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Khokhloma (also Hohloma, Russian: хохлома; Russian pronunciation: [xəxɫɐˈma]) or Khokhloma painting (хохломская роспись, hohlomskaya rospis) is a style of Russian art traditionally painted on wooden household items. It is known for its curved linear features depicting vivid small flowers, berries, grasses, and leaf ...
The Flora of Russia — spanning regions of Europe and Asia. The political boundaries of Russia include areas in the biogeographic regions of Eastern Europe, Northeastern Europe, Central Asia, North Asia, and Northeast Asia. Note: The country of Russia is not a geographical unit employed in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant ...
Kalina krasnaya is a Russian expression which describes the Viburnum opulus (Russian: Калина , Kalina Krasnaya or Кали́на обыкнове́нная, Kalina obyknovennaya). The term kalina describes the berry and krasnaya the color red. Viburnum opulus (kalina) is an important element of the Russian folk culture.
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. It is a variation of the plot of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. [3]
The Russian paleographer Vyacheslav Shchepkin was the first to combine the ornamentation of Old East Slavic handwritten collections (marginal and capital decorations, capital letters of the first page of the “letter cap”) with the term floral ornament, the main element of which is a branch.
With portraits, candles and flowers, thousands of people around the world paid their respects Friday to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after Russia’s prison agency announced he had ...
"Scarlet Sails" celebration in Saint Petersburg Russian culture (Russian: Культура России, romanized: Kul'tura Rossii, IPA: [kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ]) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and both Eastern [1] and Western influence. [2]
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