Meanings and Origins of Names. 1] [2 ] AFANAS (Афанас): Short form of Russian Afanasii, meaning “immortal.”
Russian literature – Post-Revolutionary literature: The Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 radically changed Russian literature. After a brief period of relative openness (compared to what followed) in the 1920s, literature became a tool of state propaganda.
Isaac Babel was born in the Moldavanka section of Odessa to Manus and Feyga Bobel. Soon after his birth, the Babel family moved to the port city of Mykolaiv.They later returned to live in a more fashionable part of Odessa in 1906.
…Continuación SAVRÁSOV Retrato del pintor ruso Alekséi Savrásov, por Iosif Volkov. Savrásov – Alekséi Kondrátievich Savrásov (24 de mayo de 1830 – 8 de octubre de 1897) fue un pintor ruso paisajista y creador del estilo del paisaje lírico.
Russian artists: List of great Russian artists and index to where their art can be viewed at art museums worldwide.
Note: by 1980 the Russian S.F.S.R. was divided into 87 entities (15 autonomous soviet socialist republics, 6 kraya, 49 oblasti, 2 federal cities, 5 autonomous oblasti, and 10 autonomous okruga).
ABOUT RUSSIAN MUSIC. Russian music includes a variety of styles: from ritual folk song, to the sacred music of the Russian orthodox church, and also included the legacy of several prominent 19th century classical and romantic composers.
Collection. Today the collection shows russian art beginning in the 12th century up to the socialist realism and in the USSR the inofficial art of the 20th century. 1995 the Ludwig-Museum was funded, which is a substantial collection of contemporary art.
St. Isaac’s Cathedral is a landmark cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia. Read more about one of the largest Russian Orthodox cathedrals.
The Russian Art Gallery. Nonprofit presentation of famous Russian paintings. Contemporary Russian art.
