Laocoon, copy

From Russia with Love -- Part 2

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May 26th 2009
Bolshoi Ballet and Pushkin Museum - 7 May 2009 Somewhere, somehow, I had come across a comment about the ‘Three penny Opera’ that it shows the viewers one penny-worth of music, one penny-worth of dance and one penny-worth of Corruption/Black Market/Exploitation. What is true of the Opera is also true about the Ballet and this time I myself unwittingly played a minor role in the ‘three-pen ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more