#moscow library

[sovietpostcards]

Lenin State Library of the Soviet Union. Photo by Naum Granovsky (Moscow, 1939).

#1930s #moscow #architecture #libraries #russia #ussr

[loganslowdown4]

I shouldn’t be surprised, but I just finished A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles today and it is SUCH a Logan book, like I know they chose it on purpose but WOW

It’s about a former Count, stripped of title and put under house arrest in a hotel. He’s very smart, has a lot of teacher qualities, after a while feels like he’s being ignored, and with the patience of a saint, slowly figures out a way to escape.

I’m talking like 30 years imprisonment but he learns and pays attention and adapts. There’s so much in here that all points to Logan relating to and loving this book, well done. It was very good.

#a gentleman in moscow #amor towles #thomas sanders #sanders sides #Logan sanders #ts logan #Patton sanders #the sides need a nice day #ts the sides need a nice day #TikTok challenge #library #books #Russian historical fiction

[escapismsworld]

A Soviet funeral monument in the Roman style encased in glass, Novodevichiy Cemetery, Moscow

#dark academia #light academia #academia aesthetic #classical #academia #escapism #classic literature #books #books and libraries #architecture #statue #sculpture #monument #soviet #roman style #moscow #royal core #cottage core #gothic #vibe #mood #aesthetic

[green-ann]

Russian State Library

The largest library in Russia and continental Europe and one of the largest in the world, with more than 47 million books.

And yet I only needed one 19-page book, which I read with pleasure right there in the far reading room of the department of books for official use.

I will definitely come again ❤️

A report on a business trip to the USA, 1976, curious book, should I write a post about interesting facts that I learned from this book?

@fuerst-von-argot @elenatria @johnlockismyreligion @legasovas @leonaevelyn

#valery legasov #russia #Russian state library #books & libraries #library #Moscow #валерий легасов #my pictures #москва #библиотека #российская государственная библиотека

[mann-walter]

#A Little Life #Hanya Yanagihara #A Gentleman in Moscow #Amor Towles #2015 #2016 #books #novels #reading #21st Century novels #21st Century books #literature #book reccs #books and libraries #books and reading #tumblr polls #Mann Walter

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

When all was said and done, the endeavors that most modern men saw as urgent (such as appointments with bankers and the catching of trains), probably could have waited, while those they deemed frivolous (such as cups of tea and friendly chats) had deserved their immediate attention.

Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

#book quotes #amor towles #a gentleman in moscow #books and libraries #literature #slow down #literary

[sovamurka]

Love how despite Exlibrium being so fucking colourful it turns out to be so damn depressing and dreadful.

Love how "(book)wizarding school university" only looks like a fun place to be in and is actually just a pretty prison.

Love how you're very likely to die upon entering and risk becoming a literal shadow of yourself.

Love how even if you will survive and not die in the process of being a bookwizard you'll still become a shadow when you get too old to be alive.

Love how the ink powers are more of a curse that slowly kills you rather than a magical gift.

Love how it makes so-called "normal life" look like an escapist fantasy that you earn to live in.

#True Moscow Library looked at H*gwarts and said 'pfff how pathetic' and then subverted all the tropes about it #bubble comics #Exlibrium #Экслибриум

[strangegirlisherenow]

A little bit about my weekend🎨

#moscow #teen #girl #selfie #summer #art #russia #weekend #dress #green #art gallery #me #painting #library #young adult #beauty

[nicklloydnow]

“My delicate nature is indeed detrimental to me. It corrupted my childhood and adolescence. More precisely, it was not delicacy but simply that I had infinitely expanded the sphere of intimacy - how many times has this destroyed me.” (page 30)

“"So get up and go. So we can all see you leave. Don't humiliate us and don't torture us. Get up and go."

So I got up and went. Not to relieve myself but to make things easier for them. And when I returned, one of them said to me, "With such feelings of shame you'll always be alone and unhappy."

Yes. He was absolutely right. I know many of God's intentions, but why he invested me with such chaste feelings I've never been able to figure out. And this chastity of mine - this is the funniest thing about it - this chastity of mine has been interpreted so inside out that I have been refused even the most elementary courtesies.” (page 33)

“So, you see. And so it has been all my life. All my life this nightmare has haunted me, this nightmare of being understood not just wrongly, but in exactly the opposite way to what I intend.” (page 34)

“Oh, freedom and equality! Oh, brotherhood, oh, life on the dole! Oh, the sweetness of unaccountability, Oh, that most blessed of times in the life of my people, the time from the opening until the closing of the liquor stores.” (page 36)

“And so I solemnly announce that, till the end of my days, I shall not undertake anything the like of my sad brush with eminence. I'll remain below and from below I'll spit on their social ladder. Right, spit on every rung of it. In order to climb it, it's necessary to be forged steel-assed from head to toe. And this I'm not.

Anyway, they fired me. Me, the thoughtful prince, the analyst lovingly inspecting the souls of his people - me, who was considered, at the bottom, a fink and a collaborator and, at the top, a good-for-nothing with an unstable mind.

The lower strata did not wish to see me, and the higher-ups couldn't speak of me without laughing. “The top strata could not and the lower did not want to," as Lenin might have put it. What does this betoken, connoisseurs of the philosophy of history? Absolutely right - next payday, I'll get the shit beaten out of me, according to the laws of good and beauty, next payday being the day after tomorrow, which means that by the day after tomorrow they'll be kicking my ass around.” (page 41)

#erofeev #venedikt erofeev #yerofeyev #moscow to the end of the line #moscow petushki #moscow #russia #russian literature #russian lit #books #bookshelf #book lover #library #alcholol #alcholism #alcholic #ussr #soviet union #soviet #trains

[jessicasherlockjones17]

Quiet place inside the library

#library #moscow #summer #evening #quiet time #Spotify

[sovietpostcards]

Library reading hall in Sokolniki park, Moscow (late 1940s)

#1940s #libraries #moscow #soviet #ussr #russia #history #photography #black and white

[gentlemanbooks]

Pale heroes by Norris von Schirach, a novel about a German businessman in 90's Russia and a well done portrait of that time

#book blog #booklr #books #books & libraries #bookworm #reading #bücher #gentleman #literature #Norris von Schirach #winter #book photography #novel #russia #90s #moscow #german literature #culture #buchtipp #buchliebe #bücherwurm #penguin books #roman

[celayasmash]

Library in Moscow Example of a trendy home office library design

#home office #moscow #contemporary home office #library

[westernwearforwomen]

Living Room Library in Moscow

Living room library - large contemporary open concept medium tone wood floor and brown floor living room library idea with beige walls and a wall-mounted tv

#library #living room #contemporary living room #moscow

[aubreefisher]

Moscow Living Room Photo of a large transitional enclosed living room with a dark wood floor, white walls, a metal fireplace, a ribbon fireplace, and a wall-mounted tv.

#moscow #library #living room #transitional living room

[jesslearnsthings]

Living Room Library in Moscow

Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary open concept medium tone wood floor and beige floor living room library remodel with white walls and a wall-mounted tv

#contemporary living room #living room #library #moscow