We spend hours on the social networks, posting posts, viewing profiles of friends and acquaintances, editing photos and videos. Do we use all the features and functions of social networks?
We will tell you about the chips in Facebook and Instagram.
“Trusted contacts” is a function that ensures network security. Each user can designate from 3 to 5 friends as profile coordinators in case the account will be blocked or there will be problems with the entrance. Only selected users will be able to send an email with a URL to restore access. You can configure contacts in the “Security and Login Settings” section.
If you suddenly decide to clean your profile and delete publications, you can save copies of posts, photos and videos. The archive can also include a description of the current settings and personal information placed in your account. The button “Download Page” is available in the “Settings” section.
The function allows you to find a person on the network by mobile phone number if you do not know the nickname. You must enter the desired number in the search bar. Only users who allowed to see their contact information will be displayed in the results. The remaining Facebook profiles will be hidden.
You can play and compete with friends in the Messenger application. Users monitor the progress of the opponent and see the number of points scored on the “Hall of Fame”. More than 50 games are available on Facebook, including Cut the Rope 2, Basketball Against Friends and the Ball pool. You can find them in the Facebook Messenger search bar.
Facebook allows users to recall the history of their relationship with friends. If you added information to the “Marital Status and Relatives” section, you can view the history of friendship on this page. If the relationship is not indicated on the social network, the story will be available on the friend’s page. The “View Friendship” button is located on the cover of the profile.
Instagram users can create their own set of filters for processing from the collection. If you use certain filters in the editor and scroll the rest, select the ones you need in the “Management” section. Filters can be swapped in your set, and you can also create a personal rating from them.
Offensive and inappropriate comments Instagram automatically filters out and removes from publications and live broadcasts. Users can also control this process by making a list of stop words, phrases and emoji. The function “Hide offensive comments” is available in the settings.
Instagram users have the right to tag you on any publication. After that, a photo with a tag will be displayed in your profile. However, you can hide the publication in your account in the “Parameters”. The tag on the friend’s page will not be removed.
If you want to temporarily remove or hide part of publications in your profile, you can use the archiving function. Photos will not be displayed on the page, however you will have access to them. You can archive the publication in the “Parameters” section.
In the “Likes” section, users can follow the actions of the profiles to which they are subscribed. Here you can see your favorite posts, comments and subscriptions. You can find a lot of interesting among the content that users rate. Moreover, the section helps to more clearly define the profile and requests of your target audience. The function does not need to be customized.
Winter holidays is the best time for travelling around Europe. It is better to order a tour in October or November. Just at this time travel agencies give their clients suggestions on January, yet lessors haven’t increased Christmas prices on apartments in Airbnb service.
In order to travel on one’s own It is necessary to find the company, choose the direction, buy tickets, engage the place for living and apply for a visa. Online services is a comfortable way to organize travelling (Aviasales, OneTwoTrip, etc). They will find you the most optimal flight in terms of time and prices. Be careful with buying the cheapest vouchers – avia companies frequently impose restrictions on baggage allowance. In order to avoid troubles with the ticket seeking and processing you can appeal to travel agencies where you will be selected the country, hotel, plane. However, that would have great costs. For the decisive and economic travellers we collected three inexpensive and atmospheric European countries.
Czech Republic
Czech Republic is included in top 10 the cheapest countries of the European union. On Christmas Prague opens numerous fairs with hand-crafted products, unique souvenirs and all possible treats. This place is a paradise for lovers to eat budgetly and yummy. In January, besides traditional knuckle of pork and goulash, trdelnics are being sold on every street corner. This is a pastry in the form of roll with sugar and different toppings, the sweet smell of which is spread over the whole historic center.
If you choose cozy and gotic Czech Republic, the flight will be approximately 10000-15000 rubles. The price for living will directly depend on your demands to comfort – every person decides whether to live in hostel or separated apartment. On average, 25000 rubles will be enough for the flight, hotel and visa fee.
Historical Prague center on New Year’s Eve
Hungary
In Budapest Christmas decorations are taken off in early January, that’s why you hardly will be able to feel the holiday atmosphere deeply. However, you will be able to research both sides of the capital – Budu and Pest, warm up in the legendary bathing areas and look at all sightseeings from the hilltop where the statue «Motherland» is situated. Free excursions on English called «Free Walking Tours» are widely spread in Budapest – if you know a little bit more than «London is the capital of Great Britain» you will be able to both attend city tour and learn street-art hidden in the narrow city’s alleyways.
The travelling price to Hungary will be approximately the same as to Czech Republic, yet you will have a possibility to gorge in Hungarian restaurants wasting little money.
