Russian culture has a long history. Russia claimed a long tradition of dividend in many aspects of the arts, especially when it comes to literature, philosophy, classical music, ballet, architecture, painting, cinema, animation and politics, which all had considerable influence on world culture.
Jan 25, 2014 · The lobby of the Hotel Ukraina. Gold. Marble. Art. And the red carpet treatment. Photo by Stanislav Solntsev
Small-Group Moscow City Walking Tour. Meet your guide near the Bolshoi Theater in central Moscow, and then set off with your small group to explore the Russian capital.
The History of Russia begins with that of the East Slavs. The traditional beginning of Russian history is 862 A.D. Kievan Rus’, the first …
Timeline For History of Western Art: A Chronology of Visual Arts: 2,500,000 BCE-Present
A profile of the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. Quick facts, bio, interesting links – and more.
The Moscow Metro was one of the USSR’s most extravagant architectural projects, with stations constructed as luxurious “palaces for the people”.
From icons and onion domes to suprematism and the Stalin baroque, Russian art and architecture seems to many visitors to Russia to be a rather baffling array of exotic forms and alien sensibilities.
Russian literature, the body of written works produced in the Russian language, beginning with the Christianization of Kievan Rus in the late 10th century. The most celebrated period of Russian literature was the 19th century, which produced, in a remarkably short period, some of the indisputable
Russian Art (22,000 BCE – 1920): Icon Painting, Mosaics, Goldsmithing and Cathedral Architecture in Moscow, Kiev and Novgorod
