Blast from the Past – Russian Federation

Blast from the Past!

This infographic includes cultural highlights from the Russian Federation. In particular:

Literature

• Fyodor Dostoevsky, novelist, short story writer and essayist, one of the greatest writers of all time.
• Ivan Bunin, poet and novelist, the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1933) and one of his country's finest stylists.
• Boris Pasternak, poet, novelist and literary translator, the second Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1958).

Music

• Balalaika, a stringed musical instrument of the lute family.
• Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer, pianist and conductor, one of the world's greatest pianists. His Second Piano Concerto is widely regarded as the greatest piano concerto of all time.
• Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya, ballet dancer and choreographer, one of the most important prima ballerinas of her generation.
• Feodor Chaliapin, opera and chamber singer, famous for establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his art.

Museum

• State Hermitage Museum, one of the largest museums in the world with a collection of more than 3 million works of art.

Natural/Cultural Monuments

• Lake Baikal, Central Sikhote-Alin (both inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List of natural sites) and Yangan-Tau UNESCO Global Geopark, sites of rich natural heritage.
• Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent and Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (both inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List of cultural sites), sites of rich cultural heritage.

Gastronomy

• Pastila, Shuba (or “Herring under a fur coat”) and Syrniki, traditional must-try dishes.

Painting

• Ivan Aivazovsky, Romantic painter, considered one of the most important masters of marine art.
• Khokhloma painting, a folk art dating back to the 17^th

Theatre

• Puppet Theatre, a long tradition in the country's theatre history.
• Bolshoi Theatre, home to one of the world's most renowned opera and ballet companies.

UNESCO Creative Cities

• Kazan, UNESCO Creative City of Music.

For more information, you may visit the past editions HERE

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