SOAR (Spring, 2005)

WEEK 3
The 19th Century
The Rulers. Petersburg Writers, Artists, and Composers. Russian Ballet.

ASSIGNMENT 3:

Literature Selections. Read the following excerpts from famous works set in Petersburg:

• Pushkin "The Bronze Horseman" by Alexander Pushkin. Excerpts from the Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader, (NY: Penguin, 1993, pp. 8-10, 19-21) trans. Walter Arndt. Posted on Mosaic: Perspectives on Western Ciilization. Sources. [Click "play" to hear the underlined sections read aloud in Russian.]

• Gogol The Nose. Posted by "Bibliomania." [Read the first chapter and the beginning of the second.]
  The Overcoat. Posted by "Bibliomania." [Read a few pages into this short story.]

• Dostoevsky "White Nights: A Sentimental Love Story (from the Memoirs of a Dreamer". Choose: "Excerpt" to read the first 6 pages of this sample of an early Dostoevsky tale. Posted on Amazon.com. (Buy the book and read all the stories!)
  "Notes from Underground. The entire story (1918 translation by Constance Garnett) is posted from the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. [Read the first few pages to acquaint yourself with this Dostoevskian anti-hero.]
  Crime and Punishment. Translation by Constance Garnett. The entire novel is posted at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. [Read as much of the first chapter as you can.]

Read these brief historical sections, following the text links, from the Saint-Petersburg.com site:

• *The City of Order (1800-1855). This section covers the topics:
  
  • The short reign of Paul I
    
  • Government transformation under Alexander I
    
  • Architectural harmony in the city
    
  • The Decembrists Uprising and political change
    
  • Cultural St. Petersburg
    
  • The age of technical developments

• *St. Petersburg on the road to capitalism. This section covers the topics:
  
  • The Reforms of Alexander II
    
  • The Assasination of Emperor Alexander II
    
  • Changes in society and the economy

Listen to some of these suggested multi-media lectures from the series A History of Russia by Professor Michael Petrovich (recorded in 1987 before the Soviet Union dissolved), published on the web site of the Center for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (N.B.: You will need Realplayer 5.0 to listen and view the lectures):

• Alexander I (12:44 min.)
  
• Alexander and Napoleon (12:15 min.)
  
• The Decembrists (13:13 min.)
  
• Official Nationalism (7:11 min.)
  
• Intelligentsia (12:59 min.)
  
• Crimean War (9:14 min.)
  
• Emancipation of Serfs (15:02 min.)
  
• Revolutionaries (12:24 min.)
  
• Assassination of Alexander II (9:14 min.)
  
• Industrialization (12:13 min.)
  

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19th Century Petersburg Composers
Russian Ballet

19th Century Russian Rulers

• Alexander I
  *Alexander I (12:44 min.). Recorded multi-media lecture by Professor Michael Petrovich.
  *Alexander and Napoleon (12:15 min.). Recorded multi-media lecture by Professor Michael Petrovich.
  Alexander Pavlovich Romanov. From Bob Atchison's "Alexander Palace" site.
  Alexander I (Alexander Pavlovich). A page from "Treasures of the Tsars" St. Petersburg, Florida.
  Coins and Medals of Imperial Russia - Alexander I. Coins dedicated to Alexander I. Collection of Coins and Medals Yale University Art Gallery.
  *Government transformation under Alexander I

• Nicholas I
  Nickolas Pavlovich Romanov. From Bob ATchison's "Alexander Palace" site.
  Nicholas I. From the site "Treasures of the Tsars" (St. Petersburg, FL).
  Coins and Medals of Imperial Russia - Nicholas I. Coins dedicated to Nicholas I. Collection of Coins and Medals Yale University Art Gallery.

• Alexander II
  *Alexander II and His Times. A Narrative History of Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky (with links to hundreds of images and other materials). An excellent comprehensive site from Professor Walter Moss, Eastern Michigan University.
  Alexander II. Brief note and a picture from the St. Petersburg Times (Florida) site: "Treasures of the Czars".
  *Emperor Alexander II. Picture and a note from Bob Atchison's site on the Alexander Palace.
  St. Petersburg on the Road to Capitalism. Form saint-petersburg.com. Sections on: "The Reforms of Alexander II," "The Assasination of Emperor Alexander II," "Changes in society and the economy."
  *Assassination of Alexander II (9:14 min.). Recorded multi-media lecture by Professor Michael Petrovich.
  

