Maxim Russo Gallery of geographical maps Recently, restoration work in the gallery of geographical maps of the Vatican museums lasted almost four years was completed. Gallery of geographical maps (Galleria Delle Carte Geographiche) is located in the western part of the Belvedere palaces. It connects the Sistine Chapel and the Tower of the Winds. Its length is 120 meters, and the width is six meters. It is the most extensive series of wall paintings in the form of geographical maps.

Unknown in Kiev did not give people with St. George ribbons and prohibited communist symbols to lay flowers on the grave of an unknown soldier, reports 112 Ukraine . According to the correspondent of the publication, at first there were no provocations, and the procession of the Immortal Regiment approached the Park of Eternal Glory without conflicts. “Then people with St. George ribbons and with a forbidden communist symbol appeared in the crowd.

We publish the work of the winner of the competition of historical research work of high school students “Man in history. Russia-XX century ”2015 on the topic“ Pain in the song lines: songs recorded by the former fascist prisoners in the verification and filtration camp No. 219 in the summer of 1945. ” The author is Anna Antonova from the Lyceum of the city of Uryupinsk, Volgograd region. The scientific director of the work is Nikolai Alekseevich Serebryakov.

In the 86th year of his life, a publisher, literary critic and translator Nikita Struve died near Paris. This was announced by the historian of Russian emigration Andrei Korlyakov. “Dear friends, very sad news-tonight on May 7, 2016, at the age of 85, the professor and director of the famous Parisian publishing house Ymca-Press, Nikita Alekseevich Struve, died. Eternal memory! " He wrote . Nikita Struve was born on February 16, 1931 in the Parisian suburb of Bulon.

Personal business Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (1924–1997) was born in Moscow in the Bolshevik family (Georgian Shalva Stepanovich Okudzhava and Armenian Ashkhan Stepanovna Nalbandan) who came from Tiflis for party studies at the Communist Academy. Soon after his birth, his father was sent to the Caucasus by the commissar of the Georgian division - Bulat went to Tiflis with him.

The Somali Islamist group Al-Shabab took responsibility for the explosion in Mogadisho, reports Reuters . Its representative Abdiaziz Abu Musab said that two organizations and 9 police officers were killed. Earlier today, the media reported that a car filled with explosives exploded in front of the road police office in Mogadisho. Police officer Mukhamed Nur told Reuters that an action movie who tried to storm the building was also shot. He told the agency that 3 police officers were injured.

Tens of thousands of spectators gathered on May 9 a military parade in Sevastopol, reports Interfax . About one and a half thousand military personnel, 30 combat vehicles were accepted in it, ships of the Black Sea Fleet lined up in the bay. Bastion, Mineral, Monolite, anti-aircraft missile systems “Capir C and S-300, armored vehicles, BTR-82A of the last modification and the Lynx armored vehicles passed through the city streets of the city.

After the soil collapse during the construction of hydroelectric power plants in China, rescuers removed 31 bodies from the rubble, reports Sina's Internet portal. As a result of rains, more than 100 thousand cubic meters of dirt collapsed to the construction site in the County. They buried an administrative building and a living building where the workers were sleeping. The fate of another 7 people is unknown. The search continues, the army of China takes part in the operation.

In Russia annually, 50 thousand people have not received rehabilitation assistance necessary for medical indications, Kommersant reports. This publication was announced by the managing partner of the network of medical centers "Clinic" Family "" Konstantin Simkin. According to him, 30 thousand children need stay in rehabilitation centers. In addition, more than 30 thousand strokes are registered annually in Moscow, which in most cases implies the need for rehabilitation.

The British journalist Rupert Wingfield-Heze was expelled from North Korea, BBC broadcasting corporation reports. Last Friday, the producer Maria Burn and film operator Matthew Goddard, he was detained at the airport when he was going to leave the country. All three were detained by officials, Wingfield-Haise interrogated 8 hours and forced to sign the interrogation protocol. After that, the BBC team was expelled from the country.

In the 86th year of his life, a publisher, literary critic and translator Nikita Struve died near Paris. This was announced by the historian of Russian emigration Andrei Korlyakov. “Dear friends, very sad news-tonight on May 7, 2016, at the age of 85, the professor and director of the famous Parisian publishing house Ymca-Press, Nikita Alekseevich Struve, died. Eternal memory! " He wrote . Nikita Struve was born on February 16, 1931 in the Parisian suburb of Bulon.

The personalities of people who attacked the KPP-138 in Grozny today were established, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya reported. This is Ahmed Inalov born in 1991 and Shamil Dzhanaraliev born in 1989. Recall that this morning, on the outskirts of Grozny, two armed people tried to go to the city. They had grenades and explosive devices with them. As a result of the tied battle, 6 police officers were injured , three are in serious condition.

The International Organization of Journalists (ICIJ) published on its website the database of the Panama Archive, Forbes reports. The most Russian offshore companies in it are 7319, their owners have 2229. Chinese citizens on the list are even more, 9 thousand. Offshores are owned by 4,500 Americans and 920 British. Recall, on April 3, journalists received 11.5 million documents belonging to the Panama company Mossack Fonseca.

Recently, restoration work in the gallery of geographical maps of the Vatican museums lasted almost four years was completed. Gallery of geographical maps (Galleria Delle Carte Geographiche) is located in the western part of the Belvedere palaces. It connects the Sistine Chapel and the Tower of the Winds. Its length is 120 meters, and the width is six meters. It is the most extensive series of wall paintings in the form of geographical maps.

“This article is a frank spoiler, so everyone who does not want to know this story in advance, close the page,” the article about the origin of John Snow, published by VOX , begins. In the visions of Bran Stark in a secret cave, hints slipped, which Martin’s books felt, but could not prove - John Snow is not Bastard Stark, but his nephew, the illegitimate son of Lianna Stark and Raiger Targaryen.