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1945 In Fine Arts Of The Soviet Union
The year 1945 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts. Events * February 23 — Exhibition of works by artists of Battle Art Studio after Mitrofan Grekov was opened in Moscow in the Central House of Red Army. The exposition includes over 500 works of painting, sculpture, drawing by 44 authors.''Выставки советского изобразительного искусства. Справочник. Т.3. 1941—1947 годы.'' М., Советский художник, 1973. C.206. Deaths * March 31 — Leonard Turzhansky (russian: link=no, Туржанский Леонард Викторович), Russian painter (b. 1875). * May 24 — Konstantin Gorbatov (russian: link=no, Горбатов Константин Иванович), Russian painter (b. 1876). * July 18 — Anatoli Kaygorodov (russian: link=no, Кайгородов Анатолий Дмитриевич), Russian painter and graphic artist (b. 1878). * No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vsevolod Voinov
Vsevolod or Wsewolod (russian: Все́волод ; uk, Все́волод ) is a Slavic male first name. Its etymology is from Slavic roots 'vse' (all) and 'volodeti' (to rule) and means 'lord-of-everything/everybody', (similar to another princely name, "Vladimir" or "Volodymyr"). It is equivalent to the Belarusian ''Usievalad'', Polish ''Wszewład'', Lithuanian ''Visvaldas'', Latvian ''Visvaldis'' and German ''Wissewald''. The corresponding Russian patronymic is Vsevolodovich. Vsevolod may refer to: Medieval princes * (c. 983–1013), Prince of Volyn', son of Vladimir I of Kiev * Vsevolod I of Kiev (Yaroslavich) (1030–1093), Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' * Vsevolod Mstislavich (other) * Vsevolod II of Kiev (Olegovich) (d. 1146), Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' * Vsevolod III Yuryevich aka Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154–1212), Prince of Vladimir * Vsevolod IV of Kiev (Svyatoslavich the Red) (d. 1215), twice Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' and Prince of Chernigov * Visvaldis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin *Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Kalinin * Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Events * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army. Duffy, C. Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945' Routledge 1991 . Page 67 * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Prussia. * January 17 – WWII: The Soviet Union occupies Warsaw, Poland. Births * 13 March – Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician * 31 March – Lidiya Belozyorova, Ukrainian actress * 9 August – Zurab Sakandelidze, Georgian basketball player (d. 2004) * 3 October – Viktor Saneyev, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Culture
Russian culture (russian: Культура России, Kul'tura Rossii) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and Western culture, Western influence. Russian Russian literature, writers and Russian philosophy, philosophers have played an important role in the development of European thought. The Russians have also greatly influenced classical music, Russian ballet, ballet, Sport in Russia, sport, List of Russian artists, painting, and Cinema of Russia, cinema. The nation has also made pioneering contributions to Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records, science and technology and space exploration. History Language and literature Russia's 160 ethnic groups speak some 100 languages. According to the 2002 census, 142.6 million people speak Russian language, Russian, followed by Tatar language, Tatar with 5.3 million and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian with 1.8 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg Union Of Artists
Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists". From 1959 (when it joined the Union of Artists of the RSFSR), it was called as ''Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation''. After the renaming of the city in 1991, it became known as the ''Saint Petersburg Union of Artists''. Members Members of Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg in different years were Mikhail Avilov, Nathan Altman, Mikhail Anikushin, Piotr Alberti, Evgenia Antipova, Taisia Afonina, Vsevolod Bazhenov, Irina Baldina, Nikolai Baskakov, Evgenia Baykova, Piotr Belousov, Yuri Belov, Ivan Bilibin, Veniamin Borisov, Boris F. Borzin, Isaak Brodsky, Piotr Buchkin, Vladimir Chekalov, Evgeny Chuprun, Natalia Dik, Rudolf Frentz, Sergei Frolov, Nikolai Galakhov, Irina Getman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Painters Of Leningrad Union Of Artists
Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists". From 1959 (when it joined the Union of Artists of the RSFSR), it was called as ''Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation''. After the renaming of the city in 1991, it became known as the ''Saint Petersburg Union of Artists''. Members Members of Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg in different years were Mikhail Avilov, Nathan Altman, Mikhail Anikushin, Piotr Alberti, Evgenia Antipova, Taisia Afonina, Vsevolod Bazhenov, Irina Baldina, Nikolai Baskakov, Evgenia Baykova, Piotr Belousov, Yuri Belov, Ivan Bilibin, Veniamin Borisov, Boris F. Borzin, Isaak Brodsky, Piotr Buchkin, Vladimir Chekalov, Evgeny Chuprun, Natalia Dik, Rudolf Frentz, Sergei Frolov, Nikolai Galakhov, Irina Getmans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Russian Artists
This is a list of Russians artists. In this context, the term "Russian" covers the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities living in Russia. This list also includes those who were born in Russia but later emigrated, and those who were born elsewhere but immigrated to the country and/or worked there for a significant period of time. Alphabetical list __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z See also * Russian Academy of Arts * List of 19th-century Russian painters * List of 20th-century Russian painters * List of Russian landscape painters * List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists * :Russian artists * List of Russian architects * List of Russian inventors * List of Russian explorers * List of Russian language writers * Russian culture {{Asian artists Artists * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880 In Art
Events from the year 1880 in art. Events * October – Vincent van Gogh enrolls in a beginners art course at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. * Fifth Impressionist exhibition in Paris, at 10 rue des Pyramides. The realist painter Jean-François Raffaëlli is also invited by Degas to exhibit. * Silver Studio founded by Arthur Silver in London for textile and wallpaper design. * Anton Mauve paints ''Changing Pasture''; his palette and usage of colour influences Vincent van Gogh. * Michael Ancher marries fellow painter Anna Brøndum. * National Gallery of Canada established in Ottawa. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, painting: Henri Lucien Doucet. * Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture: * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: * Grand Prix de Rome, music: Lucien Joseph Edouard Hillemacher. Works * Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi – The ''Lion of Belfort'' * Marie Bashkirtseff – ''Self-portrait'' * Arnold Böcklin – '' Isle of the Dead'' (german: Die Toteninsel, first two ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 In Art
Events from the year 1878 in art. Events * November 25– 26 – James McNeill Whistler's libel case against English art critic John Ruskin over a scathing 1877 review of Whistler's painting ''Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket'' is heard in the High Court of Justice in London. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages and only half of the costs, leading to his bankruptcy, and alienates patrons. * French critic Théodore Duret publishes the pamphlet ''Les Peintres impressionistes''. * Czech painter Karel Klíč perfects the photogravure process. Works * Ivan Aivazovsky – '' Sea View by Moonlight'' * Jules Bastien-Lepage ** '' Les Enfants Pecheurs'' ("The child fishers") ** '' Les Foins'' ("Haymaking") * Reinhold Begas – '' Mercury and Psyche'' (marble, Berlin, Germany) * Gustave Caillebotte ** '' Bather about to dive'' ** '' The Canoes'' (Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes) ** '' Fisherman on the bank of the Yerres'' ** '' The Orange Trees'' ** '' Rue Halévy: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoli Kaygorodov
Anatoli ( el, Ανατολή) is a town and a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ioannina Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. According to the 2011 census, the c ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 15.845 km2, the community 7.698 km2. The population (in 2011) was 11,555. References Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) {{Epirus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1876 In Art
Events from the year 1876 in art. Events * April – Impressionist exhibition at the house of Paul Durand-Ruel, 11 rue Peletier, in Paris. * May 16 – German American "Napoleon of crime" Adam Worth steals Gainsborough's ''Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire'' from Agnew's gallery in Old Bond Street, London three weeks after its sale at Christie's for 10,000 guineas, the highest price ever paid for a painting at auction at this time. It is not recovered until 1901. * Henrietta Montalba exhibits at the Royal Academy for the first time. * Kathleen Newton moves into the London home of James Tissot, becoming his mistress and model. Paintings * Lawrence Alma-Tadema ** An Audience at Agrippa's' ** ' * Thomas Armstrong – '' Woman with Lilies'' * Edward Mitchell Bannister – ''Under the Oaks'' * Albert Fitch Bellows – ''Sunday in Devonshire'' * Gustave Caillebotte ** '' Le déjeuner'' ("Lunch") ** '' Le Pont de l'Europe'' ("The Europe Bridge") ** '' Portraits in the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
