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How Russian nobles fell in love with card games Tretyakov Gallery; Public Domain Wagering your wife in a card game or defending your honor in a card challenge, not in a duel – for Russian nobles, card games weren’t just any old form of entertainment. In Russia, card games became popular as long ago as the 17th century and became one of the nobles’ main forms of entertainment for several centuries to come. “The next night, Hermann was at the table again. Everyone was awa...

21.04.2021 150 Turkmen artists’ studios are located in one of Ashgabat’s cozy neighborhoods, where the capital’s past and present coexist in harmony, and the area exudes vibrant and creative energy. The Golden Age correspondent has visited artist Oguljeren Atageldyevna Babaeva in her studio. Oguljeren grew up in a creative family: her father Atageldy Nurmammedov worked at the Mollanepes Turkmen State Drama Theater, and her mother...

Completed in 2020 in Sankt-Peterburg, Russia. Images by Sergey Melnikov. Bio My Bio is much more than just a café. This is Matilda Shnurova's new project which represents a hybrid of a restaurant and an art object...

The Search for the Lost Library of Ivan the Terrible The thought of a lost library is a tantalizing one, as one can speculate and imagine the kind of knowledge it might provide to the person who finds it. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that there are those who have dedicated their entire lives to the search of such elusive libraries. One of these fabled lost libraries is that of the first Tsar of all the Russias, Ivan IV Vasilyevich, more commonly known as Ivan the Terrible. Painting of Ts...

5 Russian patrons of the arts who influenced world culture  Portrait of Sergei Shchukin; Dance by Henri Matisse from his collection on the background Dmitry Melnikov; Henri Matisse/Hermitage The Russian art scene is impossible to imagine without the support of these wealthy and incredibly generous Imperial-era entrepreneurs. Furthermore, some Western artists also owe their immortality to these men. 1. Pavel Tretyakov (1832-1898) Pavel Tretyakov is forever commemorated in the n...