Christmas market in Budapest
Finland
The third direction is not so budget as previous ones, but it is, probably, the most atmospheric. If you want to attend Scandinavia, but you have a little money, you can plan a moderate trip to Helsinki.
Hardly anyone believes in stories about Santa Claus living in Lapland. However, it is worth to visit this place in winter at least once in life. Astonishing north sceneries with the aurora borealis, wild deers running along the roads, forests blanketed with snow, and the yummiest fish are anticipating tourists in Finland. You can reach this country not only by plane but also by ground transportation. As an option you can go to Saint-Petersburg by train, and to catch the bus there to Helsinki.
North affluent countries pamper travellers with convenient renovated hostels which give you an excellent possibility to economize on accomodation fee. If you crave to be found yourself in the winter fairytale and ready to accept several inconveniences, definitely visit this European Father Christmas and be ready to spend 30000-35000 rubles on your dream.
This year designers have decided to put the emphasis on casual clothing. To stay in style, you should just add a couple of items to your wardrobe.
First – clothes with large plaid prints. This kind of prints could be on shirts as well as on pants. The red-and-black scottish plaid print became the most popular variation of these patterns. This season it has been used in classic wool coat by Michael Kors and in glossy dress by Alice + Olivia. However, if you for any reason do not like red color or you prefer your clothes to be even more colorful you can follow Versace and wear a suit with yellow-and-blue plaid print.
Carolina Herrera, Jeremy Scott, Tom Ford, R13; Fall Collection 2018
Leopard print has become a byword, so a lot of people tend to be careful with it. Although, designers are not afraid of experimenting, therefore, leopard pattern has burst into fashion in the most unexpected interpretations. Besides leopard coats and trench coats, you can also wear a leopard pencil skirt in grey tones or a yellow leopard collar over your plaid coat. And if these combinations are not audacious enough in collections of American designers, you can find more extravagant outfits, for instance, a leopard suit with neon colors for night parties.
Hermès, Maison Margiela, Balenciaga, Rochas; Fall Collection 2018
After last winter, when Europe got to know the «Siberian Beast» – the weather front which brought almost Russian like frost – overlayered outfits became fashionable. And this fall designers keep following that trend. To stay tuned in fashion, you can get more clothes with overlayered tailoring or use in your outfits a couple of dense fabricated items. There is an option of combining a couple of warm oversized jackets or wearing a drape bulky coat over a thin one. As an example, you can put on a winter coat over a quilted jacket.
The mania for logos has not gone away, so big letters stay a fashion trend of this fall. It means that you would better off buying some clothes with lettered prints. If you prefer your style to be more minimalistic, you can just embrace bags with mentioned pattern.
Givenchy, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera; Fall Collection 2018
Fashion trends of this fall finally made peace between fur lovers and fighters for animal rights. Although, fluffy fur is still construed to be fashionable, it is has to be synthetic. Even Donatella Versace put away her natural furs. Now fur coats can be embellished with colorful applications, ornaments, and wide colored lines. Natural furs cannot allow designers to use similar color range and patterns: bright orange and neon pink lines, vivid purple dots, fluorescent yellow shortcuts. Also, this kind of fur coats is more democratic in price.
This mellow fall is keep surprising us with unexpected designer decisions: dresses with waist cuts , lacquered coats, outfits with two belts over mini-skirts. One thing stays obvious – this fall 2018 is a great time to use your imagination and try unexpected combinations.
Color is one of the most important design tools. The choice of tool depends on the concept of the project, the brand and the personal preferences of the designer. If used correctly, the color will make a project expressive and eye-catching. Why? Elements that live in the same style, not only in terms of typography and placement on the page but also in terms of color design, create a unified visual style.
There are convenient online services for working with color. They require no payment, no software installation or updates, and are available anytime, anywhere.
Color Supply is a service that helps you define a color palette based on different settings: complementary, similar and augmented colors. You can see the changes in shades in real-time, as the selected colors will be displayed on the suggested icons and shapes.
On the site, users can select shades according to their taste, use ready-made selections, or enable automatic selection of the color scheme depending on the primary color. This is a free service that does not require registration.
ColorBlender is a site that serves to create color palettes for different types of designs. The main feature of the tool is the automatic creation of a selection of 6 colors, which are included in the palette when you select one base color. This makes the service very fast and easy when creating a color scheme for a website, for example, as you can instantly use colors for text, background, links, borders, and more.
One of the products of the canva.com service, it allows you to work with colors. This tool includes applications for creating graphic artwork, photo processing, and web site imposition.
ColorKuler is a service that analyzes your Instagram profile color palette. To find a color palette on ColorKuler, enter your Instagram username in the box at the top of the page. When you search for a color palette, ColorKuler.com searches your Instagram profile to analyze the account with the username you entered.
