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AFP Photo / Sergey Shakhidjanian 21.07.2008, 13:32

21st century Noah arks on display

The festival of landscape objects, Archstoyanie, has taken place in the Kaluga region, south-west of Moscow. The event's theme was ‘Noah's Ark’ and designer rafts were in the spotlight.

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Pagans in town! Russia celebrates Maslenitsa

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Maslenitsa: Russia’s taste-fest

The tradition of Maslenitsa dates back to pagan times, when Russian folk would bid farewell to winter and welcome spring.

Image from drandrandr.livejournal.com 04.12.2009, 16:05 5 comments

Second life of great Socialist monument

A sculpture originally created to crown the 37-meter-high Soviet pavilion of the World's Fair in 1937 has recently been restored and returned to its place at the All-Russia Exhibition Center in Moscow.

Photo from http://kremlin.ru 27.05.2009, 20:48 3 comments

Access granted: log on to Russia’s past

The new digital library in St. Petersburg is said to be without comparison in the world. It houses scanned copies of the entire Russian state historical archive.

Tsar Nicholas II with his son Aleksey. Photo by Pierre Gilliard 07.09.2009, 17:00 5 comments

Secret photos of the Romanovs

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Russian emigrant art to be brought to light at home

Continuing the theme of Russian art heritage created outside the country, the exhibition “Russian Americans” unveils the works of Russian artists of the beginning of the 20th Century, created abroad.

19.05.2009, 19:46 2 comments

The time of Faberge

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts opens the exhibition of the great goldsmith who worked for the Imperial family, Karl Faberge.

Mikhail Gorbachev (photo by  Annie Leibovitz) 28.12.2009, 17:43 3 comments

Gorby’s ad praised

Former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev’s remarkable ad for Louis Vuitton has been named one of the best print ads of the decade by one of the world’s leading advertising trade publications, Adweek.

16.05.2009, 09:07 1 comment

One-of-a-kind Tsarist furniture almost sold

A rare 19th century collection of chairs and sofas from the Russian Imperial Winter palace in St. Petersburg has been discovered at Helsinki’s Bukowski auction.

Land art scene takes off in Russia

Published: 11 March, 2009, 10:25


Land art has been popular in the West for more than half a century. The scene is relatively small in Russia, but a pioneer of this art form has turned a remote Russian village into a hotspot of eco-friendly art.

 
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