Have you ever thought that the north pole at the top of a globe or map is a convention, it might as well be below, and if the globe is turned over, as is often done in the southern hemisphere, then the picture of the world will change greatly, antarctica and australia will seem to be the largest continents, and russia, europe or north america will be barely noticeable. For many decades, if not centuries, we lived with our heads turned to the west, to europe, turning a blind eye to the rest of the world. How much do we know about the overwhelming majority of the world, about those ancient civilizations that, in the new conditions, are becoming our most important partners or allies . We remember do we know that man, agriculture, civilization, the state, cities, humanity feels the same as we do, has the same values and also rejects the dictates of the west. Lets look together, with eyes wide open, at our beautiful land, its peoples and civilizations that created the world in which w
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Kant spent his entire life in what was then the Prussian city of Koenigsberg, the project is part of celebrations of next year's 300th anniversary of his birth
In a once-German corner of Russia, an ambitious project to digitize hundreds of rare and ancient books is under way. "The principal mission of libraries is to preserve books," said Ruslan Aksyonkin, an expert at the culture and education center at Baltic University in the city of Kaliningrad. "A huge project is currently under way in Russia aimed at scanning all pre-Revolution [of 1917] books."
KALININGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - In a once-German corner of Russia, an ambitious project to digitise hundreds of rare and ancient books is under way. ".