This is a tool for creating color schemes using the color wheel. In addition, here the user can see thousands of ready-to-use color combinations created by Adobe Color service users.
Sip offers all the color formats you could ever need. This service makes it possible not only to customize existing color formats, but also to create new ones. The user can edit his palettes, color names, create new palettes and colors from existing ones.
It is an open-ended collection of beautiful color palettes. Color Hunt started as a private project. It was created for designers to share their personal color palettes. Today it is a popular resource used daily by thousands of designers around the world. The collection consists of a huge number of color palettes. Each palette is created by Color Hunt users, and the best ones can be displayed on the project’s home page. All palettes are free to use. You can install as an extension in Google Chrom.
The service is designed for people who are colorblind. Each primary color is represented by a geometric shape, and the transitions between the shapes symbolize the intermediate colors.
Hippie. It was not just a youth movement, it was a whole era. Look at the history of current that flourished fifty years ago, and try to understand what it attracted young people and why it has become a real phenomenon.
Where they came from?
The hippie subculture emerged in the US in the 1960-ies. For the first time the word “hippie” was made in one of the American TV shows and belonged to the young people who opposed the war in Vietnam. According to one version, the word “hippie” is rooted in American slang means “to be aware”, “kerf”, the other is a word invented by journalists.
Then about a hundred thousand hippies gathered in the area of Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco to celebrate their love and freedom. “Flower children” (as they were called because of the habit to weave in hair flowers and give bouquets to passers-by) have lived in the city’s Golden gate Park. There they distributed free food, and if necessary provide medical help. A landmark event in the history of the hippies was the rock festival “Music, Love and Flowers” in the city of Monterey (California).
She is a hippie at a music festival, 1967
By the way, lighting festivals, which have a lot of time passed in the country, the media tried to show the hippy with the worst hand: life on the street, drugs, unkempt appearance, promiscuity, idleness. Because of this, the society has developed a stereotype about hippies as idlers who do not care about anything. In fact, the movement’s representatives actively participated in rallies and demonstrations. In the fall of 1967 in Washington, hippies held a “March on the Pentagon”. In the procession was attended by over 35 thousand people. The building of the Pentagon, demonstrators were stopped by riot police.
member of the “March on the Pentagon” inserts a flower into the muzzle of the rifle of the military police
The first wave of the hippie movement ended with a rock music festival “Woodstock”, who in August 1969 was attended by about half a million people. This event is called the end of the “hippie era”. The second and third waves of the movement were, respectively, 80-ies and 90-ies.
Хиппи на фестивале «Вудсток» , 1969 год
Фестиваль «Вудсток»
Freedom is a state of mind
Hippie is not only culture, but also philosophy. Activists believe that to improve the world you need to effect change in human consciousness. Harmony with yourself and others – here called “flower children.” Hippies rejected the Puritan morality and conservatism of the old generation, highly valued freedom, especially the interior, called to protect the nature. Over time formed the main provisions of the philosophy of the hippies:
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Journey and meditation
Hippies lived in communes (or municipalities), often in abandoned homes, estates, farms. Settled on the outskirts or in the woods, away from civilization. However, the “flower children” never stayed in one place too long. They loved to travel. Typically the travel was hitch Hiking or minibus.
Bus hippie
Hippies were traveling as a group, stayed in roadside hotels and Inns, where you can meet like-minded people. Sometimes representatives of the movement used caravans.
It is believed that the drugs, along with pacifism and free love was part of the hippie culture. It was believed that psychedelic drugs are able to “expand consciousness” and help to explore the world, disconnected from all earthly things. To achieve spiritual enlightenment, the hippies also turned to meditation, religion and art.
Many hippies were vegetarians or vegans, advocated a return to natural human origins.
“khayr” and baubles
a Hippie at the festival “Woodstock”, 1969
Representatives of the movement wore long hair. Sometimes the heads were decorated with dressings and tapes. Beard, men shaved. On hand was made to wear a variety of homemade decorations: baubles, bangles. Clothes the hippies wore loose and comfortable: jeans (usually flared), sweaters, t-shirts, sometimes purposely torn and frayed, embroidered, beaded, colors. Women wore dresses casual with ethnic motifs. Welcome natural fabrics.
Psychedelic rock
the Beatles
At concerts and festivals hippies often sounded psychedelic music (genre of music, which was influenced by Eastern mysticism of traditional Indian music). The sounds of psychedelic rock, were supposed to influence the audience, causing a feeling of detachment and unreality. In addition, hippies were big fans of The Beatles. And the line “All You Need Is Love” along with “Make love, not war” and “Give Peace A Chance” became the slogan of the movement.
