Wassily Kandinsky: Sounds | The Culturium
Wassily Kandinsky's Sounds (Klänge, 1912) is a rare and beguiling creation, poised between painting and poetry, image and word| The Culturium
© Paula Marvelly, All Saints' Tudeley Apertures to the soul The post The Spirituality of Marc Chagall appeared first on The Culturium.| The Culturium
Wassily Kandinsky's Sounds (Klänge, 1912) is a rare and beguiling creation, poised between painting and poetry, image and word| The Culturium
Jelena did an "excellent job," says Anastasia Pestova, the Russian Lingua Translation Manager.| Global Voices Lingua
Elise's translation was done with "great care and respect," says Anastasia Pestova, the Russian Lingua Translation Manager.| Global Voices Lingua
A day after parliament gave its final approval to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, transgender actor and model Kesaria Avramidze was stabbed to death in her apartment in| Erasing 76 Crimes
Alyosha was the younger brother. He was called the Pot, because his mother had once sent him with a pot of milk to the deacon’s wife, and he had stumbled against something and broken it. His mother…| This Reading Life
Learning the Russian alphabet is the first step in learning Russian. Here's how to master the Cyrillic alphabet so that you can supercharge your learning.| Speechling Official Blog
The whole sky had been overcast with rain-clouds from early morning; it was a still day, not hot, but heavy, as it is in grey dull weather when the clouds have been hanging over the country for a l…| This Reading Life
Nicolas Pasternak-Slater and Maya Slater have recently completed their translation of Tolstoy’s novel "Anna Karenina" (to be published in 2026 by the Folio Society). In this interview, Olga Kenton discusses with them the novel, obstacles that arose during the translation process, and the significance of engaging with Russian literature in the twenty-first century.| Reading in Translation
In 1934, St John Maximovitch was ordained ROCOR bishop of Shanghai and sent to shepherd the Russian exiles in China. Even before his episcopal ordination, when St John was teaching at the Bitol seminary in Serbia, the great Serbian bishop Nicholai Velimirovich famously said, “If you desire to see a living Saint, go to Bitol […]| Orthodox History
Artwork by Julia Soboleva On the 25th March 18–, a very strange occurrence took place in St Petersburg. On the Ascension Avenue there lived a barber of the name Ivan Jakovlevitch. He had lost…| This Reading Life
At the sunset hour of one warm spring day two men were to be seen at Patriarch’s Ponds. The first of them – aged about forty, dressed in a greyish summer suit – was short, dark-ha…| This Reading Life
Editor’s note: Last year, Scott Kenworthy (whose landmark biography of St Tikhon comes out in November and is available now for preorder) sent me a remarkable email. He had discovered a letter written by Patriarch Tikhon to Patriarch Gregory IV of Antioch in 1922, dealing with the jurisdiction of Syrians/Antiochians in North America. The letter […]| Orthodox History
“When Hitler invaded the USSR in June 1941,” writes historian Jordan Hupka, “Stalin again changed the Soviet position on religion. All anti-religious publications ceased and some churches in major urban centres were allowed to open.”[1] Stalin was a shrewd man; as Steven Miner writes in Stalin’s Holy War, “Very early in the war, Stalin grasped […]| Orthodox History
Olenka, the daughter of the retired collegiate assessor, Plemyanniakov, was sitting in her back porch, lost in thought. It was hot, the flies were persistent and teasing, and it was pleasant to ref…| This Reading Life
The small village of Kolotovka once belonged to a lady known in the neighbourhood by the nickname of Skin-flint, in illusion to her keen business habits (her real name is lost in oblivion), but has…| This Reading Life
On November 26, 2024, a Russian court in the Siberian city of Chita sentenced Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Nika Novak to four years in prison.| USAGM
Intro comment 1: This post was originally written on Quora as an answer to this question: What was it like for a Russian Jew to escape to Israel in the 1990s? It was updated a bit, but the general …| Aharoni in Unicode
Discover some of the best YouTube channels to learn Russian. These Russian YouTubers offer content for all levels, from beginner to advanced.| Second-Half Travels
Need to know how to teach yourself Russian? Discover my top resources and tips for how to learn Russian by yourself.| Second-Half Travels