• Alexander III
  *Industrialization (12:13 min.). Recorded multi-media lecture by Professor Michael Petrovich.
  *Alexander III's Manifesto of April 29, 1881. Issued after his father's assassination. From Documents in Russian History (Seton Hall University, Russian and East European Studies Program).
  *Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov by Scott Malsom. On Bob Atchison's page "The Alexander Palace."
  Alexander III. Brief note and a picture from the St. Petersburg Times (Florida) site: "Treasures of the Czars".

• Nicholas II (See Week 4)
  

Events and Movements of the 19th Century

• First Half of the Century
  *Ruling the Empire. From countrystudies.us/russia. Read the sections on "War and Peace, 1796-1825," "Reaction under Nicholas I."
  "City of Order" (1800-1855). A page from Saint-Petersburg.com.

• War 1812 - Napoleon; Battle of Borodino
  *The Project 1812. In honor of the 190th anniversary of the war. Site includes: library, gallery (paintings by Vereschagin and other), memorial, personalities, etc.
  *Napoleon's Invasion of Russia. A brief introduction from the Official Site of the Russian National Tourist Office.
  Museum Panorama Borodino. Site of the Museum Panorama Borodino Battle. From the site "Museums of Russia." [Follow all the picture links to more text and more pictures. Pay attention to all the links to the War of 1812...i.e. keep following them.]
  Candid Shots of The March to Moscow and the Retreat. Links to images of Napoleon's retreat. From the site maintained by Emin Saglamer.

• Decembrist Uprising - 1825
  *The Decembrists (13:13 min.). Recorded multi-media lecture by Professor Michael Petrovich.
  Decembrists in Irkutsk. Pictures and brief text. Copyright: BusinessNet - Irkutsk.
  The Decembrists and the Russian Intelligentsia. Student paper by Larisa Ayrapetova (Fordham University).

• The Russia of Nicholas I
  *Official Nationalism (7:11 min.). Recorded multi-media lecture by Professor Michael Petrovich.
  *Intelligentsia (12:59 min.). Recorded multi-media lecture by Professor Michael Petrovich.
  Russia in 1848 and 1849. Page from James Chastain, Ohio University.
  On the Eve of War. From the History of the Russian Navy (from EXPO96). See the next chapters too: Sinop; Sevastopol; To the North and East.

• The Crimean War
  Crimean War (9:14 min.). Recorded multi-media lecture by Professor Michael Petrovich.

• Reforms and the Emancipation
  Reform and Reaction Under Alexander II and III. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
  St. Petersburg on the Road to Capitalism. From saint-petersburg.com. Sections on: "The Reforms of Alexander II," "The Assasination of Emperor Alexander II," "Changes in society and the economy."
  *Emancipation of Serfs (15:02 min.). Recorded multi-media lecture by Professor Mechael Petrovich.
  The Emancipation Manifesto, March 3, 1861. (in English translation) On the Durham University site, England.
  Emancipation of the Serfs. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
  
• Petersburg at the end of the century
  *Revolutionaries (12:24 min.). Recorded multi-media lecture by Professor Mechael Petrovich.
  *St. Petersburg on the Road to Capitalism 1840s-1890s. Two sections on Alexander II and one on "Changes in Society and the Economy."
  

19th Century St. Petersburg

• Bronze Horseman
  *The equestrian statue of Peter the Great. Some notes about how the statue was erected and what it symbolizes.
  *Bronze Horseman. Nighttime photo of the statue (from Expo '96).
  Bronze Horseman in the evening. Picture from "Wandering Camera."
  Bronze Horseman Legend. From the "Official Portal of the City Government."
  Is that Pushkin's Yevgeny on the lion statue or only Sergei Baryshnikov?
  Bronze Horseman. Picture from the Official site of the Russian National Tourist Office.
  Bronze Horseman. Picture from MiNat.
  Bronze Horseman. Page from Cityvision 2000.
  Bronze Horseman. Photo from "Steve's Russia Trip."

• St. Isaacs
  St. Isaac's. Night photo from Expo '96.
  Views from the colonnade of Isaac's cathedral. #57 From "Wandering Camera."

• Alexander Nevsky Monastery
  The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity; St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra. From "Orthodox cathedrals and churches of St. Petersburg" site. Boris Kuznetsov.
  Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. At the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Page from Peterlink.

