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Say it louder for the people at the back

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Girls having fun on stairs, ca. 1920s.

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Eugene Delacroix - Faust Meeting Marguerite. Illustration for Goethe’s Faust. 1828

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In Europe, journalists would say to my face: “Why do you all care about the Victory (WWII) so much in Russia? We forgot all about it.” I asked them: “For how long were your countries resisting Hitler?” Silence. Then I continued: “Poland was occupied in 28 days. In those same 28 days, the Germans could only occupy a few houses in Stalingrad. Denmark resisted for exactly one day. The whole of Europe was conquered in three months. And our soldiers had to liberate it. And for what price! Millions of lives of soviet soldiers were lost to liberate Europe from facism. But Europe preferred to forget about it.” - Vasiliy Lanovoy (Soviet actor)

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This stunning ancient Greek floor mosaic was just excavated in southern Turkey, near the Syrian border.

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A rare colour photograph of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna. It’s believed that this photo was taken when Olga met Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip on board the royal yacht, HMS Britannia, in the 1950s.

Source: Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Appreciation Society

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Queen Olga Konstantinovna of Greece, nee Grand Duchess of Russia, in a fabulous traditional Russia court dress, complete with kokoshnik on her head

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British Regency, Empire, and Romantic Style

Fashion design of the early 19th century is called Regency style, named for Britain’s George Prince Regent who ran the country when his father, King George III became mentally ill and unable to perform his duties. The detested and debauched Prince Regent became king in 1830.

Ladies’ clothing styles of the early 1800’s are characterized by the Empire waist dress and classical Greek lines; the styles worn by characters in Jane Austen novels.

Included in the Regency period is the Romantic era, influenced by a new romantic sensibility typified by writers like Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott.

Image courtesy of Wikimedia commons.

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