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How curious that my Instagram, in its "Memories" section, reminded me of this photograph of Irina Antonova, taken four years ago, precisely today, on the day of her 101st birthday
How curious that my Instagram, in its "Memories" section, reminded me of this photograph of Irina Antonova, taken four years ago, precisely today, on the day of her 101st birthday. The picture is from the museum congress at the Hermitage: everyone was waiting for Irina Alexandrovna with a
Coming Up · Archive · Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
The Russian Museum shows the third exhibition devoted to the Leporskaya archive in the Mikhailovsky Castle
The Leporskaya archive is one of the most significant collections relating to the post-revolutionary history of the Russian avant-garde, the circle of Kazimir Malevich and the work of the leading pupils of the Malevich school, Ilya Chashnik (1902–1929) and Nikolai Suetin (1897–1954). The artist Anna Leporskaya
Books · Monarchies · Mores · Saint Petersburg
On 23 January 1874 Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, married Grand Duchess Maria, daughter of Tsar Alexander II, in Saint Petersburg
The wedding was preceded by agonising negotiations between Queen Victoria and the Romanovs. It is this wedding that is mentioned in Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina. "...Vronsky ...had been attached to a foreign prince who had come to Petersburg, and it was his duty to show him
Books · Monarchies · Saint Petersburg · Humour
Nicholas I, with the heir, at the premiere of The Government Inspector on the stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre on 19 April 1836, felt roughly like this
Leaving the box, the Emperor exclaimed: "What a play! Everyone got it, and I most of all!"
Art · Museums · Society · Saint Petersburg
Mobilised (Taken), 1904
Conscription into the army during the Russo-Japanese War. Lukian Vasilyevich Popov. Collection of the State Russian Museum
Archive · Monarchies · Society · Saint Petersburg
Resolution of the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet of 9 (22) March 1917:
“In view of information received that the Provisional Government has granted Nicholas Romanov the opportunity to leave for England, it has been resolved to declare forthwith to the Provisional Government the inflexible will of the Executive Committee not to permit Nicholas Romanov’s departure for England and to arrest him.
Coming Up · Art · Museums · Observations · Saint Petersburg
A remarkable exhibition of Russian provincial portraiture of the 18th and 19th centuries, "Zertsalo" ("The Mirror"), is on at the Manege in Saint Petersburg
A remarkable exhibition of Russian provincial portraiture of the 18th and 19th centuries, "Zertsalo" ("The Mirror"), is on at the Manege in Saint Petersburg. Although most of the artists and most of the faces portrayed remain unknown, the curators have managed, within these terem chambers, to
Coming Up · Heritage · Education · Saint Petersburg
A Creative Competition for the Friends of Saint Petersburg
“Friends of Saint Petersburg” is a festival of creative and educational projects under the auspices of PJSC Gazprom, devoted to preserving the city's heritage and fostering its development. 3 days, 20+ venues, 80+ events, 15,000+ free tickets: from masterclasses and lectures to theatre performances, concerts and original
Books · Saint Petersburg
"Well, I tell you in advance: if you do not tell me that we are at war, if you still permit yourself to defend all the infamies, all the horrors of this Antichrist (upon my word, I believe he is the Antichrist), I shall know you no longer, you are no frie
The first paragraph of Part One of Volume One of "War and Peace".
Coming Up · Heritage · Saint Petersburg
If you wish to catch the departing splendour of a warm autumn, do not miss the “Friends of Saint Petersburg” Festival, which invites you to attend, free of charge, dozens of events at all the key cultural and historical venues of Saint Petersburg
If you wish to catch the departing splendour of a warm autumn, do not miss the “Friends of Saint Petersburg” Festival, which invites you to attend, free of charge, dozens of events at all the key cultural and historical venues of Saint Petersburg. What could be a greater contribution to
Society · Saint Petersburg
In 1917, military units made up of women volunteers, troubled by the fate of Russia, appeared on the fronts of the First World War
In 1917, military units made up of women volunteers, troubled by the fate of Russia, appeared on the fronts of the First World War. Women had served in the imperial army before, but these were isolated cases. Initially, however, the women's combat formations were created not so much