Art

Boris Kustodiev: An artist who portraited the merchant era of Russia

Оренбургский областной музей изобразительных искусств

10 vivid examples of Russian impressionism (PICS)

Polozovsky

Images of Vladimir Lenin in the Moscow Metro (PHOTOS)

Klavdy Lebedev/Tretyakov Gallery

What is happening in the painting ‘Abolition of the Novgorod Veche’ by Klavdiy Lebedev?

Alexander Ptushko, Anatoly Petritski/Mosfilm, 1956

5 Soviet fairy tales directed by Alexander Ptushko, which you can watch ONLINE

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7 MAIN masterpieces of Carlo Rossi in St. Petersburg (PHOTOS)

Tretyakov gallery

What is going on in the painting ‘Religious Procession in Kursk Province’ by Ilya Repin?

Musée du Louvre (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

An icon once belonging to Nicholas II joins Paris' Louvre Museum collection

Shidlovsky / Sputnik

5 facts about Ernst Neizvestny, The man who dared to argue with Nikita Khrushchev

Courtesy of the Béton Center of Visual Culture

15 RARE shots of Soviet avant-garde photographic art (PHOTOS)

Legion Media

Your complete guide to all buildings of the Tretyakov Gallery

Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Faberge Museum; Public domain)

How a peasant from Karelia became the greatest master of Fabergé eggs

Viktor Vasnetsov/Viktor Vasnetsov museum

10 masterpieces of Russian painting, which were worked on for up to… 40 years!

Tretyakov gallery

What’s going on in the painting ‘Jesters at the Court of Anna Ioannovna’ by Valery Jacobi?

Vladimir Vyatkin / Sputnik

Russia's MAIN art exhibitions in 2025 (PHOTOS + PICS)

Marina Khankova

‘Russian Alphabet’: How an artist from Moscow Region came up with magical stories for each letter of the alphabet

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

30 masterpieces of the Pushkin Museum's Gallery of European & American Countries that you must see (PHOTOS)

Museum of Moscow/Courtesy of Bombora publishing house

Sport POSTERS of Soviet Moscow

Víktor Vasnetsov/Tretyakov Gallery

What’s going on in the ‘Bogatyrs’ painting by Viktor Vasnetsov?

Vladislav Zolotov / Getty Images

How did an Egyptian gate end up in a St. Petersburg suburb?

‘Imperial Porcelain. ‘For the glory of Russia and our military memories…’ Collection of V. S. Golubev’ by Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya

10 stories that Russian Imperial plates tell (PHOTOS)

Russian museum

What's happening in the painting ‘The Trial of Yan Usmar's Strength’?

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Propaganda posters of the early Soviet Moscow (PICS)

Konstantin Makovsky/Russian museum

What is going on in the painting ‘Folk Festivities During Shrovetide on Admiralteyskaya Square in St. Petersburg’?

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Yul Brynner: The fearless cowboy from Vladivostok (PHOTOS)

Museum of Moscow/Courtesy of Bombora publishing house

Charity posters of Tsarist Russia (PICS)

Konstantin Makovsky

How did a painting by a Russian artist end up on… the island of Java?

Ekaterina Сhesnokova / Sputnik

Meet ‘White Lotus’ star Yuri Kolokolnikov

State Russian Museum; Tretyakov Gallery

10 MAIN paintings by Valentin Serov (PICS)

Russia and Russians through the eyes of foreign artists (PICS)

natmint/Getty Images, Yuri Kaplun/Sputnik

Why are Plato & Aristotle depicted in frescoes of the Annunciation Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin?

20 fascinating portraits of the Romanovs you’ve probably never seen before

Getty Images

How the Soviets hid TONS of museum treasures in World War II

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

What is going on in Konstantin Makovsky’s painting ‘Boyar Wedding Feast’?

Vladimir Govorovykh / Sputnik

The world’s ONLY iconostasis made of crystal is in Russia (PHOTOS)

Legion Media

10 international masterpieces you can see only in Russia

Pushkin museum

15 masterpieces of the Pushkin Museum that you must see (PHOTOS)

Sergei Eisenstein/Mosfilm, 1944

80 years ago, Eisenstein's movie ‘Ivan the Terrible’ was released

Public domain

7 main stars of Russian silent movies (PHOTOS)

Culture Club / Getty Images

What Russian classic writers said about laziness

Sergey Subbotin / Sputnik

6 facts about Sergei Eisenstein’s ‘Battleship Potemkin’

vasilyG / Getty Images

Everything you need to know about the Moscow Bolshoi Theater

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How the legends of lacquer miniature painting fell in love with 'Atomic Heart'

Karl Bryullov/Russian museum

10 works by Karl Bryullov that you need to know (PICS)

Legion Media

5 fantastic reasons to visit the Pushkin Museum

Genrikh Manizer/‘M. A. Vrubel’ Omsk Museum of Fine Arts

Christmas & New Year Fairs in the paintings of Russian artists (PICS)

Tretyakov Gallery

Wild steppe & life of nomads in Russian art (PICS)

Historical Museum

Why does Yemelyan Pugachev have two heads on this portrait?

Viktor Popkov/Tretyakov Gallery

Soviet ‘Severe Style’: 10 main paintings by Viktor Popkov (PICS)

Getty Images; Henri Matisse/State Hermitage

How French artist Matisse ended up in Russia

Alexander Labas/Tretyakov gallery

How a Soviet artist glorified the sky & high speeds (PICS)

Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum

These incredible amber paintings are made by a Russian artist (PICS)

Museum of Oriental Art

20 must-see masterpieces from the Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow

15 best SUMMER paintings in Russian art (PICS)

Maxim Pechenkin

Janitor from Nizhny Novgorod draws enormous images on snow (PHOTOS)

Russia Beyond (Photo: Anna_Pakutina/Getty Images; Tretyakov Gallery)

How a provincial merchant created drama theater in Russia

Russian masterpieces on display OUTSIDE Russia (PICS)

Soviet SUMMER through the eyes of artist Arkady Plastov (PICS)

Russian museum

What is going on in Konstantin Makovsky’s ‘Kissing Rite’ painting?

Russia Beyond (Russian Museum; Moscow Kremlin Museums)

In what paintings can you find the treasures of the Moscow Kremlin? (PICS)