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Being forced to stay at home during the pandemic is not an easy challenge for people.
While in isolation we would like to introduce to you the finest gems of Russian culture
ballet, art, musicians and extraordinary singers – enjoy and stay connected.
Click, watch, listen and enjoy with a glass of good wine!
We wish you and your family health and good mood!
RUSSIAN MUSEUMS
Tretyakov Gallery – the best works of Russian art from different eras and authors. The current collection based in Moscow includes more than 180 000 pieces. The сollection presents major masterpieces from the permanent exhibition
https://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en/collection/
Russian Museum – the world’s largest collection of Russian art, housed in a unique architectural complex in the historical centre of St Petersburg
https://rusmuseumvrm.ru/?lang=en
Hermitage – the collection of the State Hermitage includes over 3 million works of art and world culture artefacts. It contains paintings, graphic works, sculptures, works of applied art, archaeological artefacts and numismatic objects. That makes it one of the world largest and important museums
https://hermitagemuseum.org/
The latest trip to the legendary Russian Hermitage (5+ hours), filmed by Apple :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49YeFsx1rIw
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is a museum complex that is currently in possession of one of the largest world art collections from ancient Egypt and Greece to our days. Today the holdings of the museum contain around 700 000 art works of different epochs. The jewel of the collection is French art of the XIX – XX centuries – one of the most famous collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in the world.
https://pushkinmuseum.art/
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a place for people, art, and ideas to create history, founded in 2008 Garage is the first philantropic institution in Russia to create a comprehensive public mandate for contemporary art:
https://garagemca.org/
The Moscow Kremlin is considered to be a symbol of the Russian statehood. The Kremlin hill became the main sightseeing of Moscow. The architectural ensemble “The Moscow Kremlin and Red Square” is included into the UNESCO List of World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
Official web-site with virtual tours:
https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/about-museums/
Kremlin- Secred Hard of Moscow (1+ hour documentary):
https://youtu.be/c0XYyyfIX5Y
The Diamond Fund exhibition was opened in 1967 on the territory of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a subdivision of the Gokhran of Russia. Treasures of the Diamond Fund of the Russian Federation represent a collection of unique nuggets of precious metals and precious stones of historical and artistic value, as well as a collection of unique jewelry and other items made of precious metals and precious stones. The collection is undoubtedly one of the most significant and largest collections in the world. It is the most famous part of the State Fund treasury.
Virtual tour: http://www.gokhran.ru/assets/vtour/index.html
Short video: https://youtu.be/p2O3ce_r4nU
Peterhof Palace is the most beautiful palace in Russia and one of the most famous in the world.
The official web-site with interesting multimedia: https://en.peterhofmuseum.ru/multimedia
Mesmerizing Peterhof (RT 25′ Documentary): https://youtu.be/7lBuolbyj-A
FAMOUS THEATRES
The Bolshoi Theatre. One of the most famous theaters in the world. Established in 1776 by Prince Pyotr Urusov in according to the “privilege” of “maintaining” theatre performances given by Catherine the Great in Moscow.
The Bolshoi channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bolshoi
The Mariinsky Theatre traces its history as far back as 1783, when a Decree on the establishment of a theatre committee “for performances and music” was published on 12 July and the Bolshoi Stone Theatre was opened on Carousel Square of St. Petersburg amid great pomp on 5 October 1783.
Live webcast: https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/
OTHERS
Russian Seasons is a major project aimed to introduce the Russian culture to the international audience. It is named in honour of the legendary tours of Dergey Diaghilev ballet in Europe in 1908 -1914. It had been staged in Japan in 2017 and gatered over 3,5 milllion viewers in 42 cities across the country. In 2018 the Festival was hosted in Italy.
Live broadcast: https://www.russianseasons.org/en/live/
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic. Сlassical music performed by great musicians
https://www.philharmonia.spb.ru/en/media/online/
Igor Moiseyev Ballet is a choreographic folk dance ensemble establised in 1937 by the choreographer and choreographer Igor Moiseyev. This is not just a dance troupe – it’s an enterprise for cutting precious stones of dances of various countries!
– Summer, Russian folk dance : https://youtu.be/aXaQpvfWe9Y
– Little apple (yablochko) : https://youtu.be/K21yj2lEgrA
– Suite of Greek dances ” Sirtaki” : https://youtu.be/T4chpyTIE5Q
– Tango Del Plata : https://youtu.be/_QE2AvYi-C0
– Aragonese Hota : https://youtu.be/7wibr3vMnYA
– Sicilian Tarantella : https://youtu.be/H4x-pAgppwU
– Dance of the Argentine shepherds ” Gaucho” : https://youtu.be/gQep012Sq54
– Mongolian statuette : https://youtu.be/N4-G0i3rIGs
– Choreographic picture ” Football” : https://youtu.be/aRPgenaS5Pk
Beryozka Folk Dance Ensemble. A collective recognized as a national treasure of Russia. Beryozka means a birch tree which Russians consider their national symbol. The ensamble has been telling the world what beauty is in Russian for more than 70 years.
See the entire performance here: https://youtu.be/NF2giqxocL8
The Sretensky Monastery Choir is popular not only throughout Russia but also abroad.
A selection of Russian songs on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch
