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A Cambridge lecturer on the childhood of Ivan the Terrible. As the saying goes, this is as far as your education has taken you Fortunately, in this case the British scholar is not, after all, a professional historian, nor indeed a scholar at all, but merely gives lectures in adult
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Moscow · Observations
Remember how it was at Zhenovach's? Why do people go to the theatre nowadays? Probably for the same reason that a besieged city goes on laying the table. Because a laid table is the last thing that separates us from those outside. The table stands in the middle
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Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre to Stage Golden Mask-Nominated "Wuthering Heights" Happily, the ballet is based on Emily Brontë's novel itself, and not on yet another lewd reimagining of one of the darkest and most passionate stories in English literature, as was the case with
Faith · Observations
Congratulations to all on this bright Palm Sunday! I wish every one of you to arrive at your own Jerusalem and to find the path of salvation in Christ! Strive for the things above, and the Lord will gather you into His abode
Art · Moscow · Observations · Reportage
The Winzavod annual gathering of young artists from the market has turned into the Win-Win fair. A rather pleasant way to spend a day off. There are plenty of all sorts of young people, not yet spoiled by the word "art", waiting for you to come and
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Last night the Great Hall of the Conservatoire was sold out. The Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theatre was marking its 90th anniversary, and did so on the country's foremost academic stage. The programme: Mahler's Fourth Symphony and Leonid Desyatnikov's Opera in a new
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The Russian publicist Prince Vladimir Petrovich Meshchersky, a Kammerherr (chamberlain) of Emperor Alexander II, wrote in 1870 to Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich and Maria Feodorovna: All those who are not at court, all who work honestly for the good of the government and of Russia, who are selflessly devoted to
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Miners' children at a rest home of the coal industry trade union in the Chebarkul district of the Chelyabinsk region, on the shore of the three lakes, in 1953. Do you think such bliss will ever be seen in Russia again?
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Yunna Morits has a poem from 1998. What a marvellous beast I am, all in a golden fleece. My pelt is prized, tomorrow, yesterday, today!.. Descendants walk past in hats made of me. Their beauties, slim and slender, in furs made of me. ...The snow at the close of day
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On the other hand, one recalls every exposé of the Hollywood fraternity and the context of this particular award, and understands that such filth can be cleansed only by divine power. For those who have not recognised him, the photograph shows Alexei Uminsky performing the rite of consecration over an
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