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The first solo exhibition of the London-based artist of Russian origin Nika Neyolova, [Ъ] [Ы] [Ь], has opened in Moscow, curated by graduates of that very Garage and Higher School of Economics master's programme. Besides the parquet, I liked the wooden pieces in the adjoining hall, which
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Yesterday a very beautiful exhibition by the artist Katya Shcheglova, also known in the role of an actress with a rather sizeable filmography, opened at the Institute of Art History on Kozitsky Lane. As a production designer, Katya was nominated for the Golden Mask, and she has now prepared a
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Igor Lantsman, exemplary master of ceremonies of the "secret" bar at the Peredelkino Writers' Retreat, celebrates his debut today. The lads have managed to recreate that very atmosphere of old Peredelkino, if it is developed through a Wes Anderson lens. Zakuski, Lagidze Waters, mosaics by the early
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At the opening of the pre-auction exhibition for Sotheby's Russian Sale, MUAR director Elizaveta Likhacheva reminded guests that Alexey Shchusev was a four-time winner of the Stalin Prize and a holder of an order of the Holy Synod. What is meant is the Order of Saint
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Friends and colleagues, I see that my announcement about Club 418 has interested and even stirred many of you. I hasten to report from the scene of events, from the final lecture of Club 418, which, like the very first lecture 9 years ago, was given by Edvard Radzinsky. Only
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Quite possibly the best view of the magnificent gold embroidery with the heraldic eagle on the train of the wedding dress of Victoria Romanovna, now Romanova. It is the work of the atelier of Sergio Marcone; the design, it is said, is by Elina Samarina
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There is one more Princess Romanova in the world. Delighted for the newlyweds! I also rather like how the girls in kokoshniks and the lads in what looks like the uniform (?) of municipal employees appear against the backdrop of the freshly minted Romanov husband and wife (correct me if I
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The wedding of Prince George Mikhailovich Romanov and Rebecca Bettarini brought together in Saint Petersburg the aristocracy and members of royal families from all over Europe and not only from Europe. It is the first wedding of descendants of the Romanov dynasty on Russian soil in more than 120 years.
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Rebecca Bettarini, also known as Victoria Romanovna, the bride of our partially recognised claimant to the headship of the Russian Imperial House, George Mikhailovich Romanov, with her mother Carla Cacciatore Bettarini outside the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo. The wedding of Romanov and Romanovna will take place on 1 October
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A little piece of Alla Demidova. Ahead of the premiere of Lyubov Arkus's film about Alla Sergeyevna, "Kto tebya pobedil nikto"