NB! · Archaeology · Archive · The East · Heritage
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Stone bust of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap at an exhibition
NB! · In the Press · Observations · Pop Culture
Friends, the third episode of my podcast is out!
Friends, the third episode of my podcast is out! This time we talk about the phenomenon of magical lands, from Propp to the Ahnenerbe and Minecraft. Listen, leave reviews, suggest topics and guests, and ask your questions
NB! · Archive · The East · Paris · Nature
The Rhinoceros from Iran, as the Young Merchant Jean Chardin Remembered It While Travelling from Paris to Persia in the 1670s
NB! · Archive · Faith · The East · Society · People
Saint Gabriel (Urgebadze) of Georgia burns a twelve-metre portrait of the godless Lenin during the May Day demonstration in Tbilisi in 1965
NB! · Faith · Cinema · Pop Culture
UAZ Pickup as the Popemobile in the Second Season of "The Young Pope"
NB! · Archive · The East · Geography
View of Yerevan, from "Chardin's Travels in Persia", undertaken by the merchant Jean Chardin in 1666
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Two figures in white face paint on a dark stage: a scene from a performance
NB! · Books · Society
“Skotsky khutor”, alias “Skotny dvor”, “Skotsky ugolok”, “Ferma enimal” or Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
NB! · London · Museums · Palaeontology · Humour
A model of a mammoth is kept at the Natural History Museum in London
London's Natural History Museum houses the most charming mammoth of all times and peoples. A model, not the real thing
NB! · Geography · Maps · Observations · Humour
Next time you hear tales of a successful career, remember this map of the Mediterranean, which very modestly calls itself "The Career of Julius Caesar"
NB! · Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums · Paris