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Dreams do not come true by themselves; try at least embroidering them in cross-stitch
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Incidentally, Thomas More's map of Utopia no longer looks quite so random
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What Might the Political Map of the World Look Like in 250 Million Years?
What might the political map of the world look like in 250 million years? Russia is as magnificent as ever, though it is perhaps a little short of a Caspian Sea
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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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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
Cinema · Observations · Mores · Humour
Airliner cabin in the Soviet film “Old Khottabych” (1956) and ideas of comfort then and now
Once again, let us compare notions of comfort then and now. Consider the cabin of the aeroplane in the Soviet fantasy film "Old Khottabych" of 1956: the drapery, the double rows, the capacious armchairs with changeable covers, so that one need not fret that the previous occupant of
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François Panard's poem in the shape of a glass as an example of a calligram
No, you are not seeing things: it really is champagne. It is in fact a poem by François Panard in the shape of a wine glass. Verses arranged into a thematic image are known as calligrams. As for the merits of a poetry of simple rhymes in the manner of
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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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Parshchikov's Suspence series and snowmen at the Just a Shot Away exhibition in the Alina Pinskaya Gallery
Those who are certainly not feeling the cold are Parshchikov's snowmen. Incidentally, this is one of three staged shots at the exhibition Just a Shot Away at the Alina Pinsky Gallery. The curated selection of around 40 works consists mainly of the Suspence series and conveys a mood
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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