Day: February 18, 2017

Great Wall: the Story of the most expensive and useless project in the world The main paradox of the great wall lies in the fact that she was not able to solve the problem for the defense of the country. Great wall of China — one of the main monuments of antiquity, preserved to our days. This unique creation of human hands that attracts millions of tourists every year. However, many have a very vague idea of what enemies were built and how efficiently operated with such a huge object with a length of about 9000 km, the thickness of the walls which is 5-8 meters and the average height 6-7 meters. Publication of Oleg Ladoga (@olegladoga) Feb 10 2016 at 6:30 PST Like most of the peoples who had adopted a settled way of life, the Chinese are faced with the problem of nomads making regular predatory incursions. Approximately

A film with a conscience. As Tatyana Lioznova has removed the “Carnival” The famous film “Carnival” by Tatiana Lioznova turns 35. Aify remembers how he filmed musical Comedy that was shared at the Director and main character, as well as how bright the scene was cut from the film during installation. Film7.6Карнавал1981 / USSR / 2 h 31 min comedianthis In the early eighties, no one suspected that the “Carnival” Tatyana Lioznova will be one of the most famous Soviet films. Musical Comedy from the Director of “Seventeen moments of spring” — it sounded at least strange. However, the film has collected at screens of more than 31 million viewers, and actress Irina Muravyova, in the opinion of the readers of the magazine “Soviet screen”, was the best actress of 1982. Great actors, recognizable, everyday situations and human drama — thats the main secrets of success of a lyrical Comedy,

The Hermitage: from the shelter of a hermit from one of the best museums in the world 165 years ago, a collection of masterpieces assembled by the Russian emperors, was opened to the public. 17 Feb 1852 in St. Petersburg, the Hermitage collection, which over the past nearly one hundred years of collecting Russian emperors, was opened to the public. By the beginning of XXI century this Museum, whose name actually translates from French as “secluded area”, entered the top twenty most visited in the world, and its extensive collection is housed in a complex of five buildings. Izvestia recalled the major milestones in the history of one of Russia’s most important museums. Who and how collected the Hermitage collection The basis of the future of the exhibition included the paintings acquired in the middle of the XVIII century the Russian Empress Catherine II . Then by order of the