Tuesday, 11 December 2007

Leonid Baranov. Evropa

Filed under: contemporary,fine art,human study,Russian — 01varvara @ 00.00

Evropa (Leonid Baranov, 1989)

This is an evocation in sculpture of the classical myth of the abduction of Europa.

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Video. Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov Family

Filed under: art music,early modern,historical,Orthodox,portrait,religious,Russian — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: Christian martyrs, Eastern Orthodox Church, History, House of Romanov, Imperial Russia, New Martyr, New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, Nicholas II of Russia, Royal Martyrs, Russia, Russian Civil War, Russian Empire, Russian history, Russian Revolution, Saints, Soviet Union, Tsar, USSR

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Vintage photographs of the Royal Martyrs backed by music from Pyotr Ilyich Chaikovsky.

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Video. The Fatal Mistake (The Revolution in 1917)

Filed under: Christian,early modern,historical,Orthodox,Russian — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: Bolshevik, February Revolution, History, Imperial Russia, October Revolution, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian history, Russian Provisional Government, Russian Revolution, Soviet Union, USSR

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A VERY moving video on the Royal Martyrs and the period surrounding the Revolution.

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