Russian Collection (#93)

A Dangerous Lesson, 1886. Artist: Henryk Siemiradzki
A Dangerous Lesson, 1886. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum of History and Architecture, Pereslavl Zalessky, Russia

Ivan IV and Malyuta Skuratov, 1870. Artist: Grigori Sedov
Ivan IV and Malyuta Skuratov, 1870. Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1530-1584) was Tsar of Russia from 1547 until his death. Malyuta Skuratov was one of the leaders of the political police

The Kiss Ceremony, 1895. Artist: Konstantin Makovsky
The Kiss Ceremony, 1895. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

The Siege of Pskov by Stephen Bathory in 1581, 1839-1843. Artist: Karl Briullov
The Siege of Pskov by Stephen Bathory in 1581, 1839-1843. From August 1581 until February 1582 during the Livonian War, the Russian city of Pskov withstood a siege by a Polish army commanded by King

Riding a Flying Carpet, 1880. Artist: Viktor Mihajlovic Vasnecov
Riding a Flying Carpet, 1880. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Portrait of Elisabeth Temkina, 1798. Artist: Vladimir Borovikovsky
Portrait of Elisabeth Temkina, 1798. Elisabeth Temkina was reputedly the daughter of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, and her favourite, Prince Grigory Potemkin

The Transfiguration of Jesus, Russian icon, early 16th century. According to the Bible, the Transfiguration of Christ was an event where Jesus became radiant and spoke with the Prophets Moses

The Virgin of Vladimir, Byzantine icon, early 12th century. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Portrait of Princess Tatiana Yusupova, 1858. Artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Portrait of Princess Tatiana Yusupova, 1858. Countess Tatiana Alexandrovna de Ribeaupierre (1828-1879), a lady in waiting to the Empress of Russia, married Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov

Josef Stalin and the geophysicist Otto Y Schmidt, 1930s. Artist: Jakov Kalinichenko
Josef Stalin and the geophysicist Otto Y Schmidt, 1930s. An example of Soviet agitprop art. Otto Yulyevich Schmidt was a Russian scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist

Leon Trotsky with his wife Natalia Sedova and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, 1937. Trotsky (1879-1940) was one of the leading figures of the Russian Revolution and in the Soviet government afterwards

Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, 1910s. Pavlova (1881-1931) was the most famous classical ballerina of her era. She trained at the school of the Imperial Ballet, made her debut as soloist in 1899

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov, 1961. Pictured at Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR. Korolyov (1907-1966)

Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonaut, Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR, 16 June 1963. Tereshkova (1937-) on the day when she piloted Vostok 6, making the first space flight by a woman

Ballets Russes in Seville, Spain, 1916. The Ballets Russes was a famous itinerant ballet company founded by Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) in Paris in 1909

Soviet leader Josef Stalin with his son Vasily and daughter Svetlana, 1930s. Artist: Pyotr Otsup
Soviet leader Josef Stalin with his son Vasily and daughter Svetlana, 1930s. Vasily Iosifovich Dzhugashvili (1921-1962) and Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva (1926-2011)

Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Josef Stalin, and their daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva, 1927. Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901-1932) married Stalin in 1919

The first troupe of the Moscow Art Theatre, Russia, 1900. The Moscow Art Theatre was founded by Constantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko in 1898

Tsar Alexander III with family and friends on a hunt in the Bialowieza Forest, Russia, 1894. The forest, which lies on the border between modern Belarus and Poland, was a royal hunting reserve

The sacred spring in Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1903. Artist: K von Hahn
The sacred spring in Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1903. In 1903 the monastery, which is associated with St Seraphim, was visited by Tsar Nicholas II and other members of the Russian royal family

Alice Nikitina and Serge Lifar, Russian ballet dancers, 1924. Nikitina (1904-1978) and Lifar (1905-1986) in the Ballets Russes production of Les Biches by Francis Poulenc. From a private collection

Russian author Leo Tolstoy with his sister Maria Nikolaevna, Russia, 1900s. Artist: Sophia Tolstaya
Russian author Leo Tolstoy with his sister Maria Nikolaevna, Russia, 1900s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of Leo Tolstoy, Moscow

