The State Duma elections in Russia are just around the corner. Meanwhile, over 120 years ago, Russians first discovered what it even meant to elect deputies.
Our friendโs channel has just released an in-depth episode about the first State Dumas of the Russian Empire. Learn how elections worked under Nicholas II, why one voterโs ballot could carry dozens of times more weight than anotherโs, why the tsar repeatedly dissolved the Duma, and how a parliament originally created to save the monarchy ended up at the heart of the 1917 revolution.
So before the next round of voting, we recommend watching how it all began:
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Our friendโs channel has just released an in-depth episode about the first State Dumas of the Russian Empire. Learn how elections worked under Nicholas II, why one voterโs ballot could carry dozens of times more weight than anotherโs, why the tsar repeatedly dissolved the Duma, and how a parliament originally created to save the monarchy ended up at the heart of the 1917 revolution.
So before the next round of voting, we recommend watching how it all began:
๐ YouTube
๐ VK ะะธะดะตะพ
Visuverse
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Victoria Bonya admits she wears brand replicas instead of originals
โ If you think buying luxury items from TsUMโs display windows guarantees quality, youโre dead wrong.
According to the blogger, China has been producing pieces at 70% lower costโwithout compromising on quality. As proof, she highlighted the Lux Atelier networkโs channels.
They offer replicas made from the same patterns as the originals. So why pay more?
From Hermรจs to Chanel โ the favorite brands she and he love, without the markup. Save the contacts:
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โ If you think buying luxury items from TsUMโs display windows guarantees quality, youโre dead wrong.
According to the blogger, China has been producing pieces at 70% lower costโwithout compromising on quality. As proof, she highlighted the Lux Atelier networkโs channels.
They offer replicas made from the same patterns as the originals. So why pay more?
From Hermรจs to Chanel โ the favorite brands she and he love, without the markup. Save the contacts:
Shop for women
Shop for men
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Autumn Market at Les Halles
French artist: Marie-Franรงois Firmin-Girard (1838โ1921)
Cardboard, oil; 83ร117 cm
Private collection
The painting depicts a bustling marketplace in the Parisian district of Les Halles. Known as the "Belly of Paris," the market was famously described by รmile Zola in his 1873 novel of the same name.
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French artist: Marie-Franรงois Firmin-Girard (1838โ1921)
Cardboard, oil; 83ร117 cm
Private collection
The painting depicts a bustling marketplace in the Parisian district of Les Halles. Known as the "Belly of Paris," the market was famously described by รmile Zola in his 1873 novel of the same name.
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"Sleeping Children", 1870
Russian artist: Vasily Grigoryevich Perov (1834โ1882)
Canvas, oil; 53ร61 cm
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
The scene feels suspended in timeโthereโs no action, only a quiet invitation to absorb the hushed atmosphere of childhood sleep. Deep asleep in a barn, a boy and a girlโperhaps siblingsโlikely from a poor peasant family. They lie on a hard floor, covered only by a coarse mat and an old, crumpled rag, sharing a single pillow. Perov chooses a challenging overhead perspective, revealing bare childrenโs feet in the foreground, the girlโs simple beads, and the boyโs feverish flush as he clings to warmth beneath a worn coat.
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Russian artist: Vasily Grigoryevich Perov (1834โ1882)
Canvas, oil; 53ร61 cm
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
The scene feels suspended in timeโthereโs no action, only a quiet invitation to absorb the hushed atmosphere of childhood sleep. Deep asleep in a barn, a boy and a girlโperhaps siblingsโlikely from a poor peasant family. They lie on a hard floor, covered only by a coarse mat and an old, crumpled rag, sharing a single pillow. Perov chooses a challenging overhead perspective, revealing bare childrenโs feet in the foreground, the girlโs simple beads, and the boyโs feverish flush as he clings to warmth beneath a worn coat.
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Zhvanetsky, Ilf and Petrov, Jerome K. Jerome, Philatov, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Slava Se.
People who knew how to laugh so hard it made others uncomfortable.
All the most positive authors are now together in one place โ ะัะพะฝะธัะฝะฐั ะฑะธะฑะปะธะพัะตะบะฐ
Honest, heartfelt, and funny prose about life.
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People who knew how to laugh so hard it made others uncomfortable.
All the most positive authors are now together in one place โ ะัะพะฝะธัะฝะฐั ะฑะธะฑะปะธะพัะตะบะฐ
Honest, heartfelt, and funny prose about life.
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"Autumn Leaves", 1900
American artist: John La Farge (1835โ1910)
Paper, watercolor
Private collection
This piece was created as a sketch for a stained-glass window. La Farge, best known as a master of stained glass and a pioneer in its techniqueโhe replaced heavy lead dividers with lighter copper and developed opalescent glassโhere explores form and symbolism through subtle experimentation.
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American artist: John La Farge (1835โ1910)
Paper, watercolor
Private collection
This piece was created as a sketch for a stained-glass window. La Farge, best known as a master of stained glass and a pioneer in its techniqueโhe replaced heavy lead dividers with lighter copper and developed opalescent glassโhere explores form and symbolism through subtle experimentation.
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Rare, explicit, shocking, and at times intense illustrationsโerotic, provocative, and bordering on the forbidden. These images are raw fragments of art and history, unfiltered and unapologetic. +18.
This is where they live. Come in. ๐ Forbidden Graphics
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Rare, explicit, shocking, and at times intense illustrationsโerotic, provocative, and bordering on the forbidden. These images are raw fragments of art and history, unfiltered and unapologetic. +18.
This is where they live. Come in. ๐ Forbidden Graphics
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