From narrative satire of sepia drawings, to the tragic minimalism of last paintings. He was born in Moscow on a June day 1815, into a family of a former soldier of Catherine’s epoch. In 1834, his first works were dedicate to military subjects, most of them with a satirical focus. After he presented to the emperor, in the renovated Winter …
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Draw not your bow, till your memory is fixed. After our author’s journey in Norway, your basket of memories will enrich with something new, this time crossing the rainbow that embrace Moskow, in Russia. A great way to improve your understanding of the Russian culture? To remember Russian sayings. This is an http://meetingbenches.com/ journey, where creative places and people invite …
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When fashion style it is a Russian military, literary and fairytale influences. In St. Petersburg, people dress in layers. Russians, they saying winter lasts six months (the rest is autumn). Time by time, they signifying social status, emotional or psychological condition. Yes, it is the clothes that offer a first impression (and good clothes open all doors), but think twice …
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Sharpness, sentiment, and sheer enjoyment of the sound of language. Eating local is part of your travel experience, also in Moscow, where you can try authentic Russian food at its best, always with carefully selected menu, local ingredients, friendly service and the place’s relaxed ambience. Elegantly spread over two floors, Chestnaya Kukhnya family restaurant http://chestnayakuhnya.ru/, invites you to go on …
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Details that can transform unusual things. About their regular artists, you can find Time Machine, Zhanna Aguzarova and Crematorium. In Moscow, B2 http://b2club.ru/ is the biggest club (five floors, each of which could be a separate club). Moscow Art Theater https://mxat.ru/english/, named for M. Gorky, is know for keeping alive the practices of Socialist Realism. Best music stores in Moscow? …
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Democratic ideals and peasants portraits. The property is located across from the Moskva River. The Baltschug Kempinski Moscow hotel www.kempinski.com, you offers spectacular views of the Kremlin and St Basil’s Cathedral. The history of an art gallery begins in 1856, when a merchant began to purchase works of art from Russian artists of the time. In 1892, that merchant donated …
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A travel story that has something special. Every travel tale has something special. Traveling the world allows you not only to see the most historical important sites or the worlds best food. Also visiting Kybartai, never forget, as he had say Gustav Flaubert, that travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. It …
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