The Novokuznetskaya station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line is not only one of the most beautiful Metro stops in Moscow. Just like a mirror, its history reflects the uneasy path traveled by our country during the war and post-war years.
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Gold thread from the Kremlin to the Vatican
In the Saint Andrew Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, you can see curtains and royal thrones embroidered with gold. In the Apostolic Palace of Pope Francis, there is an embroidered panel depicting the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Centuries and countries are united by the unique gold embroidery art of craftswomen from the Russian town of Torzhok.
View More Gold thread from the Kremlin to the VaticanPysankarism (Egg Dyeing) — from antiquity to the present day
Krashenki, Pisanki and Kraponki — all is about Easter eggs. The tradition of dyeing eggs is much older than сhristianity, it originated in ancient times.
View More Pysankarism (Egg Dyeing) — from antiquity to the present dayThe town of Gorokhovets is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
More than eight centuries of history, unique buildings combining Russian wooden architecture and European Art Nouveau, tradition and modernity — all of these are the features of Gorokhovets, a town situated on the right bank of the Klyazma river in the Vladimir region.
View More The town of Gorokhovets is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative ListBiałowieża Forest as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
This UNESCO World Heritage Site is located on the border of the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Belarus. Białowieża Forests combine unique broad-leaved forests and coniferous evergreen forests.
View More Białowieża Forest as a UNESCO World Heritage SiteManuscript with a History. Arkhangelsk Gospel: Historical Mysteries
We continue to talk about the documents included in the register of the UNESCO «Memory of the World» programme aimed at preserving the documentary heritage of the world. Today we are going to talk about the Arkhangelsk Gospel of 1092, the fourth oldest Slavic manuscript with an specific date of writing. It was added to the international registry in 1997.
View More Manuscript with a History. Arkhangelsk Gospel: Historical MysteriesPoetic Mosaic of Korney Chukovsky
Korney Chukovsky passed away 50 years ago. He has been the most famous and published children’s poet, as well as an outstanding literary critic, translator, editor, literary scholar and a brilliant lecturer. Several generations of children grew up on his poetry and fairy tales. For sixty years he actively participated in the literary life of Russia, and his work is striking in the variety of genres.
View More Poetic Mosaic of Korney ChukovskyRussian Balalaika, music symbol of Russia
No one has been able to figure out where the name of this musical instrument came from. Balalaika touches millions of hearts in the world and at its mention everyone understands right away that we are talking about Russia.
View More Russian Balalaika, music symbol of RussiaThe Painter of Life Anton Chekhov
Celebrating 160 years since the birth of the great Russian writer and playwright Anton Chekhov
View More The Painter of Life Anton ChekhovThe Legend of the «Golden Age» of Science Fiction
Isaac Asimov could have been a great Soviet science fiction writer, and create together with Ivan Efremov or the Strugatsky brothers, who were important representatives of the genre. But fate predestined otherwise, and the writer, who was born on January 2, 1920, in the small village of Petrovichi in Smolensk province, became a classic of American literature.
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