The unofficial anthem culture was considered the song “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)”. Its author – John Phillips of the Mamas &the Papas.
From Lennon to Grebenshchikov
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
John Lennon received recognition from representatives of a hippie for singing songs about equality, brotherhood, peace and love. Yoko Ono, his last wife, also belonged to this subculture. One couple gave reporters the so-called “bed interview”: lying in bed, they called for a stop to the war in Vietnam.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, American musician, writer and actor, can also be called a representative flow. His song “Blowin’ in the Wind” became the anthem of the movement against war and fighting for civil rights.
Jimmy Hendricks
Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist, participated in festivals hippie, including “Woodstock”.
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In Russian cinemas premiered the movie “T2: Trainspotting”. This is the second part of the cult film of the generation 90’s, which is more known to the Russian audience called “Trainspotting”. His story is simple: in Russia the film was released under the pirate early with this name. It is so well established among the audience that has the official distributors did not change.
Source: Kinopoisk
Danny Boyle went a long way to the sequel to his debut picture. During this time, the Director managed to quarrel and make up with the leading actor, Ewan McGregor, to “Oscar” and visit the Olympic games in London. And then came the moment long-awaited meeting with Ginger, a Torso and a Killjoy.
It took 20 years after mark Renton has left his friends with a bag of money and went to a better life. Now the hero not so young. He decided to visit his native land and reliving the past.
It should be noted immediately that “T2” is not exactly appreciate those who never watched the first part. The film almost every time refers to events of the past. Present and flashbacks that go through the minds of the characters during reflection. The picture is a haunting reminder that she is continuing and, in principle, the title of cult does not apply. This is a tribute to the past and a gift for the fans and for the creators themselves. It is seen that when working on a painting, they thought about every detail and moment, but also have fun.
Source: Kinopoisk
“T2: Trainspotting” will appeal to fans of good humor. However, it’s still a sad story about aging and the ring-composition of life. Because in the end, the mark chooses the “same broken record”, but adapted for modern tastes.
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The Moscow subway is not only the most beautiful in the world, but also the most mysterious. There are a lot of legends about it’s dungeons. We chose the most interesting, mystical and frightening.
«Perovo» Station. Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The walls of this station are decorated with images of wild and mythical animals. One bas-relief has an image of a lion, erupting flame from it’s chaps. There is an opinion that this is an illustration to the ninth chapter of the «The Apocalypse of John». The lines, which describe the horsemen of the Apocalypse, say: «The heads of horses, like the heads of lions, and fire, smoke and sulfur came out of their mouth… Cause the strength of the horses was in their mouth and their tails, and they harmed people». So some people think that this illustration on the «Perovo» station is nothing more but a prediction of the end of the world.
«Sokol» Station. Ghosts of war and repression’s victims.
Ghosts of war and repression’s victims
There was a Bratsk cemetery near this station in the XXth century, where victims the First World War were buried. In the days of the early Soviet Union, here was a place to shot unwanted people. Workers of the station say that ghosts are walking here in the morning and at night. The «Sokol» station itself has negative energy. Cases of falling on the rails with deadly art and even suicide are relatively frequent here. People begin to feel anxiety and discomfort at the entrance of the station. Moreover, the photos taken at the station are blurry.
«Dostoevskaya» Station. Revenge of the old woman
Revenge of the old woman
This station is decorated with a mosaic-illustration to the immortal work of Fyodor Dostoevsky «Crime and Punishment». The fresco shows the cult scene of the murder. According to the legend, if you look at the image of an old woman for about a minute, then you will be lucky. However, magic always comes with a price. If you ask the old woman «for help» too often, then luck will turn into really bad luck. So be grateful for what you have, or you risk to be left with the broken trough.
Ghost-train on the Koltsevaya Line
Ghost-train
This legend is somewhat similar to the plot of the movie «The Midnight Meat Train». Every month an old train appears on the Line. The driver and passengers are dressed in fashion of 1930-40, their clothes are gray and gloomy. The train goes round all the stations during one night, makes stops, but opens it’s doors very rarely. People say that if you enter this train, you will not get out. It is assumed that the passengers of this train are the undying souls of the dead subway builders. The Koltsevaya Line was built by prisoners who often arranged disassembly and committed suicide by throwing themselves into mines and sealing themselves alive.
«Leninskie Gori» Station. Abandoned gallery
Abandoned gallery
Until 1983, «Leninskie Gory» station was equipped with a unique escalator gallery. The risk of landslides forced the authorities to close it. Today the escalator gallery is dismantled, the engine room is flooded, walls are covered with cracks. However, this does not affect the demand from fans of extreme and mysticism. Despite the fact that the gallery belongs to the Moscow metro company, its territory is not guarded.
