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"Russian: A Tapestry of History, Art

Background imageRussian Collection: GURDJIEFF (1872-1949)

GURDJIEFF (1872-1949)
Georgei Ivanovitch Gurdjieff Russian spiritual leader (in 1935)

Background imageRussian Collection: St. Basils Christian cathedral in winter snow

St. Basils Christian cathedral in winter snow, Red Square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Moscow, Russia, Europe

Background imageRussian Collection: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Communist leader in disguise

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Communist leader in disguise
A photograph of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin (1870 - 1924), Communist leader in disguise, August 1917

Background imageRussian Collection: WW1 poster, Enlist in the Navy, All Together - Allied sailors of six nationalities

WW1 poster, Enlist in the Navy, All Together - Allied sailors of six nationalities. Date: 1917

Background imageRussian Collection: View of Sitka, Alaska, USA

View of Sitka, Alaska, USA
View of Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1920

Background imageRussian Collection: Izvestia announcing the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II

Izvestia announcing the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
Izvestia Newspaper announcing the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II - March, 1917. Date: 1917

Background imageRussian Collection: USA-ALASKA-KENAI PENINSULA-NIKOLAEVSK: Russian Orthodox Church Icon in Old Believer

USA-ALASKA-KENAI PENINSULA-NIKOLAEVSK: Russian Orthodox Church Icon in Old Believer
USA, ALASKA, KENAI PENINSULA, NIKOLAEVSK: Russian Orthodox Church Icon in Old Believer Russian Village

Background imageRussian Collection: Marshal georgy zhukov riding across red square, reviewing the troops

Marshal georgy zhukov riding across red square, reviewing the troops, prior to the victory parade on june 24, 1945

Background imageRussian Collection: Marshal georgy zhukov, hero of the soviet union, 1945

Marshal georgy zhukov, hero of the soviet union, 1945

Background imageRussian Collection: Onion domes of the Church of Our Saviour on Spilled Blood in St Petersburg, Russia, spot colour

Onion domes of the Church of Our Saviour on Spilled Blood in St Petersburg, Russia, spot colour
Onion domes of the Church of Our Saviour on Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg, Russia, spot colour with B/W background

Background imageRussian Collection: A whale and three fish (representing Japan) eating Russian sailors for dinner

A whale and three fish (representing Japan) eating Russian sailors for dinner. Woodcut, c1905, by Kiyochika Kobayashi
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, c1905. A whale and three fish (representing Japan) eating Russian sailors for dinner. Woodcut, c1905, by Kiyochika Kobayashi

Background imageRussian Collection: Wwii: Tehran Conference

Wwii: Tehran Conference
WWII: TEHRAN CONFERENCE. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference, November 1943, to discuss war plans

Background imageRussian Collection: Joseph Stalins tomb - Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

Joseph Stalins tomb - Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
Joseph Stalins tomb - Kremlin Wall, Moscow, Russia Date: 2010

Background imageRussian Collection: Wartime poster, Comrades in Arms

Wartime poster, Comrades in Arms! Britain and the USSR. Showing the British and Soviet Russian flags flying side by side. A message below says: British Women! You can win this war

Background imageRussian Collection: Tsar Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II

Tsar Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II
Tsar Nicholas II (Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov, 1868-1918) (right), and Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) (left), two years before the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1912

Background imageRussian Collection: Tea Samovar, Russia

Tea Samovar, Russia
Russian couple drink tea from a samovar Date: 1913

Background imageRussian Collection: Sputnik 1 stamp

Sputnik 1 stamp. Artwork of Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite, on a stamp issued by the communist government of the former Soviet Union. Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4th, 1957

Background imageRussian Collection: Vostok 1 spacecraft after landing, 1961

Vostok 1 spacecraft after landing, 1961
Vostok 1 descent module after landing in the Saratov region of Russia, in the USSR, on 12 April 1961. Vostok 1 was the first spacecraft to take a human into space

Background imageRussian Collection: Belka, Soviet space dog, after the mission

Belka, Soviet space dog, after the mission
Space animal. Belka, one of the dogs on board the second spacecraft to carry animals into orbit, after the mission. Belka was launched in the Soviet Korabl-Sputnik 2 (also called Sputnik 5)

Background imageRussian Collection: Newborn babies at a maternity hospital

Newborn babies at a maternity hospital. Nurse wheeling a trolley of newborn babies around a maternity hospital. The babies are weighed and checked

