HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUMMER GARDEN
Today we celebrate the founding of the Summer Garden. It is on April 5 (March 25 according to the old style) in 1704 that the [...]
INTERNATIONAL BIRD DAY
Today is International Bird Day. It is at this time, when the day becomes longer and the sun brighter, that migratory birds r [...]
ANAGLYPHIC 3D POSTCARD
In continuation of the story about PHILOCARTIA One of the most active subscribers of our group, Elena Kremen-Brovina, shared [...]
WORLD POETRY DAY
In 1999, at the 30th session of the UNESCO General Conference, it was decided to celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21 every [...]
lEAFING THROUGH THE FILES OF OIL NEWSPAPERS
On March 17, 1972, the Vecherny Leningrad newspaper published a short article about an experiment that took place in the Summ [...]
EXPLOSIONS ON THE EKATERININSKY CANAL
Let's talk in more detail about the events of March 13 (March 1, old style), 1881. As Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich later [...]
HISTORY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER GARDEN RESTORATION
Almost 10 years have passed since the restoration, and we still have not told you the most interesting facts. What was found [...]
DISCOVERING THE HIDDEN LIFE OF GARDENS
Did you know that at the end of the 19th century the Marble Palace was the center of the educational process? Not? Then we wi [...]
BIRTHDAY OF RUSSIAN AESOP
IVAN ANDREEVICH KRYLOV On February 13 (February 2, old style), 1769, Ivan Andreevich Krylov was born - a Russian publicist, p [...]
MEMORY DAY OF THE POET
On February 10 [January 29 according to the old style], 1837, the famous Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin died. The [...]