Stasov on Russian Art

In class on Tuesday (16 Feb) we are looking at extracts from an article by the influential art and music critic V. V. Stasov on the impact of the peredvizhniki («Двадцать пять лет русского искусства. Наша живопись») – here is a link to access the full text of Stasov’s essay: http://bibliotekar.ru/krasskazy/3.htm. This site has texts [...]

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Rocking out with Islam Karimovs’ Daughters

Here’s an amusing story out of the CIS today – it seems that Uzbek president Islam Karimov’s daughter, Lola, has made a big splash in the French tabloid world by paying Italian actress Monica Bellucci 180,000 euros to attend a party in Paris in order to “promote Uzbekistan.” It seems to have definitely promoted UZbekistan, [...]

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ну,погоди!

check out that cartoon. I use to watch it all the time. let me know what you thought  http://www.guba.com/watch/3000122518/Russian-Cartoons

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Balalaika

Alexei Arkhipovsky…amazing balalaika skills!

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Krokokot

Russian cartoon, according to youtube : Krokokot, Crocodile (Kroko) and Cat (Kot) together they are KrokoKot. Dragon is an alcoholic, who can sleep anywhere he falls down.

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red army choir

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Cheburashka

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Music

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Vinni Puh

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Da

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