Art · Monarchies · Saint Petersburg
This silver medal was commissioned by the merchants of Saint Petersburg to commemorate the accession of Alexander I. It was struck in Prussia, at the Royal Mint in Berlin. The engraver was Abramson. On the obverse: Minerva, holding a pike in her left hand and in her right a shield
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The Russian Museum has shown Deineka's monumental panels for the first time in 50 years at the exhibition "Alexander Deineka. Singer of the New Life". The project is timed to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the eminent Soviet artist. The exhibition presents about 90 works
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Society · Saint Petersburg
The Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RAACS) has published the minutes of a meeting of its Academic Council devoted to the preservation of Soviet modernist buildings of the 1960s to 1980s. The decision to publish the minutes was taken on 12 February, in response to the lively debate
Archive · Architecture · Observations · Saint Petersburg
"There will be two reading rooms for working with original documents: this will solve the problem of the queue that exists today. We have created comfortable conditions for the specialists of the Restoration Laboratory," the city's mayor reported. The design, of course…
Archive · Books · Mores · Saint Petersburg
Once, without any warning, Mandelstam turned up at the Merezhkovskys'. Zinaida Gippius came out to him and said that if he wrote good poetry, she would be informed of it; then she would talk to him, but for the time being there was no point, since nothing ever came
Faith · Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
A very unusual three-hypostasis icon. The New Testament Trinity, 1812. An icon from the collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion, at the exhibition "The Russian Incredible" at the Zotov Centre
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For the 165th anniversary of the great writer, one can enjoy the finest productions based on his works. The Theatre on Sadovaya presents the cult "Uncle Vanya", the Lensoviet Theatre "Ward No. 6", and the Novokuznetsk Drama Theatre "The Cherry Orchard". These productions can
Art · Museums · Heritage · Saint Petersburg
The painting "Bacchus" by Peter Paul Rubens, held in the Hermitage, has been sent for restoration. The work will take about two years and is to be completed in time for the 450th anniversary of the artist's birth. The need for restoration is explained by the
Faith · Art · Monarchies · Paris · Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, Imperial Glassworks, 1810s. Crystal, milk glass, diamond cut, painting, gilding. “On the day of Holy Easter, 29 March, in Paris, on the Place Louis XV, a service of thanksgiving to the Lord God was offered by the Russian clergy, in the presence of Emperor Alexander, the King of
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