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Maps · Observations · Society · Paris
To see how history, economics, social circumstance and politics are bound together in real life, it is enough to look at the map of how Paris voted for Macron and Mélenchon, which is painfully reminiscent of the map of the distribution of…
To see how history, economics, social circumstance and politics are bound together in real life, it is enough to look at the map of how Paris voted for Macron and Mélenchon, which is painfully reminiscent, on the one hand, of the map of the opposing forces during the revolution of
Society · People
In the second round of the 1974 French presidential election, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand were separated by 424,599 votes, or a little over 1%
In the second round of the 1974 French presidential election, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand were separated by 424,599 votes, or a little over 1%. The twentieth President of the French Republic was Giscard d'Estaing, but the twenty-first was, after all, François Mitterrand,
Coming Up · Moscow · Museums · Observations · Society
The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre launches “Managing Turbulence”, a project to help people cope with stress
The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre is launching “Managing Turbulence”, a project to help people cope with stress. What is it? Open training sessions for adults and an evening lecture series. I never thought I would find myself recommending anything with the word “training” in its title. But in our
NB! · Observations · Science · Education · Society
Well, Here We Are
Well, here we are. “This means that new subjects of fundamental research will be formed by scientific and educational organisations, taking into account the priorities for developing regional economies under sanctions, and will be reviewed by governors before being sent for examination by the Russian Academy of Sciences”
Society · People
It has emerged that Mimi Reinhardt has died at the age of 107; during the war she was secretary to the industrialist Schindler and compiled those very lists of Jewish workers from the ghetto of the Polish city of Kraków that helped save hundreds of Jews…
It has emerged that Mimi Reinhardt has died at the age of 107; during the war she was secretary to the industrialist Schindler and compiled those very lists of Jewish workers from the ghetto of the Polish city of Kraków that helped save hundreds of Jews from deportation to the
Almaty · Architecture · Heritage · Society · Reportage
This is how the administrative buildings near Republic Square in Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, look after being looted, burned and smashed during the January attempted coup and mass disorders: the presidential residence, which was built…
Society · People · Humour
The Only Slap Truly Worth Noticing Has Nothing to Do with the Mediocrities of the American Pop Industry
The only slap truly worth noticing has nothing to do with the mediocrities of the American pop industry. On 7 November 1968 the German journalist Beate Klarsfeld, known as a Nazi hunter, mounted the rostrum at a congress of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and boxed the ears of
Archive · Books · Monarchies · Society
Klyuchevsky on the global significance of Alexander III's reign in a speech of 28 October 1894
"Thirteen years of the reign of Emperor Alexander III have passed, and the more hurriedly the hand of death hastened to close His eyes, the wider and more astonished grew the eyes of Europe to the world significance of this brief reign. At last even the stones cried out:
Archive · Books · Moscow · Society
On the pedestal of the Pushkin monument, unveiled in Moscow on 6 June 1880, lines from the poem "Monument" were carved:
And long shall I be loved by the people for this, That with my lyre I awakened kindly feelings. As early as 1880 it became known that the version of "Monument" published in Zhukovsky's edition contained censorial corrections and differed considerably from the original, touching important
Faith · The East · Art · Society
Metropolitan Germanos Blesses the Banner of the Insurgents at the Monastery of Agia Lavra
Today is Greek Independence Day. Every Hellene remembers 25 March 1821, when the Greek revolution against the Ottoman occupation began
NB! · Observations · Society · Pop Culture
It is now twenty days since Yandex Zen switched off its recommendation feed, that is, the main system on which the service was built and to which everyone had grown accustomed
It is now twenty days since Yandex Zen switched off its recommendation feed, that is, the main system on which the service was built and to which everyone had grown accustomed. I still cannot grasp the point of a Zen without algorithms. It is as if TikTok were suddenly to