Marc Chagall's Ceramics: An Unknown Chapter
The name Marc Chagall is firmly associated with painting - recognizable flying figures, local scenes, stained glass. But in his creative biography, there is a lesser-known chapter - ceramics.
In 1948, already a recogniz…
Inessa Armand's Children: Five Heirs of the Revolution's Muse
Inessa Armand gave birth to five children, four in her marriage to Alexander Armand and one illegitimate son, Andrei, from his younger brother Vladimir. After their mother's death in 1920 from cholera, the children were …
Saint John of Russian's Memorial Day in Greece
Every year in early June, Orthodox Greece celebrates a special holiday - the memorial day of Saint John of Russian. Thousands of pilgrims gather at the church on the island of Euboea, where his relics are kept. But the s…
"Firebird": Russian Beauty in Berlin Exile
"Firebird": Russian Beauty in Berlin Exile.
The literary and artistic magazine "Firebird" was published by the Russian emigration from 1921 to 1926 in Berlin and Paris. It emerged at a time when a wave of refugees from …
Atlas of the Empire: 'Book of Drawings and Plans' 1839
Atlas of the Empire: 'Book of Drawings and Plans' 1839.
In 1830, under the guidance of Mikhail Speransky, a monumental work was completed - the Complete Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire, which included over 30,0…
Vladimir Ivanovich Baranov-Rossine (1888, 1944) - Avant-Garde Artist and Inventor
Vladimir Ivanovich Baranov-Rossine (1888, 1944) - an avant-garde artist, inventor, a remarkably versatile figure even against the backdrop of the vibrant generation of Russian modernists of the early 20th century.
Born i…
Kaiser Wilhelm II's Secret Funding of Russian Revolutionaries
It is no longer a secret that Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany secretly financed revolutionaries in Russia to undermine it from within. Lenin wanted a revolution, the kaiser wanted victory on the Eastern Front. The enemy of …
Alexander Gelfand, known as Parvus, the Odd Revolutionary
Alexander Gelfand, known as Parvus, was perhaps the strangest revolutionary of his era. Alexander was born in 1867 in the town of Berezino, Minsk province (territory of modern Belarus), into a Jewish family.
A theorist …
Pavel Nikolayevich Milyukov (1859, 1943) - Prominent Russian Historian and Political Figure
Pavel Nikolayevich Milyukov (1859, 1943) was one of the leading Russian historians at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and simultaneously a major political figure of the era. A professor at Moscow University, he b…
Crown Prince Nicholas Alexandrovich's Album
Crown Prince Nicholas Alexandrovich, the future emperor, began this album in 1889 when he was just 20 years old. Over the next 24 years, until 1913, he personally sketched in watercolor every piece of jewelry he received…
