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Subway As A Paleontological Museum. Photos Of Remains

There’s a lot written and said about Moscow subway. There are many books and articles about its history and architecture. But the subway is also a paleontological museum. Ammonites, nautiluses, corals, sea lilies lived in seas many millions years ago and now you can see inhabitants of ancient seas on the subway’s walls and columns coated with marble and limestone and you don’t need a loupe to see some of the creatures.

Where To Find

You can find the remains on the walls and floor of the stations coated with a natural stone. Most of these stations are on the “red”, “blue” and “brown” (the loop) branches. New stations were started to be coated with a natural stone too, for example Park Pobedy (Park of the Victory). Most likely, you can find the remains in the red, brown and yellow marble and hardly in the white one.

Here are some photos 

Kunstkamera. Photos

Kunstkamera. Photos

Kunstkamera (german - Kunstkammer - "room of art") - the first Russian museum that was open in 1714 in Saint-Petersburg. The first items were bought in other countries according to the order of Peter I.

The exposition started with the collection of "ugly creatures" (genetic ugliness of people and animals) and the collection of anatomic products bought in the Netherlands. At first there also were zoological collections that were turned to a zoological museum in 1832.

Right now the full name of the Kunstkamera is the Museum of anthropology and ethnography named after Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of Russian Science Academy. Besides the Peter's collections there are also living supplies, clothes, weapon, craft-work of the world nations collected in 250 years in expeditions organized by the Science Academy.

The Kuntskamera's expositions are

Floor 0 - Stores, cafes, cloakroom
Floor 1 - Northern America
Exhibition "World of one item"
Exhibition "Japan"
Exhibition "Africa"

Floor 2 - Mideast
Exhibition "China"
Exhibition "Indo-China"
Exhibition "India. Indonesia"

"First natural and scientific collections"
Floor 3 "M.V.Lomonosov and the Science Academy of XVIII"
Floor 4 "First astronomic observatory of the Science Academy"
Floor 5 "Big Gottorpskiy globe"

And here are some photos of the items

The Man Who Escaped. Slowly But Surely

Looks like this toy soldier creeped so far away that the seller has forgot about it and left. It reminded me a story that we read and listened on English lessons at school called "The Man Who Escaped".



The man who escaped, originally uploaded by AnastasiaCarroll.

Mona Lisa

If to embroider another Mona Lisa, then we'll have stereo Lisa :P

v-monalisa

In January (2008) I’ve Been To Three Monasteries

The Temple In Honor Of The Icon Of Kazanskaya Holy Mother

The Temple in Honor of the Icon of Kazanskaya Holy Mother in Russia

The Temple in Honor of the Icon of Kazanskaya Holy Mother in Russia

Mermaid

Embroidery Mermaid

Russian mermaids don't have fish tails. They are drowned women who lure men and drown them too

Country Estate

Embroidery Country Estate

St Panteleimon

Embroidery St Panteleimon

Waiting

Embroidery Waiting

Still Life

Embroidery Still life

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