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Page 1: Russian Culture Cuisine Theatre Literature Humor Music Famous Russians

Russian Culture

CuisineTheatre

LiteratureHumorMusic

Famous Russians

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CuisineBasics Russian cuisine has a rich

and diverse history Includes a wide variety of

soups and fish dishes Mushrooms, vegetables,

and fruit play a greater role than meat does

Primordial Russian products such as caviar and buckwheat have had a profound world influence

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CuisineOkroshka Okroshka is a cold

Russian soup It usually has meat or fish

in it Always has two

vegetables Is eaten as an appetizer Russians keep ice on hand

to keep it cold

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CuisineShchi Shchi is also known as

cabbage soup Has been the main Russian

first course for a millennia Consists of cabbage, meat,

carrots, herbs, sour components, etc

In cooking it is stewed on the stove

It is eaten regularly over the course of the year

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CuisineEntrees Golubtsy consists of

stuffed cabbage rolls in cream sauce

Stuffed with beef, rice, tomatoes, etc

Pelmini is a Siberian meat dumpling

Filling is mainly of beef chuck and pork fat

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CinemaBasics Russian cinema came into

prominence in the 1920’s In the beginning Russian

film’s were predominantly propaganda types

Up through the early 1960s film was quite censored

Finally in the 1980s censorship was relieved and touchy issues could be talked about openly

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CinemaEarly Films Sergei Eisenstein was a

famous director in the Stalinist era

Some of his greater films include Aleksandr Nevsky and Ivan Grozny

In the 1950s and 60s Ballada o Soldate and Letyat Juravli claimed increasing renown

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CinemaModern Films The collapse of the Soviet

Union brought a virtual end to Russian cinema and literature

Very few noteworthy films were made for over a decade

Russian cinema now centers on profit making

Low quality action, comedy, and pornography features prevail

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CinemaRussian Ark In 2002, Aleksandr Sokurov

filmed Russian Ark It was the world's first

unedited feature film: recorded in uncompressed high definition, shot in a single take and featuring the world's longest steadicam shot

Russian Ark has been critically acclaimed around the world

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LiteratureBasics

Refers to true Russian literature, or that of émigrés

Émigrés were white Russians who fled after the Bolshevik Revolution

Some literature comes from countries that were once part of Russia or the Soviet Union

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LiteratureSoviet Era

Sovietization of Russia affected her literature after 1917.

Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Sholokhov, and Valentin Kataev were prominent writers of this period

Socialist Realism was the only official writing style supported by the Union

Classical Russian style literature had to be secretly written

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LiteratureModern

Modern Russian literature currently is suffering through a difficult period, for few writers rise above the mass pulp fiction

Detective stories and thrillers are very popular genres in Russia

Generations of Winter (about a family struggling in the Stalin Era) by the Russian writer Vasily Aksyonov has been critically acclaimed and gained popularity in the US

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HumorHumorBasicsBasics Russian humor exhibits Russian humor exhibits

much wit and flexibility due much wit and flexibility due to the richness of the to the richness of the Russian languageRussian language

Like other nations, Russia’s Like other nations, Russia’s humor includes political humor includes political satire, lewd jokes, satire, lewd jokes, wordplay, toasts, and wordplay, toasts, and anecdoteanecdote

Russia also has it Russia also has it Chastuskas which are Chastuskas which are usually humorous Russian usually humorous Russian poetrypoetry

(Russian Big Mac)

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HumorHumorSatireSatire Russian humor expresses Russian humor expresses

human spirithuman spirit Even under communist Even under communist

oppression, humor oppression, humor flourished as a way to flourished as a way to counter and ridicule the elitecounter and ridicule the elite

In the 70s and 80s satirical In the 70s and 80s satirical political wit addressed social political wit addressed social shortcomingsshortcomings

In the 90s Russia began to In the 90s Russia began to lament the decline of humor lament the decline of humor as a symptom of as a symptom of WesternizationWesternization

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HumorHumorChastushkasChastushkas Chastushka are a type of Chastushka are a type of

traditional Russian poetrytraditional Russian poetry They us an “abab” or They us an “abab” or

“abcb” rhyme scheme“abcb” rhyme scheme Chastushkas are often put to Chastushkas are often put to

music as well, usually with music as well, usually with a balalaika or accordiona balalaika or accordion

The rigid, short structure The rigid, short structure parallels limericks in British parallels limericks in British cultureculture

The name chastushka The name chastushka originates from a Russian originates from a Russian word meaning “speak fast”word meaning “speak fast”

