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Miron Lukyanov’s poster for the 9 May holiday, created in 1989
Happy Victory Day! Poster by Miron Lukyanov, “9 May is Victory Day!”, 1989
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Happy Victory Day!
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Pope Leo XIII Enthroned in Tiara and Ceremonial Vestments
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If Leo XIV is the first American Pope, then Leo XIII created the term "the heresy of Americanism"
One of the stumbling blocks between the Catholics of the United States and the Vatican during the pontificate of Leo XIII was the wish of the American clergy for changes, so that the Church might become one of the pillars of the state order. It was precisely in this period
Faith · Observations · Society · People · Rome
Cardinal Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, and the likely continuation of Francis's course
Of course, Trump will present the election of an American Pope as his own victory. But Cardinal Robert Prevost, who became Pope under the name of Leo XIV, is not the American pontiff the White House would have dreamed of. Given that his elevation owes much to the favour of
Faith · Observations · Society · Rome
A New Pope Is Elected
They were quick about it
Cinema · Moscow · Society
Oliver Stone may film a historical movie in Moscow, Alexey Fursin says
American director Oliver Stone may in due course shoot a historical film in Moscow. This was reported to TASS journalists by Alexey Fursin, head of the Moscow Department of Culture. According to him, in conversation with Stone they discussed the opportunities Moscow offers for the filming of a picture the
Archive · Society · People
Bourgeois civilisation has borne all its luxuriant fruits
Bourgeois civilisation has borne all its luxuriant fruits. America has taken first place among the free and educated countries in the level of development of the productive forces of collective human labour, in the use of machinery and of all the wonders of modern technology. At the same time, America
Science · Society · People
The need for certainty has always been stronger than the need for truth
The French anthropologist Gustave Le Bon
Archive · London · Monarchies · Society
The British Royal Family on Victory Day in 1945 and in 2025
The series of celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany has begun not only in Russia and the post-Soviet countries. Britain has been celebrating since yesterday. Yesterday senior members of the royal family joined thousands of people in London to watch a military parade and a
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 afforded 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 the departure of Nicholas Romanov for England and to
Cinema · Observations · Society
Tariffs and moving film production to the US as the industry falls 40% in two years
Katya, I do wonder how exactly he intends to make California great again. After all, even the American studios have in recent years been striving to move production beyond the borders of the United States because of the exorbitant cost. It turns out that even Britain is cheaper than California,