That is what Moscow underground is like. Lovely, exciting and intriguing. Now, when you get of the train, carefully look around — maybe you will be lucky enough to see a ghost or a prediction in the bas-reliefs of the walls.
So you want to break somewhere for the weekend or delivered after the session, knowing that I earned it myself! But to find a working student is not easy, because he has no experience, and hence much choice too. Their terms dictate will not work, because education is always the priority. But the way to earn there if you look.
1) the babysitter, and simply-the babysitter
Babysitter is a student who is interested in working with children
To spend time in the company Moody (or maybe not) the baby often agree girls, but guys will this work on the shoulder. The main advantage — it can be obtained quickly. Services like Kidsout allow parents a few hours to keep the baby in safe hands of a babysitter. They can be after logging in via one of the social networking by completing the form and accepting the invitation. Profiles of the future siterow are carefully selected, so parents are not afraid to trust their children students. The creators of the service are advised beginners to enroll in school, where for two days the psychologists and educators tell how to pass the first meeting with the child and his parents what to do with children of different ages, and how to behave in someone else’s house. Training is paid, but, as experience has shown, the money can be quickly worked out.
the What do you get: from 250 to 500 rubles per hour, depending on experience and recommendations of families.
the Accessibility: an optional training at the school of babysitter — 3000 rubles for two days.
2) Guinea pig (participant experiments)
If you want to contribute to science, become a member of the scientific experiments
Another way to earn is to participate in experiments and research laboratories. This can be done within the walls of native University. For example, neurolinguistics laboratory, HSE are always waiting for students that will help to explore the relationship between language and brain, or to develop a way to restore it after injury. Now the guys are conducting an experiment in which only need to answer a few questions and number of words. On other experiments, read on sites research institutes and centres.
What is offered fixed fee — 250 rubles per hour. Accessibility: complete.
3) photos for sale
Love to take photos will help to make good money
If you are an avid histogrammic and are able to take pictures, start to earn by selling their work to stock photography. Most importantly, that photo was unique. On the domestic pressfoto.ru take pictures, video and editorials, the registration does not take much time: you need to provide three photos, copy of passport and sign a contract. Here, the authors receive 40% of the revenue for the sold photos. shutterstock.com foreign banks which will require a passport and ten pictures to confirm the skill, the kids get 60% . fotolia.com requirements are not as severe: no need to send documents and to take exams, earn work less than on other sites, but start your journey is here.
What is offered at first the income will be small, but over time there will be repeat customers, which can bring up to 20 000 rubles per month. Accessibility: complete.
4) party extras
If you want to know how to create a favorite TV show, come to shooting
If as a child you dreamed of becoming a star of the screen, and finish high school at savem. a different specialty, have the opportunity to realize their acting potential. Make it easy: you need apply to participate in the project, where the requirements apply only to the appearance and enthusiasm, you will applaud. Pride will be the part in the movie, but be prepared for the fact that many Directors hold preliminary auditions.
What is offered from 300 to 800 rubles per day, depending on the duration of the filming. Accessibility: sometimes take part in the trial.
5) the seller is in social networks
Stop wasting time in social networks
Maybe, maybe, promotion of products — your calling? If you are friends with the ruble and Russian Post can safely order and resell goods from abroad, for example, through amazon, ebay or aliexpress.
What is offered depends on the type of product and your luck. Accessibility: complete.
6) handyman: courier, stylist, tutor, designer
You will need a device with Internet access and a desire to help people
One condition — registration for youdo.com. As in the case of Kidsout, this can be done with the help of social network, however, will have to pass online test and phone interview. This service is a live Bulletin Board where customers leave application description of the job and the amount you are willing to pay, and the contractor is looking for feasible work. All participants have a rating, and the higher it is, the more chances to receive a new order. Tasks range from the services of a courier and janitor to legal advice and French lessons that are not only well paid, but can be a good language practice.
What is offered depending on the type of service from 300 to 4000 rubles per hour. Accessibility: service charges the participants a Commission of 5-15% from the cost of each completed job.
The thaw – a short but bright period in the history of the USSR. The era of scientific breakthrough, politics and the arts: man’s first flight into space, the splitting of the atom, the warming of international relations, VI world festival of youth and students. the Flourishing of science fiction and poetry. But most importantly, at this time there is a transformation of consciousness, breaking limitations, and the usual setup, to open up new possibilities.
