…captured by photographer Alexander Belikov in 1925.
See more of Olga Shirnina‘s recently colorized photos of Russian past at The Moscow Times: “Russian Photo Colorist Brings New Life to Historic Photographs“
Reminder: WordPress once again has allowed readers to access full size images posted on its blogs, a function that for some reason had been suspended for a couple of years. Enjoy.
Nicholas Bakos@jaddeyekabir Beyond the red lines http://ekathimerini.com/258518
“One last thing: At this point, it is impossible and dangerously naive to believe that a compromise can be reached with Ankara. Not today, not with this Turkey.”
Beyond the red lines, Alexis Papachelas | KathimeriniTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has crossed many, many red lines. He is now a systemic threat to the West and beyond.ekathimerini.com1:50 PM · Oct 29, 2020·Twitter Web App
It’s only White folks that are uncomfortable with a father kissing his son.
The article, by Aymann Ismail.
Church of Chora exonarthex before, above and after, below. (Click on both for larger.)
Head of media and communications for the Turkish presidency.
Byzantine Ambassador@byzantinepower “Puritanism is an allergy to life; an immature reaction to fallenness & a close relation to gnosticism.“
It’s now possible — again — to click on most photos used in WP posts to see larger and/or original size. I don’t know why for more than the past year they had suspended that option.
LiveHistoryIndia@LiveHIndia· Circa 1809 watercolour painting depicting #DurgaPuja by artist Sevak Ram who belonged to the Patna School of Painting. Also called Patna Kalam, this was the world’s first independent school of painting which dealt exclusively with the commoner and his lifestyle.
Me, I'm Nicholas Bakos, a.k.a. "NikoBako." I'm Greek (Roman really, but when I say that in English some five people in the world today understand what I'm talking about, so I use "Greek" for shorthand). I'm from New York. I live all over the place these days. The rest should become obvious from the blog.
See "JADDE: THE MISSION AND STARTING OFF, the blog's first entry below, and JADDE: THE NAME OF THIS BLOG for my general agenda:
Please contact me with comments, questions, complaints or -- please -- corrections at: nikobakos@gmail.com and on Twitter: @jaddeyekabir
Jadde: from Bosnia to Bengal