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A Prophetic 20 August 2020 in The New Yorker's Calendar
A prophetic 20 August 2020 in The New Yorker's calendar. I remind you that the calendar was published as far back as 2019
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The author asks readers which topics and hosts Russian-language podcasts still lack
We have spoken a great deal about podcasts on Yandex.Music in recent posts, and I hope you have already listened to something from what I recommended. Or perhaps you were listening to them long before. So today I have a question for those in the know. It seems that
Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage
After decades of neglect and ruin, the legendary Northern River Terminal, which, like many of our architectural monuments, was only a couple of years ago under threat of collapse, now looks like this: restoration work is in full swing…
After decades of neglect and ruin, the legendary Northern River Terminal, which, like many of our architectural monuments, was only a couple of years ago under threat of collapse, now looks like this: restoration work is in full swing, and they are preparing to open the building in time for
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage · Reportage
Completion of the 2.5 billion rouble reconstruction of the Northern River Station and the star for its spire
Came to see the completion of the reconstruction of the Northern River Terminal, at a cost of 2.5 billion roubles. The star will not be hoisted onto the spire today because of the squally wind. The gemstones of the hammer and sickle all seem to be in place
Archaeology · Art · Cinema · Observations
The Riace Warriors, bronze Greek statues found in Calabria on 16 August 1972
Do you remember one of the most touching scenes in the drama "Call Me by Your Name", with the bronze handshake of Elio and Oliver? André Aciman may well have drawn inspiration from the story of the discovery of the Riace Warriors on the shore of the Ionian
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations
Moscow's Nineteenth-Century "Modern": A Residential House of the 1830s-1850s in Maly Kislovsky Lane
Moscow's nineteenth-century "modern": a residential house of the 1830s-1850s in Maly Kislovsky Lane. It is the only mansion in the city in the form of a tower, strongly reminiscent of Victorian building, and was turned into an apartment house at the start of the
Observations · Humour
Two common sayings about history, its judgment of all and its refusal of the subjunctive mood
People say that history will judge us all. They also say that history does not tolerate the subjunctive mood. Rather mutually exclusive claims, wouldn't you say?
Architecture · Art · Moscow · Observations
Five podcasts about Moscow to listen to while walking around the city
A little more on the subject of podcasts: they really are universal, and can prove useful in the most varied circumstances. Here is a selection of podcasts to listen to on a walk. For example, “A Walk around Moscow with Kazimir Malevich” invites you to go round the places where
NB! · Art · Observations
Salvator Mundi, Leonardo da Vinci, and Albrecht Dürer's Self-Portrait in a Fur-Trimmed Robe
Salvator Mundi, Leonardo da Vinci, and Albrecht Dürer's Self-Portrait in a Fur-Trimmed Robe. Remarkably, the paintings are dated 1490-1500 and 1500, and are almost the same size, 66*45 and 67*49. Not that one could mistake the one for the other, but the Saviour
Books · Museums · Observations · Education
Educational podcasts from HSE, GQ and the Nekrasov Library on Yandex Music
Podcasts once more. Not long ago I wrote about what various museums are recording. Today I shall tell you what else the world of podcasting has to offer by way of education. It seems that everyone has taken up podcasts of late, so finding good content is now fairly easy.
Architecture · Observations · Society
Rybinsk authorities require historical-style shop signs in the city centre
I know Varlamov wrote about this. Still, it is a handsome idea, if a rather ambiguous one. The administration of Rybinsk, in the Yaroslavl Region, has ordered that signboards in the historic part of the town be made in a "historical" style, and plastic is apparently banned as
Almaty · Art · Cinema · Observations · People
Artist Sergey Kalmykov in Alma-Ata and his works at the Garage exhibition
There is a film called “Sergei Kalmykov: A Man Visible from the Stars”. It is about an incredible Soviet artist and mystic who lived in Alma-Ata. Kalmykov moved to Kazakhstan in the late 1930s, when storm clouds began to gather over the circle of mystics, and in Alma-Ata