The lost works of Raphael 500 years was on everyone’s mind

The lost works of Raphael 500 years was on everyone’s mind Wall painting discovered in the process of restoration of the hall in the papal Palace. Previously it was thought that it belongs to the brush of her students. The Vatican found the two works of Raphael. The works of the great masters of the Renaissance were hiding in plain sight for almost 500 years. As it turned out, before the death of Rafael tried to write with oil paints in one of the halls of the Pontifical Palace, but did not have time to finish the job. Started by the artist wall painting was completed by his disciples, and information about the authorship of the two figures was lost. Says the CNN correspondent to the Vatican Delia Gallager: “Raphael, the Renaissance artist, known for his frescoes in the Vatican, but it turned out that he began to paint and

The engine of progress. As higher education inhibits the growth of the Russian economy

The engine of progress. As higher education inhibits the growth of the Russian economy A lack of human capital may well be one of the most important factors that hinder long-term economic growth. In recent years, in Russia, there were 950 institutions of higher education, with an enrollment of 5.2 million students. A similar scale of higher education output of the Russian economy in the group of world leaders to reach a young generation of higher education. With the increase in the share of young people who are students, and increases the average number of years of education is the main indicator by which the world is measured by the stock of human capital. If you believe that the number of universities, students, and years of education per capita reflects the amount of knowledge, the search for the causes of stagnation, which today is the Russian economy, should not be

Tobacco regained consciousness and lost memory

Tobacco regained consciousness and lost memory People’s artist of the USSR Oleg Tabakov regained consciousness after he was put into an artificial coma. On Wednesday, December 27, informs TV channel REN TV. It is noted that now the actor is conscious, but virtually no one around did not know. In a state of drug-induced sedation was introduced in order to alleviate the pressure on the internal organs. 25 December it was reported that health Tabakov has deteriorated sharply. 82-year-old actor is in City clinical hospital named after Pirogov from the end of November. It hooked up to the ventilator, and was urgently operated on. Oleg Tabakov has played in such films as “War and peace”, “Seventeen moments of spring”, “the Twelve chairs,” “D’artagnan and three Musketeers”, “a Few days from the life of Oblomov”, “Moscow does not believe in tears” and “the Man from Boulevard des Capucines”. The artist is

The amount of damage in the case of theft of property, Chubais was about 1 billion rubles

The amount of damage in the case of theft of property, Chubais was about 1 billion rubles MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. The result imputes a former business partner of Chairman of the Board OOO “UK “Rosnano” Anatoly Chubais Ilya Suchkov charged with stealing the property of the owner, the damage for total amount about 1 billion rubles. TASS said Wednesday the lawyer of the member of the “Parnassus” Musa Sadaeva — another defendant in whose case is joined with that Suchkova. “The total amount of damage on criminal case about the theft, which was instituted on the initiative of Anatoly Chubais, is about 1 billion rubles, including a residential complex in Odintsovo district of Moscow region”, — said the lawyer Vyacheslav Makarov, adding that the criminal case against Suchkova and Sadaeva United in one production. According to counsel, a criminal case was opened suburban police on the statement of Anatoly

Opened fire the Director of “Menshevik” managed to escape from the police

Opened fire the Director of “Menshevik” managed to escape from the police General Director of factory “Menshevik” Ilya Averyanov, who did the shooting, not found on the premises. Police announced the plan “Siren”, the search area expanded to the entire city. 11фотографий11фотографий11фотографий The police and Regardie has completed the verification at the candy factory “Mensheviks” in Moscow, where the shooting occurred. The General Director of the factory Ilya Averyanov opened fire the territory of the enterprise is not detected, reports TASS with reference to the press service of the interior Ministry. Search area expanded arrow, added the Agency. The source of “RIA Novosti” adds that the police declared the plan “the Siren”, directed on search and detention of the General Director. The police have an APB out on the suspect, he added. The shooter fled before around the factory put up a cordon. “According to updated information, the attacker left

Disclosed the reason for the lock Kadyrov in social networks

Disclosed the reason for the lock Kadyrov in social networks The social network Facebook explained that the accounts of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has been blocked in connection with the introduction of the US government sanctions against him. It is reported Rambler News Service with reference to the press service of the social networks. “We know, and we confirm that the accounts belonged to-face or conducted from the person who is listed among the special categories of citizens, which are subject to economic and trade sanctions of the United States. In this regard, Facebook is under a legal obligation to deactivate accounts that person”, the letter said the press service. On 23 December the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that his accounts on Facebook and Instagram are blocked. Minister of Chechnya on national policy, external relations, press and information Dzhambulat Umarov said that the account of Kadyrov

On the smallest inhabited island fit only the house and tree

On the smallest inhabited island fit only the house and tree Island just room-inaf on the St. Lawrence river in the United States was less than the Bishop rock, which was considered the smallest inhabited island in the world. This publication reports the Daily Mail. The area of the island is 306.6 square meters. In 1950 it acquired the American family, Sisland. The new owners have built a small country house and planted a tree. The remaining space is barely fit three chairs for a picnic that was put before the porch. It Seslendi named the island just room-inaf (“fit”). To them it was called the Hub. Just room-inaf less than half of Bishop rock, which is now recorded in the Guinness Book of records as the smallest island with a building. Bishop rock is located in the Atlantic ocean about 45 kilometers from the British Cornish. In the XIX

Scientists have discovered how the smell becomes a memory

Scientists have discovered how the smell becomes a memory Smell can evoke memories of events many years ago and involved several areas of the brain, found researchers from Germany. Neuroscientists have long known that short-term memory for odors is responsible piriforme cortex — the part of a structure called the olfactory brain. However, about the long-term memory for odours, to date, was not known. Scientists from Ruhr University in Germany, the first to show that this process involves several areas of the brain. They conducted a study on rats, affecting the brain by electrical impulses of different frequencies and intensities to simulate the process of remembering olfactory sensations. The same way we form long-term memories in the hippocampus. However piriformes bark that didn’t work in any of the variants of standard protocols. And scientists have suggested that to start the process piriformes the bark of the desired signal from higher

The contractor of the cosmodrome “East” were arrested on charges of bribery

The contractor of the cosmodrome “East” were arrested on charges of bribery TASS, 27 Dec. The Blagoveshchensk city court on Wednesday arrested a period of two months the head of one of the firms working at the cosmodrome “East”. He is suspected of receiving a bribe in the large size, informs a press-service of the court. “The court arrested the head of one of the firms working at the cosmodrome “East”. After hearing the parties, having studied the submitted materials, the court decided to accord the accused a measure of restraint in form of detention for a period of two months — until 26 Feb 2018″, — stated in the message of the court. It is noted that the head of the Contracting organization A. Y. Varganov suspected of committing crimes under part 5 St. 290 criminal code (“Receiving by the official of a bribe in the large size”). The