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Levinarium, No.

Jurij Mamin realized two cornerstone films characterizing the late Perestroika (“Fountain” 1988) and early post-Soviet years (“Window to Paris”, 1993). Both are intensely satirical and loaded with predictions…

Levinarium, No.

When I have to work intensely, I go post-rock. ● EF, especially their in memoriam track “Kursk K-141”, is my most fascinating recent discovery. ● Mooncake is the band…

Levinarium, No.

Atlas of GULAG is a comprehensive infographic intro to the history of the Soviet repressive machine. It will help you clarify the most important questions: how…

Секретарь повседневности. Январь 2020, выпуск

7 января 2020. Москва, Россия. Наверное, без комментария и не понять, чего тут такого. Закрытая территория лицея 1535, Усачева, 50, конструктивизм, 1930. И заботливо пришпандоренная…

Levinarium, No.

Palaces of culture all over the former Soviet Union are now in deplorable condition, semi-abandoned buildings as a rule. Krasnogorsk Palace of Culture (of brutal late…

Levinarium, No.

Nerlia is beautiful in any season, and it is worth walking to even through the strong wind and snow. Address: Russia, Vladimirskaja oblastj, Bogoliubovo, Bogoliubskij…

Levinarium, No.

Suzdal, let’s not lie to ourselves, is quite a tacky town, but the Museum of Wooden Architecture is definitely worth visiting. Different houses from Vladimir…

Levinarium, No.

I really adore the ascetic architecture of smaller confessions like, for example, this protestant “Pentecost Assembly of God”. Nothing is excessive, only functionality, God is…

Секретарь повседневности. Январь 2020, выпуск

2 января 2020. Москва, Россия. Музей ГУЛАГа в 1-м Самотечном 9, к.1., бесплатный до 8.01.2020 включительно. Плюс всегда бесплатно во вторник на третьей неделе. Экспозиция охрененная. А.Ч. Впервые…