22.03.2024 Sergey ValovSergey Valov

Can the “conditioned reflexes” of neural networks ruin creativity?

The 2023 Hollywood strike resulted in a virtual victory for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) over the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) after reaching an agreement that neural networks would not be used by producers to write screenplays. If the screenwriters themselves use the capabilities of neural networks in the form […]
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27.02.2024 Tony RocchiTony Rocchi

Revolution from the Right: Russia’s Black Hundreds

Far-right political terrorism occupies a virtually minimal place in the history of political terrorism in the Russian Empire between 1901-1911. The overwhelming majority of the 17,000 people killed or wounded in terrorist attacks were victims of left-wing terrorist groups. However, terrorism and other acts of violence committed by the Black Hundreds [черносотенцы] — members of […]
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23.01.2024 Tony RocchiTony Rocchi

The People’s Will: Victory or Defeat?

Historians generally agree that the People’s Will [Народная Воля] suffered a major defeat because it did not overthrow the government after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II on March 1, 1881. At best, the assassination was a Pyrrhic victory because the successful assassination was accomplished at too great a cost for the People’s Will. The […]
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08.01.2024 Tony RocchiTony Rocchi

The People’s Will and Russia’s Jews

One of the darkest chapters in the history of the People’s Will [Народная Воля] was how some narodovol’tsy supported a wave of anti-Jewish pogroms [погромы] in 1881-1882 in the southern and southwestern provinces, now forming part of Ukraine. A pogrom is a mob attack direct against certain categories of people, considered evil alien elements by […]
16min 408
24.12.2023 Yuri ChekalinYuri Chekalin

Dear Readers,

As the year comes to an end, we want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope you have enjoyed reading our articles, blog, and other creative content that we have generated for you. We appreciate your feedback, suggestions, and requests that have helped us improve our skills […]
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05.12.2023 Boris MezhuevBoris Mezhuev

Henry Kissinger Was a Politician of the International Realism

Many different words can be said about the late statesman — both good and evil, fair and biased. Kissinger activities can be considered from a variety of points of view — from the position of abstract humanism, the global claims of Euro-Atlanticism, and finally, based on the postulates of his favorite international realism. But in […]
3min 1218

Murders — it’s an Everyday Matter

The deaths of civilians in Gaza — random but numerous victims of war — are sad and terrible. Two unfortunate peoples who found themselves on the same territory and unable to reconcile are an open wound. Eighteen centuries after the expulsion, the Jews wandered, were despised, and again expelled from everywhere. The Holocaust, when some […]
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“If Only There Was No War”

About the expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948, I read a lot of materials from both sides, probably a whole library. The exile symbol was the massacre in Deir Yassin, and I think that Israeli nationalists then greatly damaged something in the basis of the idea, the dream of re-establishing Israel. As for the idea […]
4min 2644

16.10.2023 Viktor AlksnisViktor Alksnis

Russian Government Invests into PR Hole

The Russian authorities intend to create mechanical engineering for microelectronics in the country virtually from scratch by 2027, developing equipment for all cycles of semiconductor production. The cost of the project is estimated at more than 100 billion rubles. Compared to the investments of global industry players, the figures look modest: the world’s leading manufacturer […]
2min 3476

02.10.2023 Sergey StankevichSergey Stankevich

Russian Civil War of 1993

I previously read the book by Sergei Shargunov, which formed the basis of the film. The book is larger and deeper, which is only natural. The film itself was shot professionally and conscientiously. Of course, this is not a document, although some shots almost document the chronicle. The main advantage of the film: this is […]
1min 3773

Time for a Bloody Reckoning for Political Blindness

The political blindness of the communists resulted in the fact that Ukrainian nationalism was formed on the basis of Russian nationalism, which fell on fertilized soil by Austrian and German nationalists. Thomas Venclova expressed a fairly sensible idea: “Many in the Baltic countries and throughout Eastern Europe consider Russian nationalism to be an absolute evil, […]
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09.08.2023 Olga MakarovaOlga Makarova

Naughty Children: Nuisance or Blessing

Once in a while, every parent, to one degree or another, faces the disobedience of their child. In France in the 60s, even a kid named Nicolas was popular — a character in children’s illustrated books, on which more than one generation of French grew up. He is curious and restless, mischievous but a dreamer, […]
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15.07.2023 Olga MakarovaOlga Makarova

Romance at the Tip of the Pencil

Animated Short Film “THOUGHT OF YOU” is a delightful graphic novel with images that look like they’ve stepped out of the pages of an artist’s album and came to life. A great way to show the experience and dreams of each character is simply through a pencil drawing that comes to life without distracting details. […]
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13.04.2023 Yuri ChekalinYuri Chekalin

Seppuku and Death in Japan

“Where does all this madness about hara-kiri, bushido come from…” /From one Russian radio broadcast./ “… We must win honestly, We must live in the bright light, They will compose songs about us, Heaven will be hot…” “Sport Heroes”    “…Who knows what awaits us?  Who knows what will happen?  And will be strong  And […]
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Sincerity is somewhere inside us

Adult life is a strange thing. It often feels different than it actually turns out. As a child, you look at life with wide eyes. We stretch our arms to everything: to a flower and a butterfly, to a puppy and a kitten, to a cloud in the sky. We have fun and we laugh. […]
3min 7645

14.02.2023 Olga MakarovaOlga Makarova

The Attractive Force of Bad Luck

Opposites are known to attract. Because the heroes of the French animated comedy “Jinxy Jenkins & Lucky Lou” were doomed to meet, and, according to the authors’ intention, their meeting was to be completely random and completely captivating the attention of the audience. As a result, an exciting race of heroes in an uncontrolled ice […]
1min 7827

09.01.2023 Alexander LavrovAlexander Lavrov

Musical Art of the XXI Century

To begin with, in the 21st century, the convergence of academic and popular music has increased. If earlier in world practice, academic composers went into film music, now the trend is reversed – film composers and even computer game composers are moving into academicism. They write music for ballets that are staged in the world’s […]
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The 2023 Hollywood strike resulted in a virtual victory for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) over the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) after reaching an agreement that neural networks would not be used by producers to write screenplays. If the screenwriters themselves use the capabilities of neural networks in the form […]

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