Russian Gallery

Russian is the official language of Russia and is spoken by over 150 million people worldwide

Sunrise in Space by Leonov
" Sunrise in Space". Gouache on cardboard. A painting by Alexei Leonov, Soviet cosmonaut and artist

Anna Pavlova dancing Swan Lake
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Russian ballet dancer photographed here in Swan Lake in 1920

Red army soldiers raising the soviet flag over the reichstag in berlin, germany, april 30, 1945, photo taken by vladimir grebnev

Soviet communist propaganda poster 1960s depicting Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov aka Lenin; Friedrich Engels and Karl Heinrich Marx

Battle Balaclava (Gibb)
The Thin Red Line of the 93rd Highlanders repel the Russian cavalry

Joseph Stalin portrait Soviet
Joseph Stalin portrait. Soviet Russian ruler, leader, dictator. 1879 - 1953. Shostakovich & Prokofiev link. Russia. Schostakowitsch

Paying a Visit, 1915, (1939). Creator: Abram Arkhipov
Paying a Visit, 1915, (1939). A group of village women in brightly-coloured clothes and scarves, chatting in a sunlit room

Leon Trotsky / Iln 1920
LEON TROTSKY or LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN Russian Communist leader in 1920, at the height of his popularity as the Peoples Commissar for War

STRAVINKSY: RITE OF SPRING. The last page of the score of the Rite of Spring, by Igor Stravinsky, 1912

Mendeleyevs periodic table, 1869. Mendeleyevs periodic table of 1869. This is the first version of the periodic table drawn up by the Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1834-1907)

Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev
Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias (1919-1991) British ballerina with Rudolph Nureyev (1938-1993) Russian ballet dancer in 1962 with Sir Frederick Ashton (1904-1988) British choreographer

Shostakovich Photo
Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich Russian Musician

1923 portrait of Leon Trotsky, the Marxist revolutionary and founder and commander of the Red Army. He was assassinated in Mexico in August 1940

Joseph Stalin portrait. Soviet Leader. Shostakovich & Prokofiev link. Russia

COMMUNIST POSTER, 1967. Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live forever! Poster by Viktor Ivanov, Soviet Union, 1967

Hoarfrost, 1900. Artist: Vasili Baksheyev
Hoarfrost, 1900. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Grigori Rasputin in 1912
GRIGORI RASPUTIN Russian mystic and court favourite in 1912

Soviet communist propaganda poster designed by Boris Parmeyev in the 1970s. The title of the poster is Under the Sun of the Motherland We Strengthen

Honey bees on a honeycomb
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) on a honeycomb. The chambers in a honeycomb are created using wax secreted by the bees. The chambers are then filled with honey, using nectar obtained from flowers

Soviet propaganda poster - We want Peace
" We want Peace!" Soviet propaganda poster - featuring a happy, singing Communist family, waving flags. Date: circa 1950s

ANNA AKHMATOVA (1889-1967). Russian poet. Oil on canvas, 1914, by N.I. Altman

GURDJIEFF
Georgei Ivanovitch Gurdjieff Russian spiritual leader

Anton chekhov, russian author, with his dachshund quinine, may 1897, at melikhovo, the chekhov estate

Lenin / Anon Photo / Trotsky
VLADIMIR ILICH ULYANOV LENIN Russian statesman; addressing the Red Army with Trotski on the steps

Scriabin / Hull 1914
ALEKSANDR SCRIABIN Aka Skryabin Russian composer

The Cossacks Reply to the Sultan (Zaporozhtsy), c1890, (1939). Creator: Il ya Repin
The Cossacks Reply to the Sultan (Zaporozhtsy), c1890, (1939). Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey, also known as Cossacks of Saporog Are Drafting a Manifesto

Above the Black Sea by Leonov
" Above the Black Sea" by Alexei Leonov, Soviet cosmonaut and science fiction artist

Map / Europe / Russia Empire
Map of the Russian Empire

Felix Dzerzhinsky
FELIX DZERZHINSKY Polish/Russian agitator, banished to Siberia, exiled for part in 1905 rising, returned 1917, head of secret police (Cheka) etc

Russian Imperial Eagle
The Russian Imperial two- headed eagle surrounded by heraldic devices of the provinces of Imperial Russia

Anton Chekhov with Moscow Art Theatre group
Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (1860-1904) at the centre of a group of people from the Moscow Art Theatre -- Constantin Stanislavski on his right, Olga Knipper (Chekhovs wife) to Stanislavskis right

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russian statesman
A photograph of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin (1870 - 1924), Russian statesman and Communist leader, circa 1920

Dmitri Mendeleev, caricature
Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907). Caricature of the Russian chemist Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev. Mendeleyev (also spelt Mendeleev)

Mayakovsky (Seated)
VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY - Russian poet and supporter of the Communist party in Russia (this photograph is dated 1927)

Mary, Russian Icon
Mary and Jesus, with attendant angels, as depicted in a Russian icon

Anton Chekhov in 1900
ANTON CHEKHOV Russian writer, author of Three sisters, Seagull, Cherry orchard, Uncle Vanya and more, photographed at Yalta in 1900

Sergei Rachmaninov 1920
SERGEI RACHMANINOV Russian composer

Sectional view of a Mills grenade, WW1
Drawing reproduced from a German weekly newspaper article which gave particulars of British and Russian hand grenades. Figs. 1, 2, 3 & 4 illustrate the Mills grenade. Date: 1918

RUSSIAN ICONS: THE TRINITY. By Andrei Rublev. Wood, 1411

Soviet Armenia
Tourism poster for Soviet Armenia, with a steam train passing over a viaduct and a motor car driving through the landscape

Grigori Rasputin in 1908
GRIGORI RASPUTIN Russian mystic and court favourite in 1908

Japanese warrior woman with naginata
Japanese warrior woman with a large Naginata. A naginata is a pole weapon that was traditionally used in Japan by members of the samurai class

Tolstoy / 1876 Photo
LEO TOLSTOY Russian novelist in 1876, at age 48

Chekhov with Tolstoy
Russian playwright and writer, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), left, with Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Alexei Leonov, first space walk, 1965
First space walk. Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (born 1934), outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft in a spacesuit on 18 March 1965, while orbiting the Earth (in the background)

THE VIRGIN OF VLADIMIR. Russian icon painted at Constantinople, c1131

Fyodor Dostoievsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoievsky Russian Writer

Interior of Komsomolskaya Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, Europe

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Russian is the official language of Russia and is spoken by over 150 million people worldwide. It belongs to the East Slavic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. A rich literary tradition, with works by authors such as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Pushkin being widely read around the world. The language uses a Cyrillic alphabet which consists of 33 letters and is written from left to right. Russian grammar is complex but logical, making it one of the most challenging languages for native English speakers to learn. Despite its complexity, learning they are be rewarding as it opens up new opportunities in business and travel in Russia and other countries where it's spoken.