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  20 Stunning Vintage Postcards of Anna Pavlova, Early 20th Century Ballet Icon   February 12, 2026       1900s , 1910s , 1920s , cards & postcards , celebrity & famous people , entertainment     Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova; February 12, 1881 – 23 January 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, but is most recognized for creating the role of The Dying Swan and, with her own company, being the first ballerina to tour the world, including South America, India, Mexico and Australia. Unlike many of her contemporaries who focused on athletic power and technical perfection, Pavlova was celebrated for her poetic expression. She possessed a slender, delicate frame that contrasted with the more muscular “Italian style” dancers of the time. She rose to the rank of Prima Ballerina in 1906 after a successfu...

    January 05, 2022       1990s , life & culture , Moscow , Russia & Soviet Union , street     When the USSR was dissolved in 1991, Moscow remained the capital of the Russian SFSR (on December 25, 1991, the Russian SFSR was renamed the Russian Federation). Since then, a market economy has emerged in Moscow, producing an explosion of Western-style retailing, services, architecture, and lifestyles. Moscow in 1990 The city has continued to grow during the 1990s to 2000s, its population rising from below nine to above ten million. Since then, however, there has been a dramatic growth of low-density suburban sprawl, created by heavy demand for single-family dwellings as opposed to crowded apartments. In 1995–1997 the MKAD ring road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes. In December 2002, Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo became the first Moscow Metro station that opened beyond the limits of MKAD. The Third Ring Road,...