• Nevsky Prospect
  *Key to Nevsky Prospect. Map (click on it to enlarge the section) and then information on where things are located. From "Old Friends and Partners" site.
  Nevsky Prospect. A page from Saint-Petersburg.com.
  Foreign Churches on Nevsky Prospekt. #102 from "Wandering Camera."
  Nevsky Prospekt. Welcome to St. Petersburg. (Contact: Zulphiya).

• Gostiny Dvor
  Forget the Mall of the Americas: The Ultimate Mall Crawl is Here in Petersburg. This Page is part of "The Costumer's Manifesto" by Tara Maginnis, Ph.D.
  Gostiny Dvor. A page from Saint-Petersburg.com.
  

• Passage
  Grandeur returns to former Russian mall. Article by Edmund Mander.

• Kazan Cathedral
  *The Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Photos by Boris Kuznetsov.
  *Kazansky Cathedral. Text from Fresh Guide to St. Petersburg.
  Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral. A photo from St. Petersburg State Technical University.
  Kazan Cathedral. A page from Saint-Petersburg.com.

• St.Petersburg Bridges
  Bridge over the Griboyedev Canal. From the "Wandering Camera" site.
  Bank Bridge. Over Griboedov channel. Built in 1825-26 according to the project of architect G. Tretter. (closeup), and (another closeup), (yet again), (and again). From the "Wandering Camera" site.
  Bank Bridge. Photo (of bridge with griffins) from "Steve's Russia Trip."

• Fontanka River, Griboedov Canal, Moika River
  *Fontanka / Moika / Griboyedov . A description from the "Amaizing [sic.] St. Petersburg" page. Pictures and text.
  View down the Griboyedev Canal. Photo from "Steve's Russia Trip."
  

19th Century Petersburg Writers

• Russian Literature
  Literature. From countrystudies.us/russia. Sections on: "The Beginnings," "Peter and Catherine," "The Nineteenth Century," "The Soviet People and After."

Pushkin [Find out some general information about Pushkin - his life and works.]

St. Petersburg of Alexander Pushkin. From the site "The Voice of Russia." Part of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Pushkin's birth.
"Queen of Spades". Video clip from Tchaikovsky's opera. From "Face of Russia" site, WETA-TV. [You need RealVideo to see this]

• "The Bronze Horseman" - Pushkin's poem
  The Figure of Peter the Great in Alexander Pushkin's The Bronze Horseman. Copyright 1989, 1998 by Leigh Kimmel

Gogol [Find out some general information about Gogol - his life and works.]

• "The Overcoat"
  *The Overcoat (clip one). Film footage played in RealVideo [you must have the player to see this clip]. From the site "The Face of Russia" WETA-TV
  * The Overcoat (clip two). Additional footage played in ReadVideo [you must have the player to see this clip]. From the site "The Face of Russia" WETA-TV.

Dostoevsky

Feodor Dostoevsky and Petrashevsky's Case. From "Olga's Gallery." Essay with pictures (artists featured: Vasily Perov and Pavel Fedotov).
• The White Nights in St. Petersburg
  *The City of White Nights Saint Petersburg. An article by Lev Stone (who tries to explain the magic of this city).
  The Kriukov Channel. A woodcut of where the White Nights dreamer hero would take his walks. From "dux.ru."
  White Nights in St. Petersburg. Description from Cityvision 2000.
  White Nights - A Year Later. Album 115. From "Wandering Camera."

• Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground
  Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground. Study notes from Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota.
  Study Guide for Notes from Underground. By Professor Paul Brians (Dept. of English, Washington State University).
  Kant's Aesthetics in Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground. Critical essay by David A. Goldfarb (paper delivered at the Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference, Columbia University, 18 March 1995).

• Dostoevsky's Petersburg
  Carpenter Lane. (Where Raskolnikov lived.), Ekaterininsky cannel. (Setting for some of the events of Crime and Punishment.), 104 Ekaterinninsky chanel. (The pawnbroker's house.) Voznesensky bridge. (Where Raskolnikov witnesses a suicide attempt.), Chapel on the Nikolaevsky bridge. (Place where Raskolnikov walks.), Sennaya Square. (Where Raskolnikov bows down to the earth.) Woodcuts from "dux.ru."
  Excursions - St. Petersburg. From "St-Petersburg Dux Comp." [Scroll down and take the excursion "St-Petersburg of Dostoevsky in painting of B. Kostigov."]
  Dostoyevsky Memorial Museum. Page from Saint-Petersburg.com.

• Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
  Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment. Study notes from Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota.
  Crime and Punishment Summary & Study Guide. From Professor Beyer at Middlebury College.
  

19th Century Russian Art and the Petersburg Theme

• Architecture and Painting
  *Architecture and Painting. From countrystudies.us/russia.

• The St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Architecture
  The St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Architecture. History of the academy. Other interesting sections: Monumental Studio.
  Academy of Fine Arts Museum. Another page from saint-petersburg.com.

• Hermitage
  *The State Hermitage Museum. Home page. [Check it out: especially the sections: "History," "Collection (Russian Culture; The Winter Palace of Peter I; The Menshikov Palace)," "Exhibitions," "Floor Plans"]

• Russian Museum
  Russian Museum - Collections. Russian art. [Enlarge the pictures by clicking on them]
  Russian Museum. From saint-petersburg.com.
  Arts Square and the Russian Museum. From saint-petersburg.com.
  The State Russian Museum. The St. Petersburg Art Journal page. Some pictures, a little text.
  Russian Museum Part of student project on our website by Jake Fey.

• The Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)
  Tretyakov State Gallery. Home page.
  The Tretyakov Gallery. History. From Sun Site.

• The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts(Moscow)
  *The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Home page. Includes museum history, exposition and collections (virtual tour).
  The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Shows some of the art work held at the Pushkin Museum. [Several links are dead, but still a decent comprehensive view of the art in this important museum.]

• Russian Art Collections
  Russian Museum - Collections. Russian art. [Enlarge the pictures by clicking on them]
  The Hermitage Museum - Russian Culture. Russian art in a historical context.
  Olga's Gallery. Links to hundreds of pictures by Russian artists.
  Russian Art. Links to numerous Russian art works. Copyright © 1999. George Mitrevski. Auburn University.

• 19th Century Russian Art (general)
  *IMRC Russian Art Links. Mother page of the one below: includes Icons, Avant-Garde Art, an A-Z List of Artists, Art/architecture, Socialist Realism, Applied Arts, Folk Art, Cartoons, etc. Produced by the Institute of Modern Culture.
  *18th and 19th Century Russian Painting. Course page (part of the above site) by William Comer. Includes links to some good information on Russian painting.
  *Russian Painting of the Nineteenth Century. Flipping pictures of famous paintings and text from Alexander Boguslavski's page.
  Russian Art and Architecture. List of links from Bucknell University. [Good starting point to learn about this topic]
  World of Art. Cover from Russian National Library site.
  Dated History of Artists and Pigments, Dated Color Theories, Techniques of the Past, Past Color Theories. Detailed technical page created by Don Jusko.

• Sadovnikov
  Vasily Sadovnikov. From Olga's Gallery site.
  Vasilij Sadovnikov. Eight of his paintings. [Site is in Russian: captions to pictures come in English as well at the click of your mouse]

• Briullov
  Karl Brulloff. Pictures and text from Olga's Gallery.
  Briullov. Alexander Boguslawski.
  *"Last Days of Pompei". Posted on Alexander Boguslawski's site.
  *"Last Days of Pompei". Detail. From the Russian Art page at Auburn U.
  "Countess Samoilova and her Foster Daughters". Painting from the Russian Museum site.
  "The Rider". Posted by Moscow State University.
  "Self Portrait". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  "Svetlana a Russian Girl Telling Her Fortunre. On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  "Portrait of Nikolai Kukolnik". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).

• Vereshchagin
  Vasily Vereshchagin. Pictures and text from Olga's Gallery.
  "Apotheosis of War". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  V. Vereshcllagin [sic.]. Copies of postage stamps celebrating this artist.
  "The Burning of Moscow". Painting by by V. Vereshchagin 1897-98 (French firing squad Napoleon on left). From the site "Candid Shots of the March to Moscow and the Retreat" maintained by Emin Saglamer.

• Kramskoy
  Ivan Kramskoy. Pictures and text from Olga's Gallery.
  "Study of a Peasant". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  "Inconsolable Grief".On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  "Portrait of A. D. Litovchenko". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  "Tolstoy". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  "Christ in the Wilderness". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).

• Ge
  "What is Truth". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  "Leo Tolstoy". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  "Alexander Herzen". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  "Peter Interrogating his Son Alexis". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.).
  "Calvary". On the Russian Art page (at Auburn U.)

