Intrigue and Power (adventurers, impostors and
emperors)
Sordid picture of life in the 16th through 19th centuries conjured up by St Petersburg's historical museum of wax figures well enough to rival Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors in London
Shostakovich anniversary
The 20th anniversary of death of the famous Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich.
The art of leaving life: Beckmann's Departure
The elaborate philosophical plot of Max Beckmann's "Departure," recently
arrived in St Petersburg on loan from the New York Museum of Modern Art, will
be a shock to the local public.
