Archaeology · Heritage · Society
In the near future the State Duma will consider amendments to the law "On Objects of Cultural Heritage (Monuments of History and Culture) of the Peoples of the Russian Federation". It is evident that the modification of Federal Law No. 73 in respect of abolishing the mandatory State
Archaeology · The East · Observations · Mores · Society
I found in the Middle Assyrian Laws of the 2nd millennium BC several important norms of a city community that would fit the Slutsky affair perfectly. - If a man has raised his hand against a married woman and pawed her (literally "treated her as a child", that is,
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NB! · Faith · Observations · Society · Humour
As you can see, the Pope was in serious dependence on Napoleon. Not that much has changed in relations between Church and state since, mind you
Faith · The East · Education · Society
10 February 1258 is the day the Mongols took Baghdad. It is a very important milestone in history, whose influence is felt to this day. The battle for Baghdad is held to have marked the end of the Golden Age of Islamic culture. The bloody and devastating engagement put an
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It turns out that the Decembrists' wives, that is, the wives of exiled state criminals, were entitled to a pension under a law of 1846. After the husband's death they were paid an allowance equal to that which the exile himself had received. True, payment of this
Museums · Society · Saint Petersburg · Humour
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Books · Moscow · Observations · Society
And you know, I simply cannot imagine Sobyanin ever writing anything like Grishin's memoirs, "From Khrushchev to Gorbachev". They are simply men of a different stamp
Archive · Moscow · Society
The story of Viktor Grishin, for many years the master of Moscow, visiting the Taganka Theatre in 1975 has long since been overgrown with conjecture and turned into legend. The play itself, “Fasten Your Seat Belts!”, which openly mocked the failings of the Soviet system, stayed in the theatre'
Mores · Society · People
Timoclea, a noblewoman of Thebes raped after the city's capture, is said to have lured the commander of the Thracians into her garden with a promise to show him treasure in a well. And show him she did, pushing her assailant in and heaping stones upon him. Alexander
Faith · Observations · Society
The collected psalms of the Judaean king David say: "...he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood". This is about our state
Observations · Society
I understand you already have no shortage of news hooks, but on 26 December 1991 the Council of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted a declaration on the cessation of the existence of the USSR in connection with the formation of the CIS. Just in case, I