The era of the 60’s through the eyes of modern man – the theme of the project “the Thaw”, in which took part the “Museum of Moscow”, the Tretyakov gallery, Museum of fine arts named after as Pushkin and the Sovremennik theatre and the Park of culture named after Gorky.
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thaw in Moscow “Moscow city Museum”
The exhibition “Moscow thaw” covers the history of music, cinema, design, fashion, architecture and poetry of the thaw.
Eugenia Kikodze, curator of the exhibition “Moscow thaw”
“We conduct open discussions: “City”,””, “research institutes”, “Physics and lyrics” is about how the architecture was changing, way of life, culture and science in the period of thaw. Also at the documentary film centre present a programme of films made in those years. Our exhibition is a return to the point from where starts modernity as such.”
Jazz fever
In 50-e years in the USSR, the rising tide of interest in jazz, which causes a sharply negative reaction of the authorities and cultural figures. Improvisation, the possibility of spontaneous self-expression and the free swinging rhythm made this music is the perfect metaphor of freedom.
Joseph Brodsky in the 60 years
Joseph Brodsky remembered that even the gait of a Soviet person has changed under the influence of jazz: “the Joints of our very frigid Russian shells began to absorb the swing”.
the Performance of the variety-jazz orchestra of Leonid Utesov in Moscow
From the late 50’s jazz recordings appear “on the edges” – the so-called improvised flexible records, material for which served the x-rays. In 1962, the newly built hotel “Yunost” opens Moscow jazz festival and Soviet musicians for the first time take part in international festival in Warsaw. In the public record company “Melody” for the first time printed album tracks domestic jazzmen. The edition sold out in a matter of days, and the album immediately becomes a rarity. In Moscow appear a cafe, where people come to talk on the forbidden theme first, listen to live music and dancing.
First synthesizer
the First synthesizer that was recorded tracks for the legendary Tarkovsky’s films
The world’s first synthesizer was created by a military engineer Evgeny Murzin, he gathered his in their shared apartment and called “Anse” – the initials of composer and innovator Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin. Using the new tool was able to obtain a completely unusual sound of “space” spectrum. On this machine Eduard Artemiev he created the music for the legendary sci-Fi Thriller Tarkovsky “Solaris”, “Stalker” and “Mirror”.
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Outlet on red square from the film “Zastava Ilyich”
The main hero of the era – a young man, his confident look towards the future. By day he works or studies, and in the evening in a hurry for concerts, exhibitions, theatre, dance and poetry readings. Works Director Marlen Khutsiyev are considered thaw encyclopedia of life. The young people in his films enthusiastically read Remarque and Hemingway, critical of Stalin, dancing to the sounds of foreign music, and among the characters in the movie you can see young Tarkovsky and Konchalovsky. Endless musical party time heroes “July rain” in the cafe “lyre” blow money characters “Three days of Viktor Chernyshev”.
Design
Gossip girl. Glass sculpture 60 years.
For the era of the thaw characteristic minimalism waiver of frills in favor of functionality. Furniture and furnishings are light and compact. Streamlined shape appeared in the glass products: statues, vases and carafes are “fluid”. Design wall clock is freed from unnecessary details – a departure from the petty-bourgeois attitude to watches as the luxury and decoration. Be the first portable radios and inexpensive cameras “Change”. Among young people, the craze for photography.
project slides, movie cameras, cameras and watches 60 years
In fashion there is freedom and emancipation, clothing becomes a way to Express individuality. In Moscow, opened an Atelier, where fashionistas sew outfits custom – fitted dresses with a fluffy skirt in black-eyed peas, broad vertical stripes, juicy or pastel colors.
Abstract art has become one of the most popular destinations. If the first subjects of the compositions were the images of city and nature, the later clearly sound critical themes and allegories. Artists boldly experiment with mixed techniques.
Architects design a huge structure with walls of glass to permit the sun’s light, making people happier and more cheerful. Built on this principle facades of the Kremlin Palace of congresses, the Palace of pioneers in the Lenin hills, the shops on Lenin, Kalinin (Novy Arbat), the Komsomol prospectus.
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“the Thaw” in the Tretyakov gallery
a Conversation with my father
“Auschwitz” by A. G hooks
Section “a Conversation with my father” is dedicated to the dialogue between two generations about the great Patriotic war.
Immediately after Stalin’s death and Khrushchev’s assertion at the head of the state has begun the process of rehabilitation of political prisoners was disbanded the Gulag, published the first works of prose camp: “One day of Ivan Denisovich” by Solzhenitsyn, the novel of George Shelest’s “the Nugget”. In “Lieutenant prose” the war is shown without the semi-official pathos and smoothing sharp points. In works of literature and painting have become common themes of tragedy and horror of war. People began to think about the true price of victory. Artist A. Vasnetsov depicted two widows, who look into the void, their faces almost wiped out.
monument to the dead from bombs
V. A Siddur created a series about the victims of war. His sculptures are symbolic objects, which brought death to people, as well as images of prisoners in the camps.
