Alexander Panov State Museum of Fine Arts named after A. S. Pushkin. Moscow "Fishes" extracted from the storerooms were painted by the leading master of the popular Dutch style of "fish" still life, Pieter de Putter There must be obvious reasons for showing paintings from the Pushkin Museum collection at an exhibition at the Pushkin Museum, simply dragging them from the permanent exhibition on the first floor to the White Hall, to the colonnade of the second and to the hall behind it.

Boris Akunin Chapter first Although not a beauty It was dislike at first sight. When the train pulled away from the last Latvian station with the tuneless name Zelupe and, rattling along the iron bridge, began to approach the Russian border, Nicholas moved closer to the compartment window and stopped listening to the tongue-tied chatter of his fellow passenger.

Peter Weil The twenty-fourth of August marks 10 years since the death of the writer (Photo: Valery Plotnikov ) Katya arrived in Prague, and we made an appointment at the monument to St. Wenceslas, like everyone else in the city. Here it’s called “at the horse’s side.” Katya is slender and tall, especially at these buskins. She cut her hair shorter than she always wore it - unusual. Every time you wonder - are you more like your father? More. Normal - age.

Olga Grinkrug M.: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 2000 Biography is an extremely tricky genre. Even if it is not simple, but literary. And even if her hero is scandalous, he has Wilde’s paradoxical charm, which guarantees the life writer easy success. Although in the case of Ellman there is perhaps no need to talk about ease. It took him more than twenty years to write a monumental work of more than six hundred pages (in small print!).

Ivan Varshavsky The Americans are fed up! “Stealth”, “Stealth”... Yes, if you want to know, in our “box” local craftsmen developed this very invisibility a long time ago. A bomber was just standing on the runway - just yesterday! - but today it’s no longer there. That is, in fact, he is here, but no one sees him, either like that or on the screen. Because it's technology. But that is not all. Ours realized - okay, the bomber itself is invisible, but what about the weapons?

Vera Zvereva When a journalist friend of mine left Moscow for Crimea at the beginning of the summer to write an essay about the problems of this beautiful peninsula, her superiors gave her the following parting words: “Well, you yourself know how Crimea lives now: the growth of nationalist sentiments, the slogans “Down with the Russians!” Undoubtedly, these sentiments will now intensify due to the influx of holidaymakers.

Sergey Ivanov From left to right: prosthetic knight Goetz - iron hand; artificial hand made by Ambroise Paré; modern prosthesis (Eureka, L., 1976) Artificial teeth and even jaws, glass eyes and prosthetic legs were known in the ancient world. With varying degrees of plausibility, they imitated the appearance of the corresponding part of the body, but such a multifunctional thing as a hand was not reproduced in antiquity - instead, a hook was sometimes attached to the stump.

Lev Rubinstein Those who remember the first months of the existence of “Itogi” may remember how a column called “Selected Places” tried to make its way here. This is what we called bright fragments from upcoming books by authors of interest to us. Books of fiction, documentary, essays - all kinds. The main thing is to make it interesting. Somehow the idea didn't work out.

Irina Rosenberg Rospatent wants to socialize old Soviet brands Over the past few months, manufacturers have been discussing Rospatent's intentions to take over state ownership of brands (a brand is a trademark with a strong name and reputation) that existed back in Soviet times. Rospatent (which controls intellectual property rights) intends to introduce the concept of “conformity mark” into the trademark law.

Boris Startsev Universal state testing in secondary schools is possible only with the participation of law enforcement agencies A unified exam for 11th graders, the results of which are required to guide all state universities, is a key point in the “Education” section in German Gref’s strategy (see “Results” # 29, 2000 ). In 2001, an experimental unified exam is planned to be held in several regions, and from 2003 it will be mandatory for all schools in the country.

Sergey Gandlevsky These are not so much letters as unsubscribes from a secondary external life, for some reason taking place outside of music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Letters. M.: Agraf, 2000 Marina Tsvetaeva noticed how Pushkin’s image of Pugachev was double. The disgusting murderer in "The History of the Pugachev Rebellion", in "The Captain's Daughter" he is also a man not devoid of generosity and charm, to whom the heroes of the story owe much of their deliverance.

Anna Shestopalova The metro of the French capital is the same symbol as the Eiffel Tower or the Champs Elysees Most stations, like the Montmartre station, decorate advertising shields (photo: RATP ) You can’t confuse the Paris metro with a single subway: here you can hear how the tropical rain is noisy, inhale the smells of lavender and cedar needles or meet people dressed in cows. Here, underground, they arrange holidays and masquerades.