Roman Shliakhtin

Autumn in Urals #urals #russia #life

Cihangir

Hagia Sophia #hagia #sophia #türkiye #istanbul #karaköy

Visit Edirne. Edirne is cool #edirne #ottomanempire #ottomans #thrace

Galataport

Denizens of Kadiköy #kadiköy #istanbul #birds

Same holds true for older generations of Russian democrats. Imagined US is more important than the real thing

Sure did see this in media. Here in Istiklal things were calm

It was relatively calm over the weekend, hope it will stay this way #istanbul #spring #sun

Good city indeed. Too many roosters in the morning and too many Internet wires going too low, otherwise a wonderful universe of its own. Did like it there

Christmas tree #belgrade #blokovi #srbija #serbia #tree #spring #life

Now the word “decline” is “great again”. The debate about the end of Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire will see another turn

Russian and US “exploration paintings” are somehow similar. I bet I saw something of a sort in St. Louis some years ago. There were French fur traders instead of tzars musketeers (streltsy) but the message was the same #urals #yekaterinburg

I like grumpy JRRT, thanks for this

Thanks for the family story! I do study Seljuks so I will have to go there at some day. Hope Istanbul relatives are well (churches do look well, I have to say, and community is still there. Did see their newspaper in Beyoğlu the other day)

Yekaterinburg. Iset River from Yeltsin Street. #urals #holiday #relax #winter #life

Have you been on the ground?

Holidays in Urals. Winter lights.

Winter Clouds #moscow #roads #christmasbreak #north #homeland

Nothing informs you better about the problems of unchecked capitalism than the rows of new factories eating up the prehistorical Thracian countryside. Their sheer number impresses unprepared eye and stimulates many questions.
#archaeology

#field

#trip

#thinking

We got late for the mysterious Thracian express and will try again tomorrow. South-western end of Marmaray is cool and comfortable though. #complaining #scholarlylife #byzantium

Swan Lake is also good for the purpose. Why do they in this age love it is a mystery

The best thing at parties is to sit in the corner and enjoy food and talk. At least for some while

On the wall #istanbul #fatih #constantinople #1453

Today is +18 in Istanbul. I saw some winters in this City but I do not remember anything similar. This feels comfortable though

For the first time in many years won NYT weekly News quiz with 11/11. I read too much news this week, should read less (and in less languages)

Istanbul still has a lot of surprises. This one is even more precious, because other places in surrounding are good but not that good (please check your hesap twice if you eat in Ficcin. They are still friendly, but they prioritize self-care over right numbers, to put it politely)

The best place in the neighborhood indeed. Good food, friendly people easy Wi-Fi and the atmosphere which is lost in many other places

Innokentiy Smoktunovsky playing Justinian in a late Soviet trash history movie “Rus Iznachalnaya” (Primary Russia). A rare example of “Soviet Byzantium” which became possible in the apogee of “Soviet nationalism”. Byzantium in the film is bad and Justinian is a tyrant #cinema #byzantium #soviet

Panorama of Istanbul done from a Divan terrace at ANAMED

Sun of December #istanbul #constantinople #anamed #divan