Background imageRussian Collection: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, 1963

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, 1963
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova preparing to become the first woman in space. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 1937) flew solo in the Vostok 6 spacecraft on 16 June 1963

Background imageRussian Collection: Andrei Kolmogorov, Soviet mathematician

Andrei Kolmogorov, Soviet mathematician
Andrei Kolmogorov (1903-1987), Soviet mathematician. Kolmogorov is widely considered one of the most prominent mathematicians of the 20th century

Background imageRussian Collection: Spacecraft on the Moon, lunar map

Spacecraft on the Moon, lunar map
Spacecraft on the Moon. Map showing coloured markers for 34 spacecraft that impacted or landed on the Moon from the 1960s onwards

Background imageRussian Collection: Particle physics research

Particle physics research. Screenshot of particle tracks as recorded by a detector at a particle accelerator. Particles such as protons are accelerated to near the speed of light to collide with

Background imageRussian Collection: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project poster

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project poster. 1979 poster celebrating the joint US/Soviet Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) that flew in 1975

Background imageRussian Collection: Isaac Asimov, US author and biochemist

Isaac Asimov, US author and biochemist
Isaac Asimov. Caricature of the Soviet-born American science fiction writer and biochemist Isaac Asimov (1920-1992). Asimov is best known for his science fiction novels and popular science books

Background imageRussian Collection: Orbit of Sputnik 1, Soviet 1957 diagram

Orbit of Sputnik 1, Soviet 1957 diagram
Orbit of Sputnik 1. Diagram showing the Earth orbits possible for different spacecrafts. Sputnik 1, the first spacecraft ever to reach Earth orbit, was launched on 4 October 1957 by the Soviet Union

Background imageRussian Collection: COMMUNIST POSTER, 1968. Long Live the Socialist Revolution! A poster by Vladimir Kalensky

COMMUNIST POSTER, 1968. Long Live the Socialist Revolution! A poster by Vladimir Kalensky, Soviet Union, 1968

Background imageRussian Collection: OUR LADY OF YEVSEMANISK. Russian icon, 16th century

OUR LADY OF YEVSEMANISK. Russian icon, 16th century

Background imageRussian Collection: VLADIMIR LENIN (1870-1924). Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov Lenin. Russian Communist leader

VLADIMIR LENIN (1870-1924). Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov Lenin. Russian Communist leader. Lenin Rallying the People. Oil on canvas by Irakliy Toidze

Background imageRussian Collection: STALIN, LENIN & KALININ, 1919. Communist leaders Joseph Stalin

STALIN, LENIN & KALININ, 1919. Communist leaders Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin and Mikhail Ivanovich Kalininy
STALIN, LENIN & TROTSKY. Communist leaders Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, photographed at the 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party, 18-23 March 1919

Background imageRussian Collection: Kandinsky: White, 1913

Kandinsky: White, 1913
KANDINSKY: WHITE, 1913. Painting with White Border. Oil on canvas by Wassily Kandinsky

Background imageRussian Collection: St. Petersburg, Russia; Ballet dancers onstage during the performance of Tchaikovskys ballet Swan

St. Petersburg, Russia; Ballet dancers onstage during the performance of Tchaikovskys ballet Swan
St.Petersburg, Russia; Ballet dancers onstage during the performance of Tchaikovskys ballet Swan Lake

Background imageRussian Collection: Russia, St. Petersburg; The partly frozen Neva River in Winter, with the Winter Palace

Russia, St. Petersburg; The partly frozen Neva River in Winter, with the Winter Palace, the Admiralty and St. Isaacs Cathedral

Background imageRussian Collection: Russian Propaganda Poster

Russian Propaganda Poster
A Russian Propaganda Poster from the early Bolshevik era, depicting a red army cavalry soldier charging into battle on a fine white steed, sword raised in agressive pose

Background imageRussian Collection: The two eldest daughters of the Tsar on horseback

The two eldest daughters of the Tsar on horseback
The Colonel of Hussards, Olga and the Colonel of Uhlans, Tatiana, the two young grand-duchesses and eldest daughters of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, on horseback with their father

Background imageRussian Collection: 9th Battalion Hampshire Regiment in Siberia

9th Battalion Hampshire Regiment in Siberia
In Siberia, soldiers of the 9th (Cyclist) Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment instruct American officers in the British method of physical training

