Publication of The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales
The publication of The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales, released in 1978 by the American Viking Press, combined two distant plots: the fate of a Moscow graphic artist and the biography of the widow of an American …
Hillwood Museum in Washington, D.C.
Hillwood Museum (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens) is a museum in Washington, D.C. It boasts one of the finest collections of Russian art in the West.
The museum's collection was assembled by American heiress Marjorie …
Mikhail Eisenstein: An Architect Without a Degree
Mikhail Eisenstein, although not a professional architect, left a significant mark on the architecture of Riga. He did not have an architect's diploma and worked his entire life as a civil engineer in the Livonian provin…
Nikolai Nikolaevich Kupreyanov (1894, 1933): A Profound Figure in Russian Graphics
Nikolai Nikolaevich Kupreyanov (1894, 1933) is one of the most profound figures in Russian graphics of the early 20th century. Born into nobility, he studied under Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Dmitry Kardovsky, and Kuzma Pe…
The Baltic States as a Hub of Russian Emigration Between the Wars
The Baltic States between the two world wars became one of the main centers of Russian emigration. Riga, Tallinn, and Reval welcomed tens of thousands of refugees fleeing from the revolution and the Civil War. Russian ne…
Oleg Tselkov (1934-2021): Leader of Soviet Nonconformism
On July 15, 1934, Oleg Tselkov was born, known as one of the leading representatives of Soviet nonconformism and one of the most expensive contemporary Russian artists. His works were characterized by bright colors and a…
Letter from P.N. Wrangel's Grandson on Reburial Proposal
From the letter of P.N. Wrangel's grandson regarding the proposal to rebury the general's remains in Russia: "… General Wrangel passed away in Brussels in 1928, but more than a year later, he was, of his own volition exp…
A Grand Illustrated Work on the Peoples of the Russian Empire
Before you is one of the most grandiose illustrated compendiums about the peoples of the Russian Empire - "Les Peuples de la Russie, ou description des mœurs, usages et costumes des diverses nations de l’empire de Russie…
The Renovationist Movement Emerged in Spring 1922
The Renovationist movement ("Living Church") emerged in the spring of 1922, at a time when Patriarch Tikhon was under arrest. A group of Petrograd priests led by Alexander Vvedensky, Vladimir Krasnitsky, and Yevgeny Belk…
The Kishinev Pogrom of April 6-7, 1903
The Kishinev pogrom of April 6-7, 1903, became one of the turning points in pre-revolutionary Russia. The trigger was the disappearance of a teenager in Dubossary, which the local press, primarily the newspaper "Bessarab…
