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One of Onfim's schoolwork doodles (no. 200), depicting himself as a horseman slaying a person, presumably his teacher. [a] [1]Anthemius (Old Novgorodian: Онѳимє, romanized: Onthime; fl. c. 1220–60), [b] better known by the modern Russian spelling of his name, Onfim (Russian: Онфим), was a boy who lived in Novgorod (now Veliky Novgorod, Russia) in the 13th century, some time around ...
EnglishRussia was a popular photoblog focusing on unusual aspects of Russian or former-Soviet culture. In 2007 Technorati rated it the 155th most popular website out of 94 million on its search engine. [1] It was created by a Russian software technician and is currently more popular in America than in Russia. [2]
Lefty then gets an invitation and travels to England to study the English way of life and technical accomplishments. The English hosts try to talk him into staying in England, but he feels homesick and returns to Russia at the earliest opportunity. On the way back, he engages in a drinking duel with an English sailor, arriving in Saint ...
Occasionally the term "Russian fantasy" is used as a synonym for Slavic fantasy, although the former phrase is more often used to refer to any fantasy written in Russian. [4] The Slavic fantasy also exists outside Russia. A major example of that genre outside Russia is the Polish fantasy series The Witcher.
The Scarlet Flower (Russian: Аленький цветочек, romanized: Alen'kiy tsvetochek), also known as The Little Scarlet Flower [1] or The Little Red Flower, [2] is a Russian literary fairy tale written by Sergey Aksakov.
Pilot is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. It was founded in 1988 by Alexander Tatarsky, Igor Kovalyov, Anatoly Prokhorov, and Igor Gelashvili, becoming the first private animation studio in the Soviet Union. They aimed at both auteur and commercial animation. [1] [2]
The reading audience is praising his new novel, Poor People. I have read this novel and said: 'Poor Russian readers!' I have read this novel and said: 'Poor Russian readers!' However, Mr. Dostoevsky is a man of some talent and, if he finds his way in literature, he will be able to write something decent."
Folklorist Dmitry Rovinsky is known for his work with categorizing lubok. His system is very detailed and extensive, and his main categories are: "icons and Gospel illustrations; the virtues and evils of women; teaching, alphabets, and numbers; calendars and almanacs; light reading; novels, folktales, and hero legends; stories of the Passion of Christ, the Last Judgement, and sufferings of the ...