How curious that my Instagram, in its "Memories" section, reminded me of this photograph of Irina Antonova, taken four years ago, precisely today, on the day of her 101st birthday

How curious that my Instagram, in its "Memories" section, reminded me of this photograph of Irina Antonova, taken four years ago, precisely today, on the day of her 101st birthday. The picture is from the museum congress at the Hermitage: everyone was waiting for Irina Alexandrovna with a particular deference, and when she appeared, the plenary session got going, came to life, and everyone around seemed somehow to take heart.

She was a remarkable woman, may her memory be blessed. I am certain that without Irina Antonova the Pushkin Museum would have been quite different, as would our whole ecosystem of cultural institutions 💔

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

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How curious that my Instagram, in its "Memories" section, reminded me of this photograph of Irina Antonova, taken four years ago, precisely today, on the day of her 101st birthday

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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