As Russian art sales week is underway in London, TASS recalls the most expensive paintings by Russian artists ever sold at auctions A Russian art sales week kicked off in London on June 5. Sotheby´s, Christie´s and MacDougall auction houses offer paintings and works of art by leading Russian artists. The auction houses feature the…
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“Preventive measures against some of them are under review, but they haven’t been detained yet,” the press service of the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region FSB branch said Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has established key figures in its case regarding illegal business practices by the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg, the press service…
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Iggy Pop last visited Russia in 2010 Legendary American rock singer Iggy Pop will put on a concert at Moscow’s Stadium club on October 19, the organizers’ press service said. The rock star, who turned 70 on April 21, is celebrating his anniversary with a lengthy tour. In the near future he is expected to…
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The Russian senate speaker says this very serious, as the number of Russian-speaking people in the world had significantly declined since the end of the 20th century Attempts to force the Russian language out of some of the former Soviet states cause concern, Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament) Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said addressing…
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Aleksandr Sokurov has been awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award The European Film Academy has presented Russian film director Aleksandr Sokurov with a Lifetime Achievement Award, the academy reported today. “On the occasion of this year’s 30th European Film Awards (EFAs) and in recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film, the European…
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See the selection of Russia’s natural wonders worth visiting as World Environment Day is observed on June 5 World Environment Day is observed on June 5 annually. It was designated by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to encourage awareness and action to protect the environment. The theme of this years’ Word Environment Day is…
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21 young performers took place at the final qualification Thirteen-year old Polina Bogusevich from Moscow will represent Russia this year at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest to take place in Georgia this fall, press service of Artek international children’s center said on Saturday. “Polina Bogusevich will represent Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in…
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Acclaimed Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica was injured in a car accident on a highway linking Belgrade and the city of Cacak, the Serbian edition of Switzerland’s Blic tabloid reported. According to the paper, the filmmaker’s car swerved from the road. Kusturica and his driver received first aid on site and were hospitalized. More: //tass.com/society/949193
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The axes belonged to an ancient tribe that lived in the European part of Russia during the Bronze Age Stone axes from as far back as the Bronze Age have been discovered during the construction of Zaryadie Park in downtown Moscow, the capital’s city hall said in a statement on Thursday. “Both axes are made…
DetailsRussia’s Pension Fund is not currently considering the possibility to increase the retirement age Russia’s Pension Fund is not currently considering the possibility to increase the retirement age for both men and women in the next three years, the Fund’s head Anton Drozdov told TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum…
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High Roller, the world tallest Ferris Wheel, opened to the public in 2014 in Las Vegas A group of investors led by Becar Asset Managment Group wants to build a 170-meter Ferris wheel in Russia’s second largest city, St. Petersburg, a senior company official said on Thursday. “We want to build a 170-meter Ferris wheel…
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During Wednesday’s press briefing, Maria Zakharova called on Kadyrov to organize a trip to the republic for the Finnish reporter interested in alleged persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov will organize a trip to his homeland for the Finnish reporter who asked Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova a question about…
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Loveless, the 2017 drama by Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev, has won the Jury prize at the 70th Cannes Film Festival Loveless, the 2017 drama by Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev that won the Jury prize at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, will be released in all countries, the movie’s producer, Alexander Rodnyansky, said on Wednesday. “The…
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The Sochi mayor has expressed regret after two guests of a local carnival painted their faces black and carried bananas Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov on Wednesday expressed regret after two guests of a local carnival painted their faces black and carried bananas. “If some of the 3,000 carnival participants lack common sense and taste, this…
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The fifth season of the popular TV show was released on May 30 The Kremlin is not “glued” to watching “House of Cards”, the American political drama TV series, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “The Kremlin has a lot of other problems to tackle,” Peskov said when asked if the administration knew…
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In 2017, Vladimir Putin has ordered Moscow mayor Sobyanin to tear down the so-called ‘Khrushchevki’ – five-story apartment blocks – constructed in the 1950s and 1960s under Soviet leader Khrushchev Most residents of Soviet-era low-rise apartment blocks set to be demolished in Moscow over the next 10-15 years support the city’s so-called renovation program, the…
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25 September 2017 – 29 September 2017 Russia’s Society for Theory of Music Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory The Third Congress of the Society for Theory of Music “Revolutions in the History of Music Culture” (Dedicated to the Centennial of the Russian Revolution of 1917) International Scholarly Congress 25–29 September 2017 It is well known that…
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23 September 2017 – 28 September 2017 The competition founder and organizer: Moscow State Conservatory P. I. Tchaikovsky Jury of the Competition Well-known musicians, both performers and pedagogues from all over the world are invited to the Jury of the Competition. This year the Jury consists of: Tigran Alikhanov (Russia) — Chairman Alexander Bonduryansky (Russia) Gauchar…
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28 August 2017 – 31 August 2017 The Composers’ Competition within the Frameworks of the Moscow Conservatory’s Ninth International Competition of Performers on Wind & Percussion Instruments 28–31 August 2017 The competition is founded by Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. The order of submitting the application and the holding of the competition The competition shall be…
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01 August 2017 – 21 August 2017 The International Summer School of 2017 1 August — 21 August 2017 Program of the International Summer School 1 August — 21 August 2017 The International School of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory offers an intensive program of individual lessons, lectures, master classes and performances in the following majors:…
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26 June 2016 – 30 June 2016 The III International competition for voice and piano duos «Pianovoce» June 26 – 30, 2016 The competition founder: Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory Jury The Jury to be announced. Applications the competition is open to contestants born before June 1st, 1998 and after June 1st, 1980 (for vocalists)/…
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31 may 2017 Dear visitors! June 6 welcome to the lecture “Between the Greeks and the Arabs.” Early medieval art the Middle Asiais cycle “Archeology: journey through time”. After a tumultuous political events of the III-V centuries ad, which were partly associated with the “Great migration of peoples” in the territory of Central Asia…
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31 may 2017 Age category: 16+ Dear visitors! On 1 June we invite to the concert “Charming sounds of the oboe” teacher’s orchestral Academy at the Central Conservatory of music in Beijing Loongana Lee. In the program: F. Poulenc, B. Britten, A. Dorati, Jazzopen, Zhu Dun, Lee Guochuan Accompanist: Svetlana Voronova The concert starts at…
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07.04.2017-27.11.2017 The project is the central event of the program “Born of October” within the framework of the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution and is dedicated to a bright period in the development of Soviet decorative and applied art of the second half of the twentieth century: artistic glass and ceramics of the 1960s-1980s.
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26.04.2016 — 31.12.2017 The basis of the concept of the permanent exhibition is the principle of exhibits as unique art objects united in systems that consider not only the possibility of the collection, but reveals its advantages, and what is the most important – offers to look at the piece of decorative art out of the common…
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21.04.2017-27.08.2017 From April 21 to June 19, the All-Russian Museum of Decorative and Applied Art will host an exhibition entitled “Bear Tales”, which will display items of decorative and applied art and folk art representing the image of a bear in Russian culture
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