Russian artists Wanderers – is the continuation of my previous post The world of art movement. A crucial role in the reshaping of Russian art during the last quarter of…
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Peter the Great in paintings
Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias (1672-1725), Peter the Great in paintings. When people met with the Peter I – we read in the “History of Peter” (1703) –…
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Russian Snowmaiden Snegurochka
The residence of Ded Moroz (grandfather Frost, or Santa Claus) is known to all, it’s in Veliky Ustyug, the Vologda region. Russian Snowmaiden Snegurochka is supposed to live with him.…
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Russian sculptor Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy
Russian sculptor Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy was born in Italy on February 15, 1866. The illegitimate son of a Russian emigre, Prince Peter Petrovich Trubetskoy (1822-1892). Prince, who had two wives…
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Traditional Russian Headdress Collection
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits Samples of Russian applied art, and a significant part of it Traditional Russian Headdresses. Things out “Assembly of Russian…
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Maligned Tsar Ivan the Terrible
Great Tsar, by the grace of God King and Grand Duke of All Russia, maligned Tsar Ivan the Terrible didn’t kill his own son. Ivan IV entered the Russian history…
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