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“Wedding on tomorrow’s street”. And Pimenov
Period of thaw – time for a radical change in the appearance of the city was taken on “de-Stalinization” of architecture. There is a struggle with a decorative “excesses” in architecture is dominated by rationalism. In place of the Stalinist Empire, with its palaces came democratic style of simple geometric forms with huge Windows, symbolizing the “policy of openness”.
Running across the street
The city becomes an open space. In the courts held a feast and dancing in the squares and in parks poets read poetry. A new image of the city is reflected in the paintings. Yuri Pimenov portrayed scenes of urban life against the background of new buildings: “Running across the street”, “District of tomorrow”, “the South-West. Suburb”. Urbanism is becoming the new direction in painting.
International relations
In 60-e years of the USSR is actively establishing communication with the outside world, especially with the countries of the Eastern bloc. At the forefront of the confrontation with the United States. The two superpowers compete not only in the arms race, but in the propaganda. Moscow is positioning itself as a world capital, conducting international events: scientific conferences, meetings of the peace. Regularly hosts national festivals and exhibitions of art from Syria, Egypt, Vietnam, Cuba, New Zealand and other countries.
In 1957, with extraordinary succes VI world festival of youth and students, which became “Dove of peace” Picasso. In Moscow tens of thousands of guests from America, Africa, Asia and Europe – young people from different countries gathered under the slogans of peace and friendship. Freedom is intoxicating and circled the head, in 1958 in Moscow was marked by the birth of hundreds of babies of mixed races: mulattos and mestizos, they even came to be called “children of the festival”.
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a Cheerful carnival mihnova-Boiteko
Inspired by the works of Western artists, the Moscow artists set off in search of new forms. For example, Ely Belyutin used in the mops, nails and other items. He expressed his ideas through the juxtaposition of people and entourage: two lovers in the forest, which was seen Auschwitz. The painting “Requiem” – Lenin’s funeral, depicted in the close to expressionism “action painting”. The artist is called “Requiem” his “personal Communist utopia”.
Mikhnov-Voitenko created a series of large-format paintings by applying the paint straight from the tube, without the use of the brush. Colored spots create in one case, the dance at the carnival in the other – landscape.
Severe style
Happy workers building communism
This term suggested Alexander Kamensky. Severe style characteristic of socialist realist representation of the themes of the working class and the heroism of hard work: women and men are shown at work on construction sites, in polar expeditions. The cycle of paintings devoted to the development of virgin lands. Heroes tired from work, but happy people, the builders of the bright Communist future.
Atom-Space
the Launch of Sputnik-1 into space
The first flight of man into space and the splitting of the atom created a sense of endless possibilities of science. the world’s First nuclear power station, the first synchrotron – a powerful accelerator, nuclear icebreaker “Lenin” is far not the full list of achievements of the time. The spread of higher education, the development of scientific institutions, creation of closed science cities have given rise to heroes of the new time – young scientists. After the launch of the Soviet “Sputnik-1” space has captured the imagination and became one of the main themes in art, in the design of household objects and appliances. In painting appeared fantastic sketches of planets and unexplored space – artists created their own reality based on scientific facts and guesses.
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Poetry in the theater “Sovremennik”
Evgeny Kuznetsov, the assistant to the art Director of theatre “Contemporary”
“Together with the Tretyakov gallery, we made the program “Area Mayakovsky“. It consists of five evenings devoted to specific poets – Joseph Brodsky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Andrei Voznesensky, Bella Akhmadulina. Fails with “Area Mayakovsky” in the evening “We are young”, which will be devoted to the poetry of the turn of the 1950-1960, it will be attended by almost all young troupe “Contemporary”.
The era of the thaw – a special time when the public conscience changed, open new opportunities, they needed a new form. This allowed the young actors, graduates of school-Studio of the Moscow art theatre to join theatre and to create it “is not from above but from below”. There were six of us: Oleg Yefremov, Galina Volchek, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Kvasha, Evgeny Evstigneev and Lilia Tolmacheva, of which only two are alive today – Volchek and tobacco.
Galina Volchek, Igor Kvasha and Oleg Tabakov. 60 years
By the time of the creation of “Contemporary” art scene and the Stanislavsky system, where the main concern is the interaction of the actor with the audience, was distorted. Efremov with his supporters took on the mission to revive the Stanislavsky system as the only correct one for the Russian theater. April 15, 1956, in the school-Studio of the Moscow art theatre was the first performance of “live Forever”, which was a real shock for the Moscow public. After the performance, the audience persuaded young troupe disperse. This day is considered the birthday of the theater “Contemporary”.
