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Where Is The Inexhaustible Chalice Icon?

Where Is The Inexhaustible Chalice Icon?

The Mother of God has always been one of the most revered saints in Russia. She is considered the patroness of Russia, so there are many icons that capture her image. One of them is The Inexhaustible Cup. Nobody knows which icon painter created the icon known as the Inexhaustible Chalice and when it happened, but the icon is known not so long ago - since 1878

Fixies: The History Of Their Appearance

Fixies: The History Of Their Appearance

The Fixies is a Russian animated series. This educational cartoon is designed to explain to children in an accessible language how such objects as a remote control, a magnet or a ballpoint pen work. Instructions Step 1 The first series of "

The Best Films Based On The Books Of Stephen King

The Best Films Based On The Books Of Stephen King

More than a hundred films have been shot based on the works of Stephen King. He took part in the filming many times as a screenwriter, actor, producer and director. At the moment, the writer is the most screened author of our time. Here are some of his most striking works

How It Was: Fukushima

How It Was: Fukushima

The Japanese nuclear power plant "Fukushima-1" was built in 1960-1970. and worked smoothly before the accident that occurred at the station on March 11, 2011. It was caused by natural disasters: earthquake and tsunami. If only one of them happened, and the nuclear power plant could resist, but nature has its own plans, and after the most powerful earthquake in the history of Japan, a tsunami struck

How To Find A Person By City And Address

How To Find A Person By City And Address

It may well happen that you need to find a person at the address, since you will not have any more information. Do not give up. The name of the city and a detailed home address in most cases will be enough for you - you can find all the other information using modern communications and search engines

Who Is Ivan Dorn

Who Is Ivan Dorn

Young musicians are actively occupying leading lines in the charts of music stations and the hearts of fans. One of these talents is the singer Ivan Dorn, the former lead singer of the "Para Normal" group. His work is distinguished by individuality, originality and dissimilarity to anyone else

What The Bible Says About Money And Wealth

What The Bible Says About Money And Wealth

The Bible is one of the most published books on the planet. Millions of people daily search the Holy Scriptures for answers to the most important questions of human existence. One of these issues, seemingly far from spiritual pursuits, is associated with money and the acquisition of wealth

How Is The Uzbek Wedding Going?

How Is The Uzbek Wedding Going?

A wedding is a celebration of joining two loving hearts and creating a new family. From this point of view, it is quite interesting to consider wedding traditions and customs of different peoples, because each of them does it in his own way

How To Check In To A Thrift Store

How To Check In To A Thrift Store

When you decide to update your wardrobe or arrange an audit of the contents of your wardrobe before the change of seasons, you may find many things that you are not going to wear either in the near or in the distant future. Some do not fit you in size, others were bought for the occasion and do not fit anything, others were presented to you - and they hung there for several years without needing to

How To Write Into The Program "What? Where? When?"

How To Write Into The Program "What? Where? When?"

The game “What? Where? When?" has been on the air for over 35 years. Every year, the program receives 300-400 thousand letters with questions for connoisseurs, but only dozens of the most interesting and beautiful riddles get to the gaming table

Vladimir Lenin: Life And Politics

Vladimir Lenin: Life And Politics

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is one of the most famous political figures of the 20th century. In the Soviet Union for seventy years he was considered a genius who tried to make backward Russia socialist, and then communist. He strove to realize his dream, where workers will receive according to their needs and give according to their ability

How To Renew Your Passport

How To Renew Your Passport

Legally, the term "passport renewal" is not correct. A passport is issued for a certain period, and when it ends, the passport is not renewed, but issued anew. That is, if you want to issue a passport for one more period, then you will have to repeat the same set of actions as in the registration of the first one

How To Find Out The Mail Address By The Postcode

How To Find Out The Mail Address By The Postcode

Do you need to get information by mail, but you do not know where it is? By the index you can find out the address of the post office you need. The easiest way to do this is by using the internet. It is necessary - access to the Internet

Where To Complain About The Inaction Of Police Officers

Where To Complain About The Inaction Of Police Officers

Complaining about the inaction of police officers should not only be with the higher authorities, but you can also contact the police's own security service, the public chamber, the prosecutor's office and even the court. All these bodies can not only help in solving the problem that the police officers refused to resolve, but also force them to fulfill their duties

Social Sphere As A Category Of Philosophy

Social Sphere As A Category Of Philosophy

The study of man in general and society in the private, which implies philosophical science, presupposes the fragmentation of social systems into the spheres of the life of society and man. Social is one of four such spheres and has one of the most important values for philosophy

How To Renew The Compulsory Medical Insurance Policy

How To Renew The Compulsory Medical Insurance Policy

The compulsory medical insurance policy (MHI) allows anyone to receive immediate or routine medical care free of charge throughout the Russian Federation. This happens by financing the activities of doctors from the compulsory health insurance funds

Who Starred In "The Fifth Element"

Who Starred In "The Fifth Element"

The film "The Fifth Element" was released back in 1997 and almost immediately became a cult movie. Film fans agree that the film owes its success to a great cast. The film "The Fifth Element" has long celebrated its fifteenth anniversary, but the gripping plot and brilliant cast make the picture relevant today

How Registration In Moscow Looks Like

How Registration In Moscow Looks Like

The question of what a genuine registration in Moscow looks like is of concern to a considerable number of people. It should be understood that a registration will only be genuine if it is legally obtained. No matter how the form looks, the FMS authorities cannot issue an incorrect document

How To Find Jewish Roots

How To Find Jewish Roots

Each of us is interested in the history of the family and the secrets of origin. Many have suspicions and guesses about Jewish relatives. In fact, you can not only guess, but also try to get to the bottom of the truth. There are several quite effective ways to do this

How To Find A Person In America

How To Find A Person In America

An active flow of emigration from the CIS countries to the United States began in the 90s of the XX century and has not subsided to this day. Many people leave for America to work, in search of a better life, and disappear from our field of vision once and for all