To follow in the steps of artists and writers is the surest way to a meaningful voyage. Here are some of the secrets I've discovered while travelling around the world – literarily.
When the 1917 revolution struck Russia, Anna Akhmatova was 28. Her family members and close friends began to disappear, some were killed by radical Marxists, others were exiled to Siberia or forced to flee abroad. Akhmatova, however, stayed in her beloved St. Petersburg – to become the tsarina of Russian poetry. Sheremetev Palace The noble palace by the Fontanka River was soon taken over by the Bolsheviks, its endless enfilades split into communal flats. It was here, in one o
Dec 16, 20213 min read
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My name is Artem.
Artem Mozgovoy.
A prize-winning writer and journalist, I was born and raised in Central Siberia at the time when the Soviet Union was falling apart...