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Russian Collection (page 9)

"Russian: A Tapestry of History, Art

Background imageRussian Collection: Israel, Jerusalem, View of Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives

Israel, Jerusalem, View of Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives

Background imageRussian Collection: Russia, Trans Siberian Railway, Irkutsk to Ekaterinburg - between Irkutsk and Novosbisk

Russia, Trans Siberian Railway, Irkutsk to Ekaterinburg - between Irkutsk and Novosbisk

Background imageRussian Collection: Night view of Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Night view of Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Background imageRussian Collection: Winter Palace and Alexander Column reflecting on a pond after the rain in Palace Square

Winter Palace and Alexander Column reflecting on a pond after the rain in Palace Square at dawn. Saint Petersburg, Russia

Background imageRussian Collection: Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano

Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano
Mademoiselle Vera Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano in a historical role. Date: circa 1906

Background imageRussian Collection: Political parades clash in a Russian street

Political parades clash in a Russian street
Two rival political parades clash in a Russian street during the Revolutionary period, resulting in many casualties. Date: circa 1917

Background imageRussian Collection: Domestic female Reindeer with newborn calf

Domestic female Reindeer with newborn calf (Rangifer tarandus). forest near river Taz; spring; North Tumen regon, Siberia, Russia

Background imageRussian Collection: Eagle Owl - with prey - forest glade of Ural Mountains

Eagle Owl - with prey - forest glade of Ural Mountains (Bubo bubo). Russia - winter snow

Background imageRussian Collection: Grand Hotel d Europe - Saint Petersburg, Russia

Grand Hotel d Europe - Saint Petersburg, Russia
View of the Grand Hotel d Europe on the corner of Rue Michel, St Petersburg, Russia. Date: 1903

Background imageRussian Collection: Space station from Russian Salyut series

Space station from Russian Salyut series

Background imageRussian Collection: KONSTANTIN STANISLAVSKI as Trigorin in The Seagull (1898) at the Moscow Art Theater

KONSTANTIN STANISLAVSKI as Trigorin in The Seagull (1898) at the Moscow Art Theater

Background imageRussian Collection: CARTOON: NAPOLEON, c1807. The Imperial Embrace on the Raft or Boneys New Drop

CARTOON: NAPOLEON, c1807. The Imperial Embrace on the Raft or Boneys New Drop. Drawing by Charles Williams, c1807

Background imageRussian Collection: IKOLAI I. LOBACHEVSKI (1793-1856). Russian mathematician. Contemporary lithograph

IKOLAI I. LOBACHEVSKI (1793-1856). Russian mathematician. Contemporary lithograph

Background imageRussian Collection: WW1 - King George V - his message to the Royal Navy

WW1 - King George V - his message to the Royal Navy - The Sure Shield. The shield in the bottom left-hand corner is the Royal Navy Kings Colours. Date: circa 1914

Background imageRussian Collection: Russian Villagers drinking tea

Russian Villagers drinking tea (poured from a samovar) as they listen to a young gent playing an accordion. Date: circa 1906

Background imageRussian Collection: Turkey - Kars - 10th century Armenian Church and Kars Canal

Turkey - Kars - 10th century Armenian Church and Kars Canal
The 10th century Armenian Church of the Holy Apostles and Minaret at Kars, Turkey viewed fom the Castle/Citadel Mount. Originally an Armenian capital

Background imageRussian Collection: Peter the Great, Equestrian Statue, St Petersburg

Peter the Great, Equestrian Statue, St Petersburg
View of the equestrian statue to Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) in St Petersburg, Russia. Known as the Bronze Horseman, it was installed in 1782

Background imageRussian Collection: Anonymous Poster Designer Poor folk! A clenched fist is threatening the workers - Rise up

Anonymous Poster Designer Poor folk! A clenched fist is threatening the workers - Rise up and fight it! 1918 (?) colour lithograph

