24/05/2018

Emerald hills and malachite dunes: the natural magic of the Palouse region, USA

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Emerald hills and malachite dunes: the natural magic of the Palouse region, USA




The fertile land of the agricultural region of Palouse, located in the northwest of the United States, is a true miracle of nature. Juicy meadows resemble a disturbing sea or a divorce of pastel colors of a talented artist. In the palette of the artist-nature this time was the green of the hills and dunes, as well as the rich dark color of fertile soil. Palouse - a real paradise for photographers, but still this area remains almost unknown.





Palouse farmland covers t Nicolas Carone paintings

he southeastern part of Washington, the north-central part of Idaho and even extends to the south and north-east of Oregon. The Palouse is located south of the town of Spokane, with an area of ​​about 3000 sq. M. miles, here grow wheat and legumes.

The original picturesque silt dunes Palouse formed thousands of years ago during the ice age. On the territory of the modern Palouse numerous hills have formed, which represent a chaotic alternation of hills and valleys. The steepest slopes can be located at a slope of 50% in relation to the slope, and the minimum range of heights from 5 to 130 cm in depth.



Unlike other prairies of North America, the Palouse is a naturally formed part of the ecosystem: here the land was not burned out and the cattle were not grazed massively. In the Palouse, originally there were endless meadows, but with the advent of European settlers in the 19th century, intensive agriculture began to flourish. The consumer attitude of the agrarians led to the fact that there are practically no local plants left on the Palouse, most of the prairies today are reserved for farmers' fields, in addition, small towns appeared here.





Unfortunately, human activity once again jeopardized the existence of the picturesque prairies of the Palouse. Everything that still reminds us of the former endless beauty is unique plants that lonely run along the paved roads and railroad tracks, on the outskirts of plowed fields and equipped pastures, along the remaining rivulets and in open areas by miraculously unmade pine forests.

29/04/2018

April 27 were born ...



Ivan Petrovich Karpov
commander of the calculation of the machine gun of the 60th Guards Rifle Regiment (20th Guards Rifle Division, 37th Army, 3rd Ukrainian Front), guard sergeant. He was born in the village of Elkhovka, now Totsky district of the Orenburg region (according to other sources - in the city of Tashkent) in the family of a peasant. Russian. He graduated from 6 classes. He worked on the collective farm "New Life", a fitter in the factory. In the Red Army since April 1941. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since 1942. He fought in the Western, Stalingrad, 3rd Ukrainian fronts, participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, the liberation of Ukraine. By the spring of 1944, Guard Sergeant Karpov was the commander of the calculation of the machine gun of the 60th Guards Rifle Regiment. He distinguished himself in battles when crossing the Dniester River and liberating Moldavia. In April 1944, Guard Sergeant Karpov, alone with his machine gun on a raft, was among the first to cross the Dniester River near the settlement of Slobodzeya (now the city, the administrative center of the Slobodzey region of the unrecognized Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika) and took up defense. With the fire of his machine gun, he silenced the three nearest firing points of the fascists, which prevented the crossing of the advanced units. When the infantry of the enemy went on the attack, Karpov, changing his position, hit the flank with fatal fire. Often changing the firing positions, the machine gunner allowed the units of the regiment with small losses to force the river. Only on the first day of fighting for the bridgehead Karpov suppressed the fire of five heavy machine guns, exterminated more than 30 fascists. On April 13, in a battle near the village of Kopanka (now a village in the Causaan region of Moldova), reflecting the sixth counterattack of infantry and enemy tanks a day, the machine gunner Karpov let the infantry 50 meters away, firing at point-blank range, destroying 36 German soldiers led by an officer. In the submission to the awarding of the heroic title, it is stated: "With his steadfastness, courage and courage, he ensured the successful crossing of the water boundary and the firm consolidation of our bridgeheads on the right bank of the Dniester River." Killed in one of the following fights. About the fate of the warrior after the battles on the Dniester, as stated in the biographical directory, "no exact documentary evidence was found". The decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 13, 1944 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German fascist invaders and the courage and heroism of the Guard, sergeant Karpov Ivan Petrovich, manifested at the same time, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet. He was awarded the Order of Lenin.
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Elmar Yanovich Keats
Estonian painter, People's Artist of the USSR (1971). Was born in Tartu. He studied at Tartu in the Higher Art School "Pallas" (1935-1939) in A. Wabbe. He taught at the Art Institute in Tartu (1944-1949). The author of thematic paintings, landscapes, still lifes, portraits executed in a free, picturesque manner and distinguished by the subtlety of the coloristic decisions: "High water in Valhamets" (1960), triptych "Music, Ballet, Fine Arts" (1961-1962, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn) , "VI Lenin", "Builders" (both works of 1969, the State Prize of the Estonian SSR, 1970). He also worked in the field of monumental and decorative painting. He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. He died in Tartu on March 24, 1972. Literature: Erm., Elmar Kits, Tallinn, 1959 (summary in Russian): his same, Uus etapp Elmar Kitse loomingus, "Kunst", 1967.
Heorhiy Narbut
1913
Galina Dmitrievna Kremshevskaya
ballet dancer, ballet critic.

11/04/2018

POETRY OF THE SILVER AGE. Konstantin Balmont



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Konstantin Yuon. Domes and swallows. Assumption Cathedral of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, 1921

 

Annunciation in Moscow

 

Annunciation and light,
The pussy willow.
Or as if there was no grief,
Right, really?
Evangelism and laughter,
Kidneys flushed.
And on the streets of all
Blue flowers.


How many blue flowers,
Taken from the snow.
Again the world is fresh and new,
And everywhere is negative.

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I see old Moscow
In the young dress.
I laugh and I live,
The sun is in every eye.
From the ancient Kremlin
The ringing floats by the wave.
And in the moats there is a land
Young grass.
In a little grass
A dream of spring and summer.
Annunciation in Moscow,
This is a holiday of light!
Konstantin Balmont