The Russian tradition of bell ringing is rich and famous worldwide; however, it is not always that you get to listen to the melody, let alone stop and contemplate it.The video in the post was filmed i...
Protests in Pushkin Square, March 5, 2012 (Ridus/RIA Novosti) The elections took place. So did the protests of the Russian opposition. Snob.ru published an article contemplating what Mikhail Prokhorov...
The exhibition by Svetlana Konegen "Nome. Cose. Citta" (Names. Things. Cities) follows several Italian towns where the lnguist travelled...
Climbing a windmill Driving a cart Back in 2010, when I moved 3 times in two months, I had to pack and unpack and carry so many things that this experience still hasn’t quite sunk in yet. My sen...
A memorandum of Leonardo da Vinci is no ordinary to-do list: it is a map of mental search and intellectual development that illuminates the nature of genius...
Although better known for his sensuous paintings, François Boucher shows a more serious side of his genius, when tackling religious themes in his paintings. Among several completed canvasses and a few...
St. Basil’s Cathedral and Minin and Pozharsky Monument For those hungry for St. Basil’s Cathedral images, here are a few more photos, this time you can see the magnificent 16th c. church o...
Manezh Square fountain, October 2010 I couldn’t resist commemorating a snowy silhouette of this equestian fountain in Manezh Square. You first saw what it looks like in October 2010. And this is...
The daughter of Joseph Stalin, Svetlana Alliluyeva, passed away last night. A graduate of the Faculty of History of the Moscow State University (just like me), she shunned the media for many years unt...
VIP anytime pass for 2 persons Moscow traffic has positively collapsed this week, and for a godly reason: the sash of Our Lady was brought to Russia from the Mount of Athos in Greece. This is an unpre...