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Exhibitions
Crown of the Earth. Henry Moore, the canon of modern sculpture. “Play. Light.”
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Music
Folk music in perfect acoustics. Joyce Yang. Rock Tristesse by Okean Elzy.
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Art
Giotto. The silver city: St. Petersburg in photographs of the 19th and 20th centuries. Tales of Gypsies at Nashchokin Gallery.
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Theatre Review |
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What`s On
The Time of Women. Mademoiselle Nitouche. Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
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Cinema |
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What’s on at the Flicks?
The highest profile Russian film to be released this month is Alexander Sokurov’s “Faust.”
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Your Moscow |
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Zamoskvorechye
From Dust to Dust: The Back Streets of Zamoskvorechye.
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Literary Moscow |
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The Alexander Ostrovsky House
If the noise and rumble of the centre are getting you down, go by Metro to “Tretyakovskaya” or “Novokuznetskaya.”
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Out and About |
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Rugby, Year of the Dragon!
2012 is the Year of The Dragon, in the Chinese calendar!
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Investment |
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Investing via a Fund Platform
Fund platforms reduce your administrative burden so that you and your financial adviser have more time to concentrate on realising your goals.
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The Way It Is |
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Svyatki (fortune telling)
Did you spend the two weeks following Russian Christmas sorting out your future? Why not?
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Evolution?
Back in early December, just as many of us thought that Russia was slipping back to Brezhnevite stagnation, something truly amazing happened.
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Religion |
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The Lesser Known Buddhists
Much of Europe has remained unaware that Buddhism is a religion that is not practiced only in east Asia, but is also a mainstream faith in secluded pockets of Eastern Europe.
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Travel |
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Tanzania
When Russians bump into their fellow citizens abroad, their initial reaction is usually one of either surprise or embarrassment.
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The Way It Was |
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Red Wedding, part 2
One evening in December 1985, when the snow was falling in thick flakes on Strastnoi (Passion) Boulevard, I bumped into the tall, dark and devastatingly handsome Konstantin Gagarin.
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Legal |
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How a Foreign Citizen in the Russian Federation Can Replace Lost Documents
He or she must immediately make a declaration of the fact.
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Real Estate |
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The Strangest Real Estate Deals
From time to time, really bizarre properties are offered for rent in Moscow.
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News
Cheapest apartment went for 3.5 million roubles. State agencies’ buildings to be sold or converted.
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Ðóññêèé ÿçûê |
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The Russian Lesson
In Russian there’s just the one word: Ñêîëüêî (followed, if you’re interested, by the genitive plural).
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Family |
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Puzzle Page
Photo quiz. Word Searches. "Swiss Sudoku".
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The Fisherman and His Soul
By Oscar Wilde, abridged and re-told for PASSPORT.
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Thinkers’ Page |
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Kaleidoscope: the Great Seen Small
Curious how things stick in the memory.
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Book Review |
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All You Need is Hate, Lenin and his Comrades
Is there really anything new to say about Lenin?
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Profile |
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Dance for Love!
Life seems pretty hectic sometimes, or probably even most of the time.
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