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Concerts and festivals
Dance for life. Star-violin. A winter festival of orchids.
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Museums and Galleries
Family photo album. Bygone atelier of photography. Gothic and Renaissance Art. Grande Parade, Fellini. Unbelievable St Petersburg by Alexander Kitaev. A dedication to Tatlin.
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The Czech film, Protector
At the International Film Festival in Volokolamsk.
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Russian Avant-Guard Art of the 1910-1930s
In discussing the art of the 1930s. I am confronted with a dilemma: how can one write about the 1930s without the 1920s and the 1910s?
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Fashion |
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Fur is a girl`s best friend
Fur has always been dubbed Russia’s soft gold.
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Travel |
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Kyrgyzstan
Apart from appearing in pub quizzes as one of four countries in the world to only contain one vowel, Kyrgyzstan rarely makes the international headlines.
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The Way It Was |
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1993
During 1993 Russian`s incomes started to rise against inflation, a little.
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“Oh Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Moscow”
Handel’s Messiah, with its uplifting Hallelujah Chorus, must be one of the best-known works of classical music in the West.
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Shock Troops part II
After an arduous three-month training period, the Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) were assigned to such military–industrial cities as Volgograd, Samara, Nizhni Novgorod, and Rostov.
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Beria`s mistress comes out of the closet
Nina Alexeva was pursued by the press in 1993 after a researcher working in Soviet-era archives found her name in the address book of Lavrenty Beria, Stalin’s secret police chief.
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The Way It Is |
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The Juries Out on Juries in Russia: part I
Of all the issues that separate Russia from the rest of the developed world, the question of the rule of law is the most intractable.
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Your Moscow |
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Taganka: The Haunts of Intelligentsia and Blue-Collar Grit
A stone’s throw southeast of the Kremlin, the Taganka district possesses quite a character quite distinct from that of the city centre.
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Chekhov`s House and Museum
A Literary Walk around Moscow. Part I.
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Real Estate |
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Real Estate News
Realtor points out decline in demand in upscale rental market.
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Internet Services at Home
It is hard to imagine a contemporary home without satellite or cable television and high-speed internet connection.
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Ðóññêèé ÿçûê |
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Russian Lesson
Get ready for February in Russia.
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Wine |
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Vinodelnya Vedernikoff: genuine Russian wine
That November morning was unkind. The milky white fog that had descended upon the river Don was thick and impenetrable.
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Vinzavod
Vinzavod, literal translation “wine factory,” was the term used in the former Soviet Union and now in Russia for the plant and facilities that manufacture a grape-flavored alcoholic beverage called vino (wine).
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Restaurant Review |
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Get Kinki
Sorry, Kinki is not a Gentlemen’s Club—it’s a fish, or for our purpose a restaurant in the Krylatskaya suburbs of northwestern Moscow.
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Clubs |
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An Interview with Campbell Bethwaite: Secrets of Moscow’s Nightlife
Did you know that some of the keys to a successful nightlife project may also include a circular amphitheatre bar along with an elevated Go-Go dancefloor?
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My World |
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Dare to ask Dare
Ex-pats and Russians alike ask celebrity columnist Deidre Dare questions about life in Moscow.
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Family |
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Puzzle Page
Prize Quiz! Another PASSPORT innovation.
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Pileloop III
Pileloops’ Festival. Part III
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Moses supposes...
Moses supposes... Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare.
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Book Review |
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The Forsaken by Tim Tzouliadis
As the population of the United States passes 300 million and the population of Russia declines from less than half, it is worth considering a time when the situation was exactly the opposite.
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