Innokenty Annensky - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Innokenty Annensky: Encyclopedia Ii - Innokenty Annensky - Biography
Annensky was born into the family of a public official in Omsk on September 1 N.S. 1855. In 1860, while still a child, he was taken to Sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Russians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Russians - Art
List of Russians - Architects. Vasily Bazhenov (1738-1799) Savva Chevakinsky (1709-between 1774 and 1780) Matvei Kazakov (1738-1812) A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolay Gumilyov: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolay Gumilyov - Early Life And Poems
Nikolai was born in Kronstadt, into a family of a naval physician Stepan Yakovlevich Gumilev (1836—1920) and Anna Ivanovna L'vova (1854...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Literature - Golden Age
19th century is traditionally referred to as the "Golden Age" for Russian literature. Romanticism permitted a flowering of especially poe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Symbolism - Russian Symbolist Poetry
Russian Symbolism - Beginnings. Primary influences on the movement were irrationalistic and mystical poetry and philosophy of Fyodor Ty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Symbolism - Symbolism In Fine Arts
Probably the most important Russian Symbolist painter was Mikhail Vrubel, who achieved fame with a large mosaic-like canvas Seated Demon ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Symbolism - Symbolism In Music And Theatre
The foremost Symbolist composer was Aleksandr Scriabin who in his First Symphony praised art as a kind of religion. Le Devin Poem (1905) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolay Gumilyov: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolay Gumilyov - War Experience
When the WWI started, Gumilyov rushed to Russia and enthusiastically joined a corps of elite cavalry. For his bravery he was invested wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolay Gumilyov: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolay Gumilyov - Later Poems And Death
In 1920 Gumilyov co-founded the All-Russia Union of Writers. Gumilyov made no secret of his anti-communist views. He also crossed himself...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Symbolism - Russian Symbolist Prose
Fyodor Sologub was the first Symbolist to introduce into the Russian prose a morbid, pessimistic outlook characteristic of Fin de siècle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolay Gumilyov: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolay Gumilyov - Guild Of Poets
In 1910, Gumilyov fell under the spell of the Symbolist poet and philosopher Vyacheslav Ivanov and absorbed his views on poetry at the ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Literature - Post-soviet Era
The end of the 20th century and the early 21st century has proven a difficult period for Russian literature, with relatively few writers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Russians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Russians - Scientists
List of Russians - A-K. Alexei Abrikosov, physicist, Nobel Prize recipient Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, mathematician Viktor Amazasp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Russians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Russians - Cosmonauts
List of Russians - A-N. Yuri Artyukhin Pavel Belyayev (1925-1970) Georgi Beregovoi (1921-1995) Valery Bykovsky Lev Demin Georgi Dobrov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Russians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Russians - Statesmen And Military
List of Russians - Before 1917. See also Tsar for the list of old Russian rulers Alexis (1629-1676), "Aleksey Mikhaylovich the Quiet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Russians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Russians - Sports
List of Russians - Chess. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik Anatoly Karpov Garry Kasparov (b. 1963, fathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Literature - Silver Age
Other genres came to the fore with the approach of the 20th century. Anton Chekhov excelled in writing short story, short stories and dra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Russians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Russians - Former Soviet Union
During the times of the Soviet Union nationals of other constituent republics were traditionally known as "Russians" in the West. Some of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Literature - Soviet Era
Sovietization of Russia affected literature after 1917. Maxim Gorky, Nobel Prize winner Mikhail Sholokhov, Valentin Kataev, Aleksei Nikol...   » Read the article