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balalaika balalaika
balalaika , Russian stringed musical instrument, with a triangular body and a long fretted neck fretted instrument. Usually there are three strings, which are generally plucked with a pick. The balalaika is made in various sizes, and several may be combined to make a band or orchestra. A similar... Read more
Sergei Korolev Sergei Korolev
Korolev, Sergei Russian Engineer and Designer 1907-1966 Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was the chief designer of launch vehicles during the early years of the Soviet Union's space program and the driving force behind the development of the R-7 ("Semyorka") rocket, which... Read more
Chapayev Chapayev
CHAPAYEV USSR, 1934 Directors:Sergei Vasiliev and Georgi Vasiliev Production:Lenfilm (USSR); black and white, 35mm; running time: 97 minutes; length: 2600 meters or 8760 feet. Released 1934. Screenplay:Sergei Vasiliev and Georgi Vasiliev, from a published ... Read more
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninov, Sergei (Vasilyevich) (b Semyonovo, Starorussky, 1873; d Beverly Hills, Calif., 1943). Russ. composer, pianist, and conductor (Amer. cit. 1943). Entered St Petersburg Cons. 1882; studied pf. with Nikolay Zverev in Moscow, 1885, and began to compose in 1886. Entered Ziloti's pf. class... Read more
Brezhnev doctrine Brezhnev doctrine
BREZHNEV DOCTRINE Although in its immediate sense a riposte to the international condemnation of the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, the "Brezhnev Doctrine" was the culmination of the long evolution of a conception of sovereignty in Soviet ideology. At its core was the restatement of a... Read more
montage montage
montage , the art and technique of motion-picture editing in which contrasting shots or sequences are used to effect emotional or intellectual responses. It was developed creatively after 1925 by the Russian Sergei Eisenstein ; since that time montage has become an increasingly complex and... Read more
Mat Mat
MAT (Mother) USSR, 1926 Director:Vsevolod I. Pudovkin Production:Mezhrabpom-Russ.; black and white, 35mm, silent; running time: about 90 minutes; length: 1800 meters, or 5906 feet. Released 11 October 1926. Re-released 1935, with musical ... Read more
World of Art World of Art
World of Art (Mir Iskusstva). The name of an informal association of Russian artists and of the journal they published from 1899 to 1904; the association was formed in St Petersburg in 1898 and in its original form lasted until 1906 (it was revived in 1910 as an exhibiting society, and this lasted... Read more
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev , 1872-1929, Russian ballet impresario and art critic, grad. St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music, 1892. In 1898 he founded an influential journal, Mir Iskusstva [The World of Art]. He took a company of Russian dancers to Paris (1909) and, with the assistance of the... Read more
Ekaterina Gordeeva Ekaterina Gordeeva
Ekaterina Gordeeva From triumph to tragedy and back, Ekaterina Gordeeva (born 1971) is not only a champion ice skater, but also a symbol of grace, strength, and courage. At age 11, Ekaterina Gordeeva (called Katia by her friends) became one of a pair-a pair of "G's"-Gordeeva and Grinkov. In... Read more

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