#famousrussian

[letsriottogether]

I don’t know who the author is, but sir your mind is brilliant.

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Contrapuntal pieces for piano by Sergei Rachmaninov, one of my favourite Russian composers. 

[bareboneshistory]

Stalin believed that John Wayne was a threat to communism and ordered his assassination by the KGB. . #BareBones #BareBonesFacts #BareBonesHistory #HistoryFacts #illustration #CharacterDesign #PotionPictures #Animation #JosephStalin #Stalin #20thCentury #Dictator #JohnWayne #assassination #communism #hollywood #propaganda #censor #cia #kgb #fbi #theduke #soviet #russianhistory #famousrussian #coldwar #russia (at Moscow, Russia)

[ruspeach]

Famous people of Russia born today: 

7 мая [maya] (May) 1840 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 

was a Russian composer, conductor, teacher, musical journalist and a public figure. He is considered to be one of the greatest composers in the World history of music. 

His works includes symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a choral setting of the Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Some of these are among the most popular theatrical music in the classical repertoire. 

Tchaikovsky's ballet 'The Swan Lake', opera 'Eugene Onegin', four Symphonies, and the brilliant Piano Concerto No1 are considered as one of the most valuable assets in world's music culture. 

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[bareboneshistory]

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Gagarin was too short to safely land his plane in flight school so needed a special seat. . . . #BareBones #BareBonesFacts #BareBonesHistory #HistoryFacts #AfterEffects #illustration #joysticksnsliders #CharacterDesign #PotionPictures #Animation #ShortPeople #Russian #Vostok #Soviet #Cosmonaut #firstmaninspace #YuriGagarin #Gagarin #SpaceRace #20thCentury #Spaceman #famousrussian (at Gagarin, Russia)

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Rasputin was a self-styled Holy Man who claimed the mystical ability to heal through sex. . . . #Rasputin #MadMonk #mysticalsex #grigorirasputin #famousrussian #russian #RussiasGreatestLoveMachine #SaintPetersberg #FatherGrigori #NicholasII #Strannik #Romanov #20thCentury #mysticalability #healer #BareBones #BareBonesFacts #BareBonesHistory #HistoryFacts #AfterEffects #illustration #joysticksnsliders #CharacterDesign #PotionPictures #Animation #historygeek #instahistory #homelessorhipster (at Saint Petersburg, Russia)