![]() | The Director's office: in memoriamA firm believer that architects should be gardeners not morticians enshrouding a city in cement, David Sarkisyan, Director of the Shchusev Museum of Architecture in Moscow, has been featured in the new issue of the Russia Now supplement to the Daily Telegraph, published today. Under David Sarkisyan's administration, the Shchusev museum became the centre of Moscow’s architectural and artistic life and now his old office is a memorial of his life's work. Rossica 12/13Rumiantsev’s Arc – Library of a Nation If the book lies at the heart of Russian culture, then the most vital, life-preserving institution in Russian culture is the library. This issue of ROSSICA focuses on the remarkable history and collections of Russia’s largest library: originally called the Rumiantsev Museum, later the Lenin Library (Leninka) it is now the Russian State Library. Rossica 6Russian Nights ‘Russian Nights’ Festival is the largest, most ambitious and most varied festival of Russian culture ever to be staged in London. It brings a remarkable range of music and theatre, painting and poetry, photography and architecture to the capital. Rossica 4Moscow – The Third Rome, Stalin’s Capital, Global City This issue focuses on Russia’s capital city as myth, as physical history, and as the future. Rossica 4Moscow – The Third Rome, Stalin’s Capital, Global City This issue focuses on Russia’s capital city as myth, as physical history, and as the future. Rossica 6Russian Nights ‘Russian Nights’ Festival is the largest, most ambitious and most varied festival of Russian culture ever to be staged in London. It brings a remarkable range of music and theatre, painting and poetry, photography and architecture to the capital. Rossica 12/13Rumiantsev’s Arc – Library of a Nation If the book lies at the heart of Russian culture, then the most vital, life-preserving institution in Russian culture is the library. This issue of ROSSICA focuses on the remarkable history and collections of Russia’s largest library: originally called the Rumiantsev Museum, later the Lenin Library (Leninka) it is now the Russian State Library. |