Russia has unique opportunities for any kind of tourism – from extreme to beach. Holidays in Russia have a number of advantages – there is no language barrier, no need to apply for a visa, it is relatively inexpensive, and the...
According to Electronicsencyclopedia, city of Dukhovshchina is located 50 km east of Demidov. In the 13th-14th centuries, there was a Duhovsky convent here, around which a trading settlement was formed. In 1985, a historical and art museum was opened in Dukhovshchina....
The Russian economy belongs to the industrial-agrarian type with elements characteristic of post-industrial economies. According to some macroeconomic indicators, Russia is on a par with developing countries. At the same time, for example, the share of services in the gross domestic...
With the end of the Soviet Union and the opening of the borders, the political emigration of 20th century Russian writers has become history. Former emigrants either stayed abroad (W. P. Axjonow ) or returned – temporarily or permanently – to...
Architecture and urban planning With the founding of Saint Petersburg (1703), new principles of urban planning and architecture penetrated Russia. The capital, built mainly by Western European architects, was shaped by the strict style v. Chr. a. D. Trezzinis coined. With...
The art from 1917 to 1932 Architecture The avant-garde architectural ideas (by Tatlin, El Lissitzky, Malewitsch, N. Gabo, among others) of the first years of the revolution were hardly ever realized. Constructivist efforts, in which foreigners (e.g. Le Corbusier) also participated,...
The first notes noticeable in the pages of AN Radiščev (1749-1802) found echo and vigor in NM Karamzin (1766-1826), who summed up in himself the lessons of Rousseau, of Young, of Sterne. Russia appeared completely open to French and English influence....
