with old Russian tradition