In the Press · Art · Moscow · Museums · Saint Petersburg
The top ten most visited museums in the country looks like this: 1. Peterhof 2. Tsarskoye Selo 3. Saint Isaac's Cathedral 4. Russian Museum 5. Hermitage 6. Tretyakov Gallery 7. Tsaritsyno 8. Museum of the History of Saint Petersburg 9. Museum of the World Ocean (Kaliningrad) 10. Island-
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It is very pleasing to see that, with the release of the fourth episode, my podcast has climbed to 15th place in the Russian charts! Thank you to everyone who is supporting it
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The second week of the Cannes Film Festival brought premieres of several notable films. The film critic Andrei Plakhov, in an article for Kommersant, tells of the most eagerly awaited among them. Kirill Serebrennikov's "The Disappearance of Josef Mengele" Out of competition, the festival screened Kirill
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Rehearsals at the Moscow Art Theatre dragged on, however, and the play reached the stage only in February 1936, to colossal success! But first in "Sovetskoye iskusstvo" and then, barely a week later, in "Pravda", there appeared devastating reviews. I give the text of the "
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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
In the Press · Faith · Society
The Italian and French press continue to accuse Emmanuel Macron of meddling in the conclave. Conclave means, literally, "a locked room", and nobody is supposed to know what goes on behind its doors. Yet the veil of secrecy looks rather less impenetrable once one considers the quite unconcealed
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In 2016 The Field reported that Obelisk, a horse of the Household Cavalry, lured pigeons by spitting oats from his mouth. And when the pigeons came close, he trampled them to death. And he did this regularly. In the end the horse was sent away for "psychological retraining"
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Yesterday my podcast appeared on new platforms, and today the second episode has arrived. We conclude our discussion of the plot of Season Three of "The White Lotus". We talk about poisonings, monkeys, women in search of spiritual growth, family squabbles, and all of it, of course, in
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Some news: the podcast dissecting Season Three of "The White Lotus" is now available on new distribution platforms. It has appeared on Yandex Music, Litres and Apple. Listen, share your impressions, and do so while we prepare the second episode! Thank you all for your feedback, it is
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With my co-host and fellow Orientalist Lesha Strizhov, we discuss how the plot of the series is connected with the history of Thailand. What do the heroes of "The White Lotus" have in common with the heroes of Eastern epic? What mythological and religious parallels can be
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The New York Daily News observes that gentlemen do not wear conspicuous socks. 1931