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Before the revolution, Ekaterinburg’s main piazza was known as Cathedral Square and symbolised the twin pillars of Imperial Russia – Autocracy and Orthodoxy. The square was the site of the Baroque Ca...
In 1920, Stone Island in St Petersburg was renamed Workers Island. The new Bolshevik government had nationalised all private estates on the island back in 1918 and now planned to reopen them as “Work...
Before the revolution, Ekaterinburg’s main piazza was known as Cathedral Square and symbolised the union of the two pillars which held Imperial Russia together – Autocracy and Orthodoxy. The square w...
In November 1913, Boris Kustodiev wrote to Fyodor Sologub : “Dear Fyodor Kuzmich ... the secretary of the World of Art ... has informed me of the desire of the Tretyakov Gallery to have the bust of y...
In 1910, Boris Kustodiev was invited to sculpt a portrait of Tsar Nicholas II for the centenary of the Imperial Alexander Lyceum. The lyceum had been founded in August 1810 by Tsar Alexander I for th...
In 1910, Boris Kustodiev was invited to sculpt a portrait of Tsar Nicholas II for the centenary of the Imperial Alexander Lyceum. The lyceum had been founded in August 1810 by Tsar Alexander I for th...