Энн Ка́рсон получи́ла Но́белевскую пре́мию по литерату́ре
Canadian writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Her books combine classical literature, poetry, prose and personal experience.
Canadian writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Her books combine classical literature, poetry, prose and personal experience.
Kyiv’s 114-year-old Bessarabskyi Market has lost most of its new cafés and restaurants. Some traditional vendors remain, but the historic market’s future is uncertain.
Art historian Boris Ioganson received a Russian art-history award for his book about the Moscow Union of Artists. Three historians from Moscow and St. Petersburg were honored this year.
A new four-part documentary series tells the stories of four Russian avant-garde artists. The first two episodes became available online on September 30; the remaining two are due October 7.
French actress Marina Vlady, born to a family with roots in Russia, died at 88. She appeared in about a hundred films, won a Cannes acting award, and was also remembered for her relationship with Vladimir Vysotsky.
Russian attacks destroyed more than 13 million books in Ukraine over two months in summer 2026. Eight million were lost in a strike on a Kharkiv publishing warehouse, adding to major losses for the country’s publishing industry.
Russian architect Sergey Kuznetsov was named the 2026 laureate of the European Prize for Architecture. The ceremony and an exhibition of his work are scheduled for September 18 in Athens.
Andrei Rublev’s famous “Trinity” icon has been moved from the iconostasis of Trinity Cathedral in Sergiev Posad. Tretyakov Gallery specialists are inspecting the fragile work and adjusting its climate-controlled case.
A historic building at Moscow’s Elektrozavod complex has been demolished, and another is being dismantled. The developer says it wants to preserve original features, but the final redevelopment plan has not yet been published.
Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky presented “DAU,” a film about Soviet physicist Lev Landau, at the Venice Film Festival on September 9. The long-awaited premiere also prompted objections from Ukrainian authorities because of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.