• Repin
  Ilya Repin. Pictures and commentary from Olga's Gallery.
  Ilya Efimovich Repin. Introduction to his works. © Alexander Boguslawski.
  "Glinka". From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.)
  "Alexander Pushkin at Tsarskoe selo". From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.)
  "Volga Boatmen". From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.).
  "Zaporzhye Cossacks". From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.).
  "Mussorgsky". From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.).
  "Religious Procession". Also a detail right and a detail left. From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.)
  "Vagabonds". From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.).
  

• Kuindzhi
  Arkhip Kuinji. Pictures from Olga's Gallery plus text.
  "After the Storm". From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.).
  "Birch Grove". From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.).

19th Century Petersburg Composers

• Russian Music
  *Music. From countrystudies.us/russia.

• St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music
  The Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory. Home site.
  Petersburg Conservatory of Music. Photo from 1900, along with a brief history of the theater. On the "Alexander Palace" site.
  

• (Marinsky) Kirov Theater
  The Mariinsky Theatre's Costume Departments for the Kirov Opera and Ballet. This Page is part of The Costumer's Manifesto by Tara Maginnis, Ph.D [Fun site!]
  Mariinsky Theatre. Official web site.
  

• Russian Composers (general)
  Graves of Famous Russian Composers in St. Petersburg. Glinka, Borodin, Musorgskii, Rimskii-Korsakov, Chaikovskii. Photographs by Hilary Teplitz.
  Russian Classical Music Links. From Stephany Gould.
  Russian Midi Page. Links to some midi files.
  *Russian Opera. Information on the composers, plus sound clips from various operas [you will need "Read Media"]. From "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.
  

• Glinka
  *A History of Russian Opera in Performance: The Premiere and Revival of A Life for the Czar and Boris Godunov. Article by Elaine Scudder. [Read the section on "A Life for the Czar".]
  "Glinka". Portrait from the Russian Art page (Auburn U.)
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. From "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel. Picture, text, bib.

• Dargomyzhsky
  Miller's Aria from "Mermaid". Sung by Maxim Mikhailov. Fomr Little Russia site.
  Alexander Dargomyzhsky Songs and Romances. A song sample with Marina Philippova, soprano, and Ivan Mikhailov, piano. (21 sec.) "A maiden and a youth" ("Yunosha i deva"). Copyright 1995-98 Imagina Productions, Inc.
  Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky. Text. Bib. From "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.

• Borodin
  Alexander Borodin. Copyright © 1995-1998 by L.D. Lampson & Classical Net.
  Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin. Text, picture, bib from the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.

• Cui
  Cesar Antonovich Cui. Information, links. (Not all pictures are there)
  Cesar Antonovich Cui. Brief text, bib. from the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.

• Balakirev
  Mily Alekseyevich Balakirev. Short text, picture, bib. from the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.

• Mussorgsky
  *A History of Russian Opera in Performance: The Premiere and Revival of A Life for the Czar and Boris Godunov. Article by Elaine Scudder. [Read the section on Boris Godunov.]
  Marfa's Devination from Khovanschina" and "Marfa's Song from "Khovanschina". Sung by Nadezhda Obukhova. From the site "Little Russia."
  "Mussorgsky". Portrait by I. Repin. From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.).
  Moussorgsky's Historical Operas. Notes by David Osler.
  Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Picture, text, bib. on the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.

• Rimsky-Korsakov
  The Rimsky-Korsakov Home Page. Biography, lists of works, comments on the composer, recordings, links to museum, sound clips, other sites, etc.
  Song of the Viking Guest from "Sadko". Sung by Feodor Shaliapin. On the Little Russia site.
  Viking Song from "Sadko". Sung by Mark Reizen. On the Little Russia site.
  Song of the Indian Guest from "Sadko". Sung by Ivan Kozlovsky. On the Little Russia site.
  Song of the Venetian Guest from "Sadko". Sung by Pavel Lisitsian. On the Little Russia site.
  The Apartment-Museum in St. Petersburg. Rimsky-Korsakov's museum.
  The House-Museum of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Tikhvin.
  N. Rimsky-Korsakov Museum-Reserve in Loubensk-Vechasha.
  The Creative Legacy of N. Rimsky-Korsakov.
  Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's life. With pictures.
  Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Operas. From OperaGlass.
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Introductory page. Copyright © 1995-1998 by L.D. Lampson & Classical Net.
  Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Picture, text, bib. on the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.

