The East · Art · Heritage · Saint Petersburg
In Saint Petersburg, the restoration of the celebrated sphinxes by the Egyptian Bridge, which has dragged on for almost three years, is nearing completion. The second stage of the work has brought back the sculptures’ historical colouring. At the start of the first stage of restoration, in the spring of
NB! · Archive · Faith · Monarchies · Heritage · Saint Petersburg
Arrival of Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna at the site of the foundation of the church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky (Nikolo-Bargradsky) at the Imperial Palestine Society. The church was blown up in 1932
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Art · Observations · Saint Petersburg · Humour
I know nothing about this magazine, except that its cover shows a Leningrad Porcelain Factory figurine, "Fire Horse", with its legs chipped off in exactly the same way as on an identical statuette I threw away a couple of years ago. Can such coincidences happen, or has the
Archive · Society · Saint Petersburg
“To the citizens of Russia! The Provisional Government has been deposed. The cause for which the people have fought, the immediate proposal of a democratic peace, the abolition of landlords’ ownership of the land, workers’ control over production, the creation of a Soviet government, that cause is secured. Long live
Archive · Art · Monarchies · Saint Petersburg
The second funeral of Peter III, 2 December 1796. Unknown artist (in all likelihood Italian). The image takes the form of a scroll 15.8 m long and 0.75 m wide. Against the background of the procession there stand out the tsar's rod and sceptre and the
Books · Saint Petersburg · Humour
Böll tells of Dostoevsky's grandson, a Leningrad engineer. Having retired, he became a tireless, meticulous researcher and biographer of his grandfather. He made us count the steps from "Raskolnikov's house" to "the pawnbroker's house", and showed us the door behind
NB! · Archive · Monarchies · People · Saint Petersburg
A rare photograph of Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich, the future Emperor Nicholas II, in the uniform of the Life-Guards Ataman Regiment of His Imperial Highness the Heir Tsarevich. Saint Petersburg, Wesenberg & Co. studio, 1880s.
The East · Interviews · Museums · Society · Saint Petersburg
On the role of the East in the present-day cultural field: «It is no accident that in the world that has now revived and is called the East, universal museums are being created, for example the famous Louvre Abu Dhabi, and now a museum is being created in Saudi
Archaeology · Archive · The East · Interviews · Museums · Saint Petersburg
Until 29 September the Hermitage is hosting the exhibition "The Archaeological Phenomenon. Between Past and Future". Today an interview was published with the exhibition's chief curator, Natalia Sutyagina, Senior Researcher in the Hermitage's Department of the East. I decided to highlight the most interesting
NB! · Architecture · Geography · Moscow · Saint Petersburg
The tallest buildings in the world. Russia has all five of the highest skyscrapers in Europe: the Lakhta Centre in Saint Petersburg, and the Federation Tower, the Oko, the Neva Towers and the Mercury City Tower in Moscow