Птицеферма у нас

Птицеферма у нас естьесть

И другая строится

И другая строитсяА колхозник яйца

А колхозник яйца видитвидит

Когда в бане моется

Когда в бане моется

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MusicMusicBasicsBasics

Russia is a large and Russia is a large and extremely diverse country, extremely diverse country, with dozens of ethnic groups, with dozens of ethnic groups, each with their own forms of each with their own forms of folk musicfolk music

During the period of Soviet During the period of Soviet domination, music was highly domination, music was highly scrutinized and kept within scrutinized and kept within certain boundaries of content certain boundaries of content and innovationand innovation

After the fall of the USSR, After the fall of the USSR, western-style rock and pop western-style rock and pop music became the most music became the most popular musical forms in popular musical forms in RussiaRussia

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MusicMusicClassicalClassical

Russia has a long history of Russia has a long history of classical music innovationclassical music innovation

The first major Russian The first major Russian composer was Mikhail composer was Mikhail GlinkaGlinka

He added folk and religious He added folk and religious elements to classical elements to classical compositionscompositions

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MusicMusicSoviet EraSoviet Era

In the 1910s, romances In the 1910s, romances became very popularbecame very popular

This period saw the birth of This period saw the birth of Russian rock with the band Russian rock with the band Pojuschie GitaryPojuschie Gitary

With Sovietism came With Sovietism came samizdat, a grassroots strategy samizdat, a grassroots strategy to sidestep imposed censorshipto sidestep imposed censorship

Bulat Okudzhava and Vladmir Bulat Okudzhava and Vladmir Vysotskiy gained black market Vysotskiy gained black market fame playing jazz and rock fame playing jazz and rock musicmusic

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Famous RussiansBasics For a long time Russia has been a multinational country, and

many people of different nationalities contributed to its culture They may be ethnic Georgians (like Stalin), Jews (like

Trotsky), Poles (like Vaslay Nijinsky), Tatars (like Rudolf Nureyev), Ukrainians (like Nikolai Gogol), Germans (like Catherine the Great

Sometimes we don't know their exact ancestry, for their formal nationality was written down at random or for political or other reasons

They may have emigrated or immigrated, and thus may appear in other "Lists of...", but nevertheless their names are linked to the words “Russia” and “Russian”

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Famous RussiansKonstantin Thon Konstantin Thon was an official

architect of Imperial Russia during the reign of Nicholas I

His major works include the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Armory in Moscow

Konstantin was a master of Byzantine Revival and Neo-Byzantine architectural styles

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Famous RussiansIgor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky was Russian-

American composer of modern classical music

He wrote works in the neo-classical and serialist styles

Stravinsky also wrote in a broad spectrum of ensemble combinations and classical forms

Stravinsky was one of the most authoritative composers in 20th century music, both in the West and in his native land

He was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of the century

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Famous RussiansAnna Kournikova Anna Kournikova sports

personality who achieved fame first as a tennis player

She was born in Moscow, Russia but currently lives in Miami, Florida, in the United States

She set her mark after she became a professional player. Kournikova debuted at age 14 in the Fed Cup for Russia, still the youngest player ever participating

Her serve was notably weak for a top-level tennis player but her variety of shots delighted the pure tennis fan

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Famous RussiansGrigori Rasputin Grigori Rasputin was a Russian

mystic with an influence in the later days of Russia's Romanov dynasty

Rasputin was also known as the Mad Monk, although he was not actually a monk, but a religious pilgrim

He was believed to have been a psychic and faith healer. He can be considered one of the more controversial characters in 20th century history

He played a small but extremely pivotal role in the downfall of the Romanov dynasty that finally led to Bolshevik victory and the establishment of the Soviet Union

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Famous RussiansAleksandr Pushkin Aleksandr Pushkin was a Russian

author, whom many consider the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature

Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling -- mixing drama, romance and satire

Pushkin's work shows the influence, among others, of the satire of Voltaire, of the poetry of Lord Byron and of the tragedies of Shakespeare

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Famous RussiansVladimir Lenin• Vladimir Lenin was a Russian

revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party and the founder of the ideology of Leninism

• Rather than settle into a legal career, he became more involved in revolutionary propaganda efforts and the study of Marxism

• On November 8, Lenin was elected as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars by the Russian Soviet Congress

• Lenin was shot twice in an attempted assassination in 1918

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Famous RussiansAndrei Rublev• Andrei Rublev is considered to be

the greatest Russian iconographer• There is little information about

his life, but Andrei Rublev probably lived in the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra

• He decorated icons and frescos for the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Moscow Kremlin

• The only work authenticated as entirely his is the icon of the Old Testament Trinity (pictured)

• He was canonized in 1988. The church celebrates his memory on July 4 Back to Home