• Rubinstein
  Arthur Rubinstein - The Artist.

• Tchaikovsky
  Gremin's Aria from "Eugene Onegin. (Sung by Mark Reizin) Posted on Little Russia site.
  Lensky's Aria from "Eugene Onegin". (Sung by Nikolay Gedda) Posted on Little Russia site.
  Temple of Tchaikovsky. Biography. Links to other sites.
  Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). Information to his symphonies, concerti, list of works, picture gallery.
  Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. Picture, text, bib. from the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.
  Pyotr Il'ich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Catalogue of Works. From a page by B. Langston.

Russian Ballet

• Ballet in Russia
  Russian Ballet. From countrystudies.us/russia.
  *History of Ballet. From Yiannis' homepage.
  *Russian Classical Ballet. Theaters, Choreography, Scenography, Ballet Education, Photo Gallery, etc., including a link to Ballet Companies - Russia. Maintained by Vladimir Moiseyev.
  Ballet. Alphabetical website of links to ballet, including Russian ballets and artists.
  Preface to "The Russian Ballet From Anna Pavlova to Rudolf Nureyev". By Elena Fedosova, St.Petersburg State Museum of Theater and Music. Includes also a page on the St. Petersburg School of Ballet. From Vadim Gaevsky.
  

• Marinsky Theatre
  The Mariinsky Theatre's Costume Departments for the Kirov Opera and Ballet. Pictures, introductory text. From www.costumes.org.
  Mariinsky Theatre: Ballet. Copyright © 1998-2001 State academic Mariinsky theatre.
  Mariinsky Theater. Picture and a few words from Saint-Petersburg.com.
  Mariinsky Theatre. Playbills, Opera, Ballet, Orchestra, etc. information. Copyright © 1998-2001 State academic Mariinsky theatre.
  Kirov Ballet in New York, Summer 1999. Information on the tour of this company for the summer, 1999. From Walker Web.

• Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow)
  Bolshoi. Current season, media, etc. © 2000-2001 The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre.
  The Bolshoi Theatre. On postage stamps. Website designed and maintained by Paul Den Ouden.
  

• Ballets Russes
  The Ballet Russes. Introductory page by Jenny Gorman and Chris Sippel, with some links to further information.
  From Russia with Love: Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets Russes. A page on an exhibition in NYC.
  Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. From Estelle Souche.
  Welcome to My Website. On the collaboration between the Russian avant-garde artist Natalya Goncharova and Diaghilev’s ballet company The Ballets Russes. [Nicely done student project.]
  The Ballet Russe Scenery Collection of the Butler Ballet. A pictorial exhibit of famous ballet drops, by Stephan Laurent, Chair, Butler University Department of Dance.

• Alexander Benois
  Benois Family Museum. Peterhof.
  The Nutcracker. Petrushka, Raymonda, Swan Lake, Giselle. Ballet Russe drops by Alexander Benois. From the Butler University web site.
  Aleksandr Benois (1870-1960). © Alexander Boguslawski 1998-2000.

• Balanchine
  George Balanchine (Balanchivadze) (1904-1983). From Andros on Ballet.
  The Balanchine Library. Synopses, articles, bib., etc. From Picture Palace.
  A Ballet for Balanchine. Igor Stravinsky score. Information on "Agon". Title page of the score. From the Library of Congress.
  George Balanchine (1904-1983). Page from Estelle Souche.
  George Balanchine. Short biography and credits. From Yiannis' homepage.
  

• Nijinsky
  Nijinsky Dancing!. Introduction. Includes the chapters on Vaslav Nijinsky: The God of Dance, and "Paintings by Stowitts". Copyright 1997 The Stowitts Museum and Library.
  Vaslaw Nijinsky (1890-1950). Choreographies and ballets he premiered. From Estelle Souche's page. (Links include pictures.)

• Nureyev
  Tribute to Rudolf Nureyev. From Patricia Boccadoro.

• Baryshnikov
  Dancing Free. From Cigar Aficionado. Article on Baryshnikov Published November/December, 1997 by Jack Bettridge.
  Stretching His Legs Creatively. Article about Baryshnikov in the L.A. Times. March 6, 1997.
  Mikhail Baryshnikov - Credits. Movie, dance list.

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