Background imageRussian Collection: The Bathing of a Red Horse, 1912. Oil on canvas. Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878-1939)

The Bathing of a Red Horse, 1912. Oil on canvas. Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878-1939) Russian painter. Boy Youth Nude Male Riding Bareback Water Horse Power

Background imageRussian Collection: Alexander Nevsky (1219-1263) Russian prince, gained victory against the Swedes on river Neva

Alexander Nevsky (1219-1263) Russian prince, gained victory against the Swedes on river Neva. Venerated as a saint by Russians. Central panel of triptych by Pavel Korin (1892-1967)

Background imageRussian Collection: Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, 1880-91

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, 1880-91. Oil on canvas. Ilya Repin (1844-1930) Russian artist

Background imageRussian Collection: Counting in Their Heads, 1895. Oil on canvas. Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky

Counting in Their Heads, 1895. Oil on canvas. Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky (1868-1945) Russian painter. Boys in a village school in a mental arithmetic lesson

Background imageRussian Collection: Marshal of the soviet union, konstantin rokossovsky, on his way to red square from the kremlin for

Marshal of the soviet union, konstantin rokossovsky, on his way to red square from the kremlin for the victory day parade, moscow, 1945

Background imageRussian Collection: Marshal georgy zhukov greeting foreign military attaches during the time of the victory parade in

Marshal georgy zhukov greeting foreign military attaches during the time of the victory parade in moscow, may 1945

Background imageRussian Collection: Battle of stalingrad, soviet t-34 tanks attacking near stalingrad, september 1942

Battle of stalingrad, soviet t-34 tanks attacking near stalingrad, september 1942

Background imageRussian Collection: The storming of the winter palace in st, petersburg during the great october revolution 1917

The storming of the winter palace in st, petersburg during the great october revolution 1917

Background imageRussian Collection: Nils and Aage Bohr in laboratory C016 / 8375

Nils and Aage Bohr in laboratory C016 / 8375
Physicists in a laboratory. Physicists Nils and Aage Bohr being shown an early video-microscope used to study nuclear tracks on photographic emulsions

Background imageRussian Collection: Ursa Major constellation, 1829 C016 / 4387

Ursa Major constellation, 1829 C016 / 4387
Ursa Major constellation. 19th-century map of stars and constellations from the celestial atlas Sozviezdiia Predstavlennyia na XXX Tablitsakh (1829) by Kornelius Reissig

Background imageRussian Collection: Reindeer herd C013 / 4885

Reindeer herd C013 / 4885
Reindeer herd. Herd of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). Photographed in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Background imageRussian Collection: Kim Philby, Soviet double agent C013 / 5334

Kim Philby, Soviet double agent C013 / 5334
Kim Philby (1912-1988). Portrait of the Soviet double agent Harold Adrian Russell Kim Philby (centre) with his wife Rufina

Background imageRussian Collection: (1849-1936). Russian physiologist. Pavlov (center, with beard) with assistants

(1849-1936). Russian physiologist. Pavlov (center, with beard) with assistants
IVAN PETROVICH PAVLOV (1849-1936). Russian physiologist. Pavlov (center, with beard) with assistants and students at the Imperial Military Academy of Medicine, St

Background imageRussian Collection: (1729-1796). Empress of Russia, 1762-1796. Painting of Catherine II in her coronation gown, c1762

(1729-1796). Empress of Russia, 1762-1796. Painting of Catherine II in her coronation gown, c1762
CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA (1729-1796). Empress of Russia, 1762-1796. Painting of Catherine II in her coronation gown, c1762

Background imageRussian Collection: Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, known as Lenin. Russian Communist leader

Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, known as Lenin. Russian Communist leader. Photographed in his office at the Kremlin in Moscow
VLADIMIR LENIN (1870-1924). Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, known as Lenin. Russian Communist leader. Photographed in his office at the Kremlin in Moscow, 6 October 1920

