News: 2007-03-24

New exhibitions in the well known museums

KGB in the USSR: People, Events, Actions- if you fancy youself a James Bond, this exhibition will satisfy those espionage fantasies. You can see the slew of documentary evidence and photos of famous and infamouse double agents, As well as secret cameras and the weapons of choice of your friendly neighbourhood agent, there is also ahilarious selection of videos which shows KGB agents on manoeuvres.(museum of the History of the Russian Political Police)

Tokarev:Life in weapons Fedor Tokarev is best known for developing the TT-30 and TT -33,the latter of which was the predominenet firearm used by Soviet troops on the Great patritic war (WWII). Tokarev's desiignes are praised for their ruggedness and accuracy, which earned him awards such as the Hero of Socialist Labour Award in 1940. (Artillery museum)

Kalashnikov: Man, weaponry, Legend
The exhibition  devoted to the 85th birthday of M.Kalashnikov features an outstandinhg  armourer of the contemporaneity.On display, over 80 modifications of AK (Kalaashnikov's machine gun), including the test models and experimental samples that have been made since 1942. Numerous documents, photos, books, and personal belongings track Kalascnikov everyday  life, hobbies and literary work (Artillery museum)

Aromas of antiquity. An exhibition, devoted to the culture of aromas and fragrances in Ancient Greece and Rome.Richest collections on Antiquity in the State Hermitage contain a galore of censers for fragrances and flasks that were created by the masters of Ancient Greece, Etruria and Rome. Some of these artifacts are the true small artistic masterpieces, many of them never shown to the public before.(the state Hermitage)

Alexander The great. The Road to the orient. Devoted to this most famous military laeder and political figure of Antiquity, the exhibition also features the "Hellinism" as a phenomenon, an epoch. And aprocess of civilizations and cultures interchange. Thetopic is the route ofAlexander of Macedonia in space (Oriental campaign).and in time- from the Antiquity till nowadays. At every place which this war commander had been to, the process of Hellinization was launched: the aadoption of Greek art, architecture, language, and life style. This influence has embraced a vast territory: from Greece via the mediterranean, Middle east, and Egypt to Central Asia and India; its echoing can be found in Mogolia and other countries beyond the Ecumene(i.e., the ancient Greek universe)The eshibition is structured following the Alexander's campaign route, and includes the artworks by West-European and Russian maitres of the XVI-XIX centures, concerning the famous conqueror; unique monuments, featuring the artistic style of the countries annexed by the Alexander's Empire; and the items giving a notion on the cultural and political ambience, where his individuality formed.(the State Hermitage)

Museum of costume Things by the best  west-European craftsmen of the the late XVIII-early XX centuries are displayed: garments made for the Romanovs House. The exhibition features various fashion trends and famous apparel brands from Paris, Vienna and London.Samples of fabrics, handmade embroidery, applique, and lace are sisplayed (Palace-and Park Ensemble Pavlovsk)