Festival “Thaw” will last until mid-summer. Museum of fine arts Pushkin will present her exhibition “to the future. The art of Europe 1945-1968“, Gorky Park and Muzeon will host screenings, discussions and themed music nights together with the theater “Contemporary”.
In Russia 7 thousand people annually fall into labour or sexual slavery. The movement “Alternative” is, perhaps, the only Russian organization that deals with rescuing people from the hands of fake employers. Its founder, Oleg Melnikov, admits that he once believed slavery an anachronism.
Free plan
The movement “Alternative” emerged in 2012 and exists on donations. Oleg Melnikov has never aimed to free people from slavery — began as a political activist, organized “Antiseliger” All agreed the case: a friend asked Oleg to help a relative in Dagestan. Then it seemed that it would only be one trip. Now “Alternative” — only what Oleg.
“we then Released five people, brought to Moscow a bunch of footage, sent to all journalists, but nobody was interested. Fame we got after galyanovskoe case (the infamous shop “Products” in Sochi, where for several years held in slavery employees), then the media started to take us seriously”.
Simple schema
Usually salvation is on such algorithm: came-saw-was taken. The staff of “Alternatives” trying to keep it quiet. Volunteers are always ready to clashes to go on the safe path sometimes does not work.
“The Police are trying to attract, but according to the existing article of the criminal code “human trafficking” is extremely excited few things, and brought to the prison unit. The article is raw and has not been modified since 2003. It is unclear who should be considered slaves. Police asked: “are You chained?”. Where did they get this idea? Slaves were never chained, they would not be able to work.”
According to Oleg, the police of the CIS looks bad people, with the exception of Belarus. Every loss is an emergency. Once the higher ranks of the Belarusian police have contacted “Alternative”, not relying on their Russian colleagues.
Statistics on missing persons in the territory of the Russian Federation.
Saved
With the rescued men employees of “Alternatives to” contact rare: for a small state too many of them. Usually the victims are willing to accept the help, but there are exceptions.
“it was an amazing case of a girl from Ghana. Came to pick her up, and she doesn’t want to go. Somehow found out that she is afraid of voodoo. She took a tuft of hair, and she decided that she would kill her and family if she leaves. As a result, one of our volunteers bought at the baby store tambourine, knocked at it and said, “voodoo Magic shot”. Funny to us, but for her the real problem.”
“Urgently need a job”
Fall into slavery through recruiters, fake ads on the Internet. Many are looking for ways to make money in a crisis. Take a ticket to Moscow all the money in the hope that they will find jobs and begin to look directly at the station. They are suitable, offer job, for example, in the suburbs, after the name to note. Wake up people then anywhere: in Kaluga, Russia, in Dagestan. Into sexual slavery through lure casting Agency. Mostly girls find in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Greece.
Signs of fake listings
Ad type “known to the Agency invites…”.
Questionable email address without a website company.
Great salary for the type of activity that does not require special skills.
The Concealment of data on place of work, the activity, the amount of salary.
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Strangers among friends
“Usually, other people don’t. For example, the story of the shop in Sochi. Communicate with local, they say, “so what, big deal, but there bread is delicious.” There beaten and raped — all confirm that for help addressed too. “We in the police wrote, and that did nothing” — meet the witnesses”.
The authorities do not cooperate with volunteers. Most embassies do not want to intervene, trying to protect themselves, are actually condemning the man to wander. “Alternative” has now filed a criminal case. In their the shelter there lived four freed man from the CIS. The police accused the volunteers in aiding the illegal migrants. Attempts to explain in what have not resulted.
a helping Hand
The most difficult to find volunteers in not the most attractive job. Sometimes the task for those wishing to help are six months later, when many burn out. In a constant state of “Alternatives” from seven to fifteen people. 90% of the cases — a routine that is not paid for, and many victims cannot help. Per day lost more people than is for the year, even with the help of the Foundation “Charity” and the organization “Lisa Alert”.
“After all this time are no longer perceived as tragedy. Messages do not cause emotions. This is not cynicism, it’s just that when I see tears every day, it is not imbued”.
How to help
Very often beggars in the streets — people who are held in slavery.
do Not give money.
Offer food or water.
Ask whether you need help.
having Received the standard answer, ask unusual questions: where they came from, where he worked, what he studied.
Offer to call relatives.
When people start to talk about yourself, offer assistance. Tell me that help will come now.
Call the hotline “Alternatives” on the phone +7 965 345 51 61.
