Margherita

(things that make life worth living) /russian history/travelling/reading/cinema/fashion

[sadzarina]

those dayz I'm obsess with France <3

[azorsnark-deactivated20161128]

The winters are hard. But the Stark’s will endure. We always have. 

[the-queen-of-thrones]

“It’s just a stupid sword,” she said, aloud this time. But it wasn’t. Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell’s grey walls, and the laughter of its people. Needle was the summer snows, Old Nan’s stories, the heart tree with its red leaves and scary face, the warm earthy smell of the glass gardens, the sound of the north wind rattling the shutters of her room. Needle was Jon Snow’s smile.

Arya Stark (via the-queen-of-thrones)

one of my favourite quotes <3 #got #arya #stark

[laricamental]

Jaime Lannister: By what right does the wolf judge the lion?

Game of Thrones

[historyofromanovs]

Interesting facts about the Hermitage and Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

According to the protocol the servants were not allowed into the state rooms of the Winter Palace. In order to move around the palace they used special passages inside the walls.

After that terrible fire of 1837 the system of central heating was introduced in the Winter Palace in order to prevent fires and obtain more efficient heating. The new hot-air stoves were located on the ground floor. The air was going through the stoves and then up along the pipes and canals in the walls to the rooms of the palace. The system was developed by the Russian engineer N. A. Amosov. Nowadays we see metals grids, which were a part of the heating system, on the floor in many rooms of the Winter palace.

It took only 15 months to reconstruct the palace completely after the fire of 1837.

At the end of the 19th century the emperor Nicholas II allowed free entrance to the museum as the royal family moved to Tsarskoye Selo, which became their permanent residence till 1917.

There are about 50 cats employed in the State Hermitage. Their main responsibility is to protect the items from rats and mice. Each cat has its own passport with a picture.

In order to become a licensed guide in the museum, one should finish special courses, which cost about 23000 RUB (489 EUR) and pass strict exams.

Source: Nordic Travel - Russia Guide

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[historyofromanovs]

The Romanovs in Films → The Russian Ark (2002)

Russian Ark (Russian: Русский ковчег) is a 2002 historical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov. It was filmed entirely in the Winter Palace of the Russian State Hermitage Museum using a single 96-minute Steadicam sequence shot. The film was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

An unnamed narrator wanders through the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. The narrator implies that he died in some horrible accident and is a ghost drifting through the palace. In each room, he encounters various real and fictional people from various periods in the city’s 300-year history. The Romanovs are shown as early as Catherine the Great and later her descendants as the film proceeds.

[sadzarina]

#russianark #romanov #histoyofrussia #bestmovie

[xangeoudemonx]

Valentino Pre-Fall 2015.

[jonsnowbadass]

Game of Thrones T-Shirts: http://bit.ly/1lvIRv0

[picturesque-russia]

Станислав Жуковский (1873–1944). Лес

[vivelareine]

Marie Antoinette (2006)

[lesliasonsdemarieantoinette]

LES LIAISONS DE MARIE ANTOINETTE | MARIE ANTOINETTE 2006

[lowmorale]

[sadzarina]

Time International Magazine Cover “Sweden’s Socialist Surrealism” 1977

[jonsnowbadass]

Game of Thrones T-Shirts: http://bit.ly/1lvIRv0

[albinotanuki-deactivated2016010]

I’m sure this is not what most fans of Don Bluth’s Anastasia think of when they think of the real Anastasia Romanov.

[suammetuit-deactivated20150628]

historyedit: russian history - grand duchesses of russia (tatiana, olga, maria, anastasia) [daughters of the last russian tsar Nicholas II Romanov]

The Tsar’s children were raised as simply as possible. They slept on hard camp cots without pillows, except when they were ill, took cold baths in the morning, and were expected to tidy their rooms and do needlework to be sold at various charity events when they were not otherwise occupied

[nevver]

Adam Lister