Book of Fates (2003)

Sculptural portraits on gravestones.

Sculpture of an angel on one of the graves, view of a part of the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Monument on the grave of sculptor Polina Berenshtein (Lina Po), inscription on the pedestal.

Photographs of Lina Po in 1918. Photographs of Lina Po among her works, in a ballet costume.

Sculptures and figurines created by Lina Po after losing her sight.

Photographs of Lina Po during solo exhibitions and among artists and sculptors.

Photograph of Lina Po working on her next work.

Newsreel from the 1930s: views of Moscow streets, pedestrians and motor vehicles on the streets.

Facade of the house on Stoleshnikov Lane, where Lina Po's workshop was located.

Fragments of the Carmen figurine created by Lina Po.

Lina Po's works, including a bronze bust of A.S. Pushkin.

A figurine of a dancing ballerina created by Lina Po.

Birds on tree branches.

View of part of the Novodevichy Cemetery (panorama, from above).

Fragments of monuments.

Monument on the grave of Colonel M.A. Medvedev (Kudrin), a participant in the execution of the Imperial Family, inscription on the monument.

Newsreel from 1917: a detachment of revolutionary sailors and Red Guards marches through the streets of Gatchina in October-November 1917. A detachment of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (VChK) searches detainees on the streets of Moscow in 1918. A truck with a VChK detachment sets off on a mission.

Members of the Imperial Family descend into the basement of the Ipatiev House (staging).

Staging the execution of the royal family.

Newsreel: cars drive past the sculpture "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman", installed at the All-Russian Agricultural Exhibition in 1938-1939. A worker with a pneumatic hammer at a construction site in Moscow.

A girl at the controls of an asphalt roller.

A bricklayer laying bricks.

Equipment during excavation work.

An automated milk bottling line in operation.

Winding thread onto spools in a textile factory.

The Ferris wheel is spinning.

View of the lock on the Moscow Canal, portraits of the participants in the execution of the royal family - Yurovsky, Ermakov.

A Browning pistol.

A photograph of a wall in the basement of the Ipatiev House with bullet holes.

Portrait of Nicholas II. Silhouette of a military man with glowing eyes.

Photographs of Nicholas II and members of his family.

Image of Nicholas II on an icon.

Monument on Medvedev's grave.

A woman takes care of a monument on one of the graves at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Fragments of monuments, sculptures and bas-reliefs.

Monument on the grave of Yuri Nikulin.

Newsreel: Red Army units fight in the streets during the Great Patriotic War, photograph of Nikulin's Red Army soldiers.

Anti-aircraft guns fire at air targets, interspersed with military photographs of Nikulin.

Artillery fires at the enemy.

Tanks advance.

A battery of rocket launchers fires.

Clown Yuri Nikulin performs in the circus arena with his partner Mikhail Shuydin, faces of laughing spectators.

Nikulin and Shuydin backstage.

Yuri Nikulin examines himself in front of a mirror before entering the arena.

Nikulin and Shuydin in the arena during the performance of various skits.

Nikulin and Shuydin in the skit "The Log".

Stills from feature films featuring Yuri Nikulin.

Newsreel: Yuri Nikulin backstage before entering the arena.

Laughing and applauding spectators.

Panorama of the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard from the inside.

Emblem above the entrance to the circus.

Yuri Nikulin walks away along the path at his dacha, turns around as he goes, and waves goodbye.

Panorama of part of the Novodevichy Cemetery (above).

Fragments of sculptures on monuments.

Photograph of 1st guild merchant A.F. Pamfilov on a gravestone.

The coronation mug of 1896 and the batch ordered by Pamfilov in Germany for the festivities in honor of the coronation of Nicholas II. Newsreel: locomotive wheels.

View of the railroad track.

A freight train en route, a coronation mug flashing.

The wheels of a locomotive turning.

The ceremonial exit of the Imperial Family in the Kremlin during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov.

Photographs of Khodynka Field on May 18, 1896, filled with people.

Fragments of a silent film about the Khodynka tragedy.

Photographs of the victims of the stampede on Khodynka Field.

Photographs of the burial site of the victims of the Khodynka tragedy.

Pamfilov mug against the background of the image of Nicholas II on the cover of the gift edition.

Monument on Pamfilov's grave at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Sculpture on one of the graves.

One of the entrances to the Novodevichy Cemetery.

View of part of the wall of the columbarium on the cemetery grounds.

Names and photographs on the columbarium slabs.

Painting depicting N.V. Gogol sitting by a burning fireplace.

Drawing depicting Gogol on his deathbed. 19th-century engraving depicting the St.

Daniel Monastery.

Photograph of Gogol's grave in the St.

Daniel Monastery in the early 20th century.

Newsreel: a tram passes by a bell tower draped with posters.

Automobile and public transport on the streets of Moscow in the 1930s, passers-by on the streets.

Unveiling of the monument on Gogol's grave at the Novodevichy Cemetery in 1951. Bust of Gogol installed on his grave.

Inscription on the pedestal of the monument.

Photo portrait of M.A. Bulgakov.

Illustrations for Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita", photograph of Bulgakov (combined photography).

Photograph of Bulgakov's widow Elena Sergeevna.

Uneven surface of the stone on Bulgakov's grave at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Inscription on the tombstone.

Photograph of M.A. Bulgakov with his wife Elena Sergeevna.

Monument and bas-relief on Gogol's grave at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Panorama and views of parts of the cemetery territory.

Fragment of one of the monuments.

Cross on one of the graves, swelling buds.