Background imageRussian Collection: Russia, Caucasus Mountains, Sochi Area, Krasnaya Polyana, Carousel Mountain, mountain landscape

Russia, Caucasus Mountains, Sochi Area, Krasnaya Polyana, Carousel Mountain, mountain landscape, summer

Background imageRussian Collection: Europe, Russia

Europe, Russia
Russia, Golden Ring city of Yaroslavl. High quality traditional Russian lacquer egg & boxes

Background imageRussian Collection: Give first priority to gathering the Soviet harvest! : Russian Soviet poster, 1934, by Maria Voron

Give first priority to gathering the Soviet harvest! : Russian Soviet poster, 1934, by Maria Voron
RUSSIA: COLLECTIVE FARM. " Give first priority to gathering the Soviet harvest!" : Russian Soviet poster, 1934, by Maria Voron

Background imageRussian Collection: Russian World War I war loan poster, 1916, depicting a woman factory worker

Russian World War I war loan poster, 1916, depicting a woman factory worker
WORLD WAR I: LOAN POSTER. Russian World War I war loan poster, 1916, depicting a woman factory worker

Background imageRussian Collection: (1894-1971). Soviet politician. Photographed c1960

(1894-1971). Soviet politician. Photographed c1960
NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV (1894-1971). Soviet politician. Photographed c1960

Background imageRussian Collection: Soviet political leader. Brezhnev at a White House meeting with President Richard Nixon, 1973

Soviet political leader. Brezhnev at a White House meeting with President Richard Nixon, 1973
LEONID BREZHNEV (1906-1982). Soviet political leader. Brezhnev at a White House meeting with President Richard Nixon, 1973

Background imageRussian Collection: VLADIMIR NABOKOV (1899-1977). Russian-American novelist. Opening lines of the autograph manuscript

VLADIMIR NABOKOV (1899-1977). Russian-American novelist. Opening lines of the autograph manuscript of his novel, Ada

Background imageRussian Collection: SOLZHENITSYN AND BÖLL, 1974. Russian writer Alexander Solzehnitsyn (left)

SOLZHENITSYN AND B├ûLL, 1974. Russian writer Alexander Solzehnitsyn (left) and German writer Heinrich B├Âll photographed outside B├Âlls residence in Langenbroich, West Germany, February 1974

Background imageRussian Collection: CATHERINE I (1684-1727). Mistress and later the second wife of Tsar Peter I of Russia

CATHERINE I (1684-1727). Mistress and later the second wife of Tsar Peter I of Russia, and Empress of Russia, 1725-27. Catherine involved in a brawl, c1705. Line engraving, late 18th century

Background imageRussian Collection: RUSSIA: MAP, 1549. Engraved map of Russia from Sigismund Herbersteins Rerum Moscoviticarum

RUSSIA: MAP, 1549. Engraved map of Russia from Sigismund Herbersteins Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii printed at Basel, 1549

Background imageRussian Collection: PETER I (1672-1725). Czar of Russia, 1682-1725. When a shipwright in Holland, c1697

PETER I (1672-1725). Czar of Russia, 1682-1725. When a shipwright in Holland, c1697. Contemporary Russian engraving

Background imageRussian Collection: Cornet Wilkin, 11th Hussars

Cornet Wilkin, 11th Hussars. Henry John Wilkin, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, seated on a horse, a bell tent in the background. Date 1855

Background imageRussian Collection: Russian Football Match

Russian Football Match
Stylised painting of an early 1930s Russian Football match Date: 1931

Background imageRussian Collection: State Bank of the USSR, 1939

State Bank of the USSR, 1939
Registering the deposits of Soviet workers in the State Bank of the U.S.S.R in 1939. On the right, depositors can be seen at a counter waiting their turn while men

Background imageRussian Collection: Imam Shamil

Imam Shamil (possibly someone dressed up to represent him as he died in 1871) - Political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus



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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.