The application for a referendum on the Isaac's Cathedral has been rejected Today, March 14, the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission refused to register an initiative group for the holding of a referendum on the transfer of the St. Isaac's Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is reported by RIA Novosti . The initiative group includes 22 people, including deputies of the Legislative Assembly from Yabloko, Fair Russia and Party of Growth, city defenders, representatives of the St.

Dmitry Peskov calls not to politicize the Eurovision song contest - he is right, where it is further politicized. Russia has been conducting this struggle in the international arena since the beginning of its new history, since 1994. Historians will still write her chronicle. How Ernst equipped with “Eurovision” of one or the other gladiator, trying to predict a song conjuncture. And if the prima donna? Not fired. Someone fresh and unknown? By. Someone known to Europe? Undershoot. In Russian?

In Minsk, an exhibition "Camp of Death of Trostesets. History and memory " © Konrad-Denauer-Stiftung-Auslandsbüro Belarus On March 13, an exhibition “Camp of Death of Trostanets has opened in the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War in Minsk. History and memory. " Located near Minsk, Maly Trostenets is the largest place of mass destruction of people in the occupied territory of the USSR.

The artist Roman Minaev wonders what makes post -Soviet cultural figures perform conservative maneuvers. And it's not about Alexander Dugin. The worst thing that can happen to the contemporary artist is when he suddenly becomes a convinced supporter of the conservative values ​​that once called in him an uncompromising protest and prompted either to join progressive like-minded people, or formulate his own alternative.

The current BDT premiere is impossible impudence. To put today in the house of Tovstonogov, the Chekhov’s “three sisters”-the dashing of a desperate, for this, it seems, one must be with the genius of the place somehow at all of a panicem. Because in the event of a failure or even half -ghosts, the chosen lucky ones who have forced the legendary Tovstonogovsky masterpiece half a century ago, perhaps, perhaps, will not be reduced to hot indignation.

Easter festival program has been announced © Moscow Easter Festival The XVI Moscow Easter Festival will be held from April 16 to May 9. This year, the festival is dedicated to the 135th anniversary of the birth of Igor Stravinsky. The program of the Easter festival was announced on March 13 at a press conference in Moscow by his artistic director Valery Gergiev, the festival website reports.

Theater Sats is arranging a week of old opera © Elena Lapina / Moscow State Academic Children's Musical Theater named after Natalia Satz Scene from the play "Game of Soul and Body" The first Russian production of the opera Emilio de Cavalieri “Game of Soul and Body” (1600) will open on March 16 a week of an old opera in the Moscow State Academic Children's Musical Theater named after N.I. CAC. The performance of the performance will also take place on March 17 , the theater website reports.

Isaac's Cathedral want to free from museum exhibits to Easter © Derren Hodson / Flickr The authorities of St. Petersburg proposed to the director of the State Museum-Monuches (GMP) “Isaac's Cathedral” to Nikolai Burov until April 16, the day of Orthodox Easter, to free the building of the Isaac's Cathedral from museum exhibits and transfer them to another place. This was reported by RBC with reference to sources close to the Ministry of Culture. Burov himself turned out to be commenting.

The publishing house "Music" was published by the book of Dmitry Sitkovetsky On March 16, in the cultural center of Vitaly Wulf in Moscow, the presentation of the book of the violinist and conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky will be held, published by the publishing house “Music”. “Dmitry Sitkovetsky appears before the reader in two roles. - reports the publishing house .

Personal exhibition of Alexander Yulikova will be held in Moscow © MMOMA Alexander Yulikov. Dynamic composition. 1989 On April 17, the Moscow Yulikov exhibition will open in the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOMA). Assigning Suprematism. " The curator is Andrey Erofeev.

Before the Crimea, everyone "collaborated with the Russians." Until mid -2016, there was confusion with this past. The sanctions almost did not change the “Cooperation Region”. But starting from the elections in the United States, very important changes take place, which are even difficult to accurately describe and name. Outwardly, this is expressed in the fact that people who are imputed by communication with the Russians lose their posts. And all this is accompanied by public scandals.

In Moscow and Yekaterinburg, restored films of Tarkovsky will be shown © "Noveokino" From April 1 to April 4, the company "Foreigno" on the 85th anniversary of the birth of Andrei Tarkovsky will present a retrospective of his films, restored by specialists of the Mosfilm studio in the cinemas of Moscow and Yekaterinburg. “It all starts with the search for the source and its analysis. - tells the restoration of the chief engineer of Mosfilm Igor Bogdasarov.

Several Russian historians and art critics were invited to answer the following questions about the concept of “Stalinism”. Questions for historians: How successful is the term "Stalinism" to describe a certain political regime? Socio-political order? Economic model? The sums of ideological representations? If Stalinism exists, then what does it consist of? What political and economic elements make up its structure?

From March 10 to March 19, one of the world's largest SXSW (South by Southwest) music festivals with many concerts, technological presentations, film award and political discussions takes place in Texas Austin. Over the next week, the correspondent of Colta.ru Egor Antoshchenko will introduce you to his most interesting events.

Lecture cycle of the Enlightener Prize will be held in the Nekrasov library © Премия «Просветитель» Цикл откроет лекция биолога Александра Панчина «Игра в Бога. Did science cross the border? " Today, March 14 in the Moscow Library named after N.A. Nekrasov begins the cycle of popular science lectures with the participation of the nominees of the finalists and laureates of the Dmitry Zimin Provelik Prize of the 2016 season.