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Фестиваль в Стране басков наградил фильм из Грузии. Georgian Film gets The San Sebastián International Film Festival top award

The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in the Basque Country.

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“St. Isaac’s Cathedral.” Saint Isaac’s Cathedral of Saint Petersburg. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2016. <http://www.nevsky-prospekt.com/isaacs.html>.

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The Most Fabulous Find in St. Petersburg (Sophia Yates)

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Corinne Nordt: “Russian Identity and the Matreshka Doll”

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The old postage stamp from Lithuania from 1955 celebrating the anniversary of Polish- USSR friendship and cooperation.  A.C. Pushkin (1799-1837) and A. Mickiewicz (1798-1855).

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