Boris Grebenshikov |
The bard of Russia today.
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:29:00 GMT |
Anastasia Volochkova: Supreme Ballerina |
http://www.ballerinagallery.com/volochko.htmAnastasia Volochkova was born in St Petersburg in 1976. In 1986 she entered the Vaganova Academy (class of Natalia Dudinskaya). From 1994 to 1998 she danced...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:35:00 GMT |
Mayakovsky: The raging bull of Russian poetry |
By Dalia Karpel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/878845.htmlVladimir Mayakovsky: Svetlana Shadrina’s favorite poet:He was 37 years old when a bullet pierced his heart. According to the police...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:25:00 GMT |
Sunrise/Voskhod (poem in English & Russian) |
Sunrise.
I stop in the square and stare at the statue of Gagarin. A path of light cuts the black sky, and for an instant, no one is weeping. The greedy ones have vanished, and I see my brother. The r...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:03:00 GMT |
Svetlanas opponents--One: Gherman BAKSHIKOV, Godfather of the Russian Mafiya |
Name BAKSHIKOV (born RUSTAVELI), Gherman Aslanovitch
Height 5' 8' (1.73m)
Weight 194 lbs/88 kg
Hair color Black/Gray/White
Eyes Black
Born in Tbilisi (Tiflis), Georgian SSR (now Republic of Georgia),...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:57:00 GMT |
Aurora/Avrora (in English and Russian) |
AURORA
That blue dress
Is moonlight transformed
You stand on the bridge in Leningrad
Your soul in your arms
The fire of hope, touching in space
Underneath the skin of time
I wait
As children we w...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:59:00 GMT |
Lost art: Soviet era posters |
In the USSR, the art of the poster was taken to extraordinary levels by graphic designers and illustrators of exceptional talent. These artists applied their talents to posters not onl...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:42:00 GMT |
