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1 day ago · First performed privately at the Moscow Conservatory on the first anniversary of Rubinstein's death, the piece became extremely popular during the composer's lifetime; in November 1893, it would become Tchaikovsky's own elegy at memorial concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
1 day ago · In the heart of Russia’s Ural Mountains, a forgotten world unfolds. London-based photographer Alan Gignoux embarks on a journey through a post-industrial wasteland, capturing the remnants of a bygone era. His photographs are are haunting elegies of a past world order.
2 days ago · Vasily Zhukovsky’s 1802 translation of Thomas Gray’s “ An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard” ushered in a vogue for the personal, elegiac mode that was soon amplified in the work of Konstantin Batyushkov, Prince Pyotr Vyazemsky, and the young Aleksandr Pushkin. Although there was a call for civic-oriented poetry in the late 1810s ...
1 day ago · Moscow: Kremlin Iconostasis in Archangel Cathedral (1505–08), the Kremlin, Moscow. Just off the square stands the splendid, soaring white bell tower of Ivan III; built in the 16th century and damaged in 1812, it was restored a few years later. At its foot is the enormous Tsar Bell, cast in 1733–35 but never rung.
1 day ago · Moscow, city, capital of Russia since the late 13th century. It is not only the political center of Russia but also the country’s most populous city and its industrial, cultural, scientific, and educational capital. Moscow has also been the spiritual center of the Russian Orthodox Church for over 600 years.
2 days ago · From the oppressive gray settings of Soviet-era Moscow and East Berlin to the duplicitous Soviet generals playing power games against Bond and each other, the tale positively oozes Cold War intrigue. The ever-present threat of being a spy deep in enemy territory, while Bond can’t even trust his own mind, makes even the quiet moments thrum ...
3 days ago · What's on in cinemas in Moscow. Theatre, opera and ballet in cinemas. Tickets booking online for TheatreHD productions. Convinient cinema hall schemes. Kinohod services, Rambler Kassa, Yandex Afisha. Directions.
