Despite this, his influence spread to every corner of the art kingdom and ... still stands a one-storey Russian neoclassical mansion, acquired in the mid-19th century by Sergei's grandfather.

"Red Sunset" was created by Arkhip Kuindzhi, one of Ukraine's most celebrated 19th century artists. His painting is among ...

Russian literature has always been known for its gigantic 19th century novels, but many of the same authors of those doorstoppers were also masters of the short story. These stories, heartbreaking or ...

Russia’s identity, not its security or the fear of NATO, has historically been the main driver of Moscow’s aggression toward ...

Since the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan’s largest city (population 2.2 million and growing) has evolved to become the star ...

Tom Roberts researches Russian literature, cinema and intellectual history, specializing in the theory and practice of 19th-century literary realism ... and avant-garde cinema, art, and architecture ...

Channel One Russia was sanctioned in May 2022. The second indictment focuses on Anastasia's role in purchasing and storing ...

Michael Chemers’, a professor of Performance Play and Design and chair of the department at University of California, Santa Cruz, most recent project adapts The Inspector General, a Russian play by ...

With her portraits of red-lipped women painted like sculptures in resplendent jewel tones, the Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka has posthumously become an Art ... end of the 19th century to ...

Independent Opera's “The Stone Guest” is revelatory, L.A. Opera's "Romeo and Juliet" is exhilarating and Pacific Opera ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In a memoir released eight months after he died in prison, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny never ...

The prosecution has requested a six-year prison sentence for 68-year-old Russian pediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova on charges ...