Russian author Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, Russia, 1895. Artist: Sophia Tolstaya
Russian author Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, Russia, 1895. Tolstoy (1828-1910) married Sophia Andreyevna Behrs (1844-1919) in 1862

A Walk in a Forest, 1869. Artist: Ivan Shishkin
A Walk in a Forest, 1869. Shishkin, Ivan Ivanovich (1832-1898). Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Alexander the Great, Lubok print, 1869. Lubok (plural Lubki) prints were Russian popular prints with simple graphics portraying stories derived from literature, religion and popular tales

Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber, Lubok print, 18th century. Lubok (plural Lubki) prints were Russian popular prints with simple graphics portraying stories derived from literature

Le Pot de Chambre, 1908. Artist: Konstantin Somov
Le Pot de Chambre, 1908. Illustration from the Livre de la Marquise. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

The Battle of Alexander the Great against King Porus, Lubok print, 1830s. Alexander fought against the Indian King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes River in 326 BC

Satirical poster on the League of Nations, 1920. Artist: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Satirical poster on the League of Nations, 1920. Rosta (the Russian Telegraph Agency) was the state news agency in Russia from 1918 until 1935

Yakov Polonsky, Russian poet, 1896. Artist: Il ya Repin
Yakov Polonsky, Russian poet, 1896. Polonsky (1820-1898) was a leading poet in the Romantic tradition of Pushkin. Several Russian composers, including Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff

The Harvest, 1914. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich Kustodiev
The Harvest, 1914. Found in the collection of the State B Kustodiev Art Gallery, Astrakhan

Prince Vladimir Dolgorukov, Mayor of Moscow, 1873. Dolgorukov (1810-1891) was Mayor of Moscow from 1865 until 1891. Found in the collection of the The State Central A Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow

Workers of Magnitogorsk, USSR, 1931. Magnitogorsk is a city in the Urals with large-scale mining and iron and steel industries

Red Army men confiscating church treasures of the Simonov monastery, Moscow, USSR, 1925. The monastery was founded in 1370

Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonauts, 1963. Gagarin (1934-1968) became the first man in space when he orbited the Earth aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961

Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, c1860-c1862. Portrait of the future Tsar Alexander III (1845-1894), who reigned as Emperor of Russia from 14 March 1881 until his death

On the Boulevard, 1903. Artist: Kazimir Malevich
On the Boulevard, 1903. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

The Shroud, 1908. Artist: Kazimir Malevich
The Shroud, 1908. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

A Girl with a Comb, 1932-1933. Artist: Kazimir Malevich
A Girl with a Comb, 1932-1933. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Head of a Peasant, 1928-1932. Artist: Kazimir Malevich
Head of a Peasant, 1928-1932. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Pyotr Demidov, Russian paymaster, 1880s. Artist: Andrei Osipovich Karelin
Pyotr Demidov, Russian paymaster, 1880s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1880s. Artist: Konstantin Schapiro
Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1880s. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote music across a broad range of genres. Amongst his best known and most popular works are the ballets Swan Lake

Alexander Blok, Russian poet, with his wife Lyuba, c1900s. Artist: Dmitri Spiridonovich Zdobnov
Alexander Blok, Russian poet, with his wife Lyuba, c1900s. Blok (1880-1921) was a leading member of the Symbolist movement in Russian literature

Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer, in L Apres-midi d un Faune, 1912. Nijinsky (1889-1950) also choreographed the ballet

Ottoman army, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Ottoman army, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th November 1895

Swearing the oath of allegiance to Tsar Nicholas II, Russian church in Paris, 1894. Artist: F Meaulle
Swearing the oath of allegiance to Tsar Nicholas II, Russian church in Paris, 1894. Nicholas came to the throne in November 1894 after the death of his father, Alexander III

Siege of Leningrad, January 1943. Leningrad was encircled and besieged by the Germans from September 8 1941. In January 1943

Liberation of Belgrade, October 1944. Jubilant Russian troops and Yugoslav partisans mingle on the streets

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