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KAMAZ: Looks Like I Really Am the First at This Arch
The Golitsyn House on the Fontanka Embankment: in pain
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Alexander Orlovsky's Illustrations to Gaspard Drouville's "Journey to Persia"
Alexander Orlovsky's illustrations to Gaspard Drouville's "Journey to Persia". Saint Petersburg, 1819–1821. A remarkable example of early Russian lithography.
Archive · Monarchies · Saint Petersburg
Nicholas II's Half-Track Packard 3-38 of 1915
The photograph was taken in February 1917 in front of the Shuvalov Palace on Italyanskaya Street; by that time the Tsar's motor car had already been requisitioned and handed over to the Military Motor-Car School
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The monument to Pushkin by the sculptor Leopold Bernstam was erected in the town of Pushkin, at the intersection of Oktyabrsky Boulevard, Dvortsovaya Street and Peterburgskoye Highway, in July 1938
During the Great Patriotic War, when the town was occupied by German troops, who destroyed and damaged many structures of the ensemble, this monument also suffered badly. The monument came under fire, and its bronze bore numerous bullet marks: by the restorers' count, more than 140 dents. The sculpture
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Portrait of Alexei Arkadyevich Stolypin (Mongo) in Kurdish Costume
Watercolour by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, 1841 Alexei Stolypin was Mikhail Lermontov's first cousin once removed and a close friend. Alexei was the son of Arkady Alexeyevich Stolypin, Procurator-General of the Senate, who was the brother of Lermontov's grandmother. On completing the School of Guards Sub-
Society · Saint Petersburg
Head of the Hamburg CDU Group Proposes Ending the City's Twinning with Saint Petersburg, in Force Since 1957
According to the politician, Russia is not a partner of Germany, and Saint Petersburg is not a partner city of Hamburg. Instead, the CDU proposes establishing a full twinning of Hamburg with Kyiv. The partnership between Hamburg and Leningrad began in 1957, at the height of the Cold War, and
Archive · Cinema · Mores · Saint Petersburg
It's a Proper Circus!
Such was the look of the wooden structure that housed theatrical and circus performances at public festivities: the booth, or balagan. This one is the celebrated balagan of the merchant Nikolaev, set up in the Admiralty District of Saint Petersburg. It was called the "Great Roller Coaster" (Bolshoy
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Strange as it may seem, Pushkin and Eugene Onegin are mentioned in Epstein's correspondence
Strange as it may seem, Pushkin and Eugene Onegin are mentioned in Epstein's correspondence. The context is yet another girl whom he is being urged to take on. It is reported that she is connected to the Russian imperial family, and that her great-great-grandfather, a certain
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A UNESCO World Heritage Centre mission has arrived in Saint Petersburg to inspect one of the largest sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the “Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg”
A UNESCO World Heritage Centre mission has arrived in Saint Petersburg to inspect one of the largest sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the “Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg”. The previous visit of this kind took place in 2018. In Saint Petersburg a single site is under UNESCO protection:
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The First Olympic Medal of the Russian Empire
In 1765 Catherine II instituted a special contest, held in a special arena with stands for spectators, in which the competitors rode on horseback and fired at mannequins. The contest was accompanied by a festivity with a display of costumes and jewels, and the whole spectacle was known as the
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Leningrad-born journalist Katya Kazakina wins, for the second time, the prestigious Front Page Award for women in journalism, presented by the New York Newswomen's Club
Leningrad-born journalist Katya Kazakina has been awarded, for the second time, the prestigious Front Page Award for women in journalism, presented by the New York Newswomen's Club. Kazakina is a senior reporter at Artnet News, where she writes the popular weekly column The Art Detective, covering the
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