Aristarkh Lentulov and Russian Avant-Garde
Aristarkh Lentulov: the ringing of bells in colors.
Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov (1882, 1943) was one of the brightest artists of the Russian avant-garde. His canvases sound like a festive peal: color shatters, ignite…
Russian Cloisonné and Enamel Art
Russian cloisonné: fire, glass, and metal.
The word "cloisonné" came into the Russian language from Greek through Byzantium and meant "bright, shining stone." This is how enamel was referred to in Russia, a glass-like s…
Anna Alexandrovna Adler and the First Braille Printing House
Anna Alexandrovna Adler, an outstanding figure in the history of Russian philanthropy and enlightenment. Her contribution to the development of accessible education for blind people in Russia is hard to overestimate. Bor…
Philosophical Ship 1922-1923
In 1922-1923, more than 200 representatives of the intelligentsia, including philosophers, writers, and engineers, were expelled from Soviet Russia. This event was called the "Philosophical Ship." Leon Trotsky, one of th…
Girl Scouts in the Russian Empire
Girl Scouts, or girl scouts, were a significant phenomenon in the history of the scouting movement in Russia. Before the revolution, the scouting movement was quite developed, encompassing about 50,000 participants acros…
Особняк Носова архитектора Кекушева
В Преображенском районе находится уникальный особняк, выполненный в стиле франко-бельгийского ар-нуво. Это единственный сохранившийся в городе деревянный дом, спроектированный известным мастером модерна Львом Кекушевым.
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West Wing of the Ostankino Palace Reopens
The west wing of the Ostankino Palace, owned by Count Sheremetev, has reopened to visitors after 13 years of restoration. Count N. Sheremetev, who lived in the 18th century, was a prominent statesman, but he is best reme…
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol and the Tale 'Viy'
‘Viy’ is a grand creation of popular imagination. The Little Russians (Ukrainians) call it the head of gnomes whose eyelids touch the ground. The whole story is a folk legend. I did not want to change anything in it, so …
Miniature Edition of Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago
Artifact of the Week: Miniature Edition of Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago"
This copy of the original edition of "Doctor Zhivago" in Russian was secretly published by the CIA. The cover and binding of the book are marked in…
Tatevo School of Sergey Rachinsky
In the 1870s, Professor Sergey Rachinsky of Moscow University left his botany chair and returned to his ancestral estate of Tatevo in Smolensk province. There, he opened a school for peasant children and served as a teac…
