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The Moscow Kremlin plays host to an exhibition featuring treasures of Japan’s military aristocracy, the Samurai. The exhibition was organised, amongst others, by the Tokyo National Museum, and will be on from 21 May to 16 July. One of the exhibits is an almost millennium-old sword from Japan, the oldest in the Country of the Rising Sun, made back in the 11th century. The exhibition is one of many in a long-term programme of cooperation with the world’s largest collections. Earlier, the Moscow Kremlin hosted exhibitions displaying exhibits from the Louvre, the Beijing Imperial Palace Museum, and the Vienna Museum of Art History.
21 May 2008
http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=27299&cid=87&p=21.05.2008 (in English)
The French Encyclopaedic Dictionary “Larousse” is now available for free on the Internet. The renowned publication had to make this move because of tough competition with Internet editions, first of all Wikipedia.
22 May 2008
http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=27368&cid=87&p=22.05.2008 (in English)
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) in 1920, one of the stars who danced in Diaghilev’s troupe
The Museum of Dance in Stockholm presents a unique exhibition of costumes to mark the 100th anniversary of Sergei Diaghilev’s (1872-1929) legendary Ballet Russe. The most outstanding artists of those times, Aleksandr Benois, Natalia Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso, were proud to work on the performances. The 100th anniversary of this Russian ballet troupe will be marked in 2009 world-wide, in honour of a company that for more than two decades was treated as the legislator of fashion in the art of ballet.
23 May 2008
http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=27426&cid=87&p=23.05.2008 (in English)
Russian pop singer is the favourite of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest
Dima Bilan (1981- ), pop music star
Russian pop singer Dima Bilan is widely seen as one of the favourites of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which is wrapping up tonight at Belgrade’s giant Arena sports complex. In the finals, Bilan, assisted by the Hungarian violinist and composer Edvin Marton and Russian Olympic figure skating champion Yevgeny Plushchenko, will sing Believe Me, the song he performed in the semifinals. Bilan is facing tough competition from Ani Lorak from the Ukraine, Yelena Tomasevic from Serbia, and Greek singer Kalomira. 25 singers will compete in the Eurovision final, where Russia drew 24th place. Residents of the 43 participating countries will vote by telephone or SMS. The Eurovision Song Contest, one of the best-loved music shows around, has been held since 1956.
24 May 2008
http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=27466&cid=51&p=24.05.2008 (in English)
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