From the book “Venice. History of water and land" On Friday, December 23, an exhibition space will open at the Russian State Library (RSL) - Ivanovo Hall. TASS writes about this, citing Leninka General Director Vladimir Gnezdilov. The hall was built in 1910 as a branch of the Rumyantsev Museum to demonstrate fine arts. “By 1925, a huge number of exhibits had accumulated in this hall, and it was decided to build a new complex, and it was also decided to distribute all the exhibits to museums.

“Flesh and Stone” as a warning to residents of megacities about the loss of humanity Richard Sennett. Flesh and stone. The body and the city in Western civilization. M.: Strelka Press, 2016. Translation by Peter Favorov. Professor Richard Sennett spent his childhood in the notorious Cabrini-Green neighborhood of Chicago.

Interview with the historian of everyday life in the USSR Natalia Lebina The book of Natalia Lebina “Man and woman: body, fashion, culture. The USSR is a thaw ”This year entered the short list of the Enlightener Award. Gorky talked with the researcher about whether feminism and sexual revolution in the Soviet Union were, what Stalin's glamor is and how socialist realistic novels help historians of everyday life.