Background imageRussian Collection: Tsar Alexander III and family

Tsar Alexander III and family
Tsar Alexander III (1845-1894) at the Livadia Palace, Yalta with his family. From left; the Tsarevich Nicholas (later Tsar Nicholas II), Grand Prince Georgi Alexandrovich, Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna

Background imageRussian Collection: Grand Princess Olga and Tatiana Nikolaevna

Grand Princess Olga and Tatiana Nikolaevna
The two eldest daughters of Tsar Nicholas II pictured in the spring of 1914 wearing beautiful, white beaded dresses typical of the period

Background imageRussian Collection: The Kottel Bridge at Konigsberg, East Prussia, 1930 s

The Kottel Bridge at Konigsberg, East Prussia, 1930 s
Photograph showing the Kottel Bridge at Konigsberg, then capital of East Prussia, pictured sometime in the 1930 s. Konigsberg is now known as Kaliningrad and is Russian territory

Background imageRussian Collection: Neaves Food

Neaves Food
Advertisement for Neaves food, showing children from the Russian imperial family

Background imageRussian Collection: Mayakovsky (H / S)

Mayakovsky (H / S)
Mayakovsky (H/S)

Background imageRussian Collection: House to house fighting in Stalingrad, USSR

House to house fighting in Stalingrad, USSR
House to house fighting during the bitter battle amongst the ruins of the battered city of Stalingrad (Volgograd), USSR

Background imageRussian Collection: Soviet cholera vaccination poster, 1967

Soviet cholera vaccination poster, 1967
Soviet cholera vaccination poster. Poster which appeared in the USSR in 1967, urging citizens to get themselves vaccinated against cholera

Background imageRussian Collection: Gagarin and Tereshkova, souvenir postcard

Gagarin and Tereshkova, souvenir postcard
Gagarin and Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonauts, souvenir postcard. Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) was the first person in space. On 12 April 1961

Background imageRussian Collection: Russia, St Petersburg

Russia, St Petersburg. Main entrance to the Saint Hermitage Museum or Winter Palace

Background imageRussian Collection: Church of the Resurrection (Church on Spilled Blood), St

Church of the Resurrection (Church on Spilled Blood), St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Background imageRussian Collection: Pine Martin - young, on forest floor. Ural Mountains, Russia

Pine Martin - young, on forest floor. Ural Mountains, Russia
ANZ-548 Pine Marten - young, on forest floor Ural Mountains, Russia Martes martes Andrey Zvoznikov Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way



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"Russian: A Tapestry of History, Art, and Culture" From the breathtaking sunrise in space captured by Leonov to the iconic image of Red Army soldiers raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag in Berlin, Russia's indomitable spirit shines through. In the world of dance, Anna Pavlova mesmerized audiences with her ethereal performance in Swan Lake, leaving an everlasting mark on ballet history. Abram Arkhipov's poignant painting "Paying a Visit" transports us to a time when compassion and human connection prevailed amidst turmoil. It serves as a reminder that even during challenging times, kindness can bridge divides. The powerful Communist poster by Viktor Ivanov boldly declares Lenin's enduring legacy - his ideas continue to shape Russian society and inspire generations. The Battle of Balaclava immortalized by Gibb showcases Russia's unwavering courage and resilience on the battlefield. It stands as a testament to their determination against all odds. Stravinsky's revolutionary composition "Rite of Spring" pushed boundaries and challenged conventions. The last page of its score symbolizes Russia's contribution to music that transcends time. Vasili Baksheyev captures nature's delicate beauty in his artwork "Hoarfrost, " reminding us of Russia’s vast landscapes adorned with enchanting frost-covered scenery. Leon Trotsky remains an enigmatic figure whose influence reverberated throughout history. His intellectual prowess shaped political ideologies during turbulent times. Mendeleyev’s periodic table revolutionized chemistry education worldwide, showcasing Russian scientific brilliance and innovation that continues to impact our understanding today. Il ya Repin’s masterpiece "The Cossacks Reply to the Sultan (Zaporozhtsy)" depicts bravery intertwined with humor—a quintessential example artistic expression at its finest. Shostakovich’s photo encapsulates both vulnerability and strength—an embodiment of how artistry can be harnessed as a tool for self-expression amidst adversity.