Numerous peoples living in Russia have left a huge imprint on its culture. Today the Russian culture is very popular among the world. It pays back the global civilization by changing it.

Any ardent reader knows Russian writers and poets whose creative works affected not only literary traditions but also the whole world. Among them are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy (the views, expressed in his books, formed Mahatma Gandhi’s mindset), Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Turgenev, Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekhov, Boris Pasternak…

Russian composers, musicians and singers have gained prominence in the world. Various genres of Russian music include classic music, opera, ballet music, church music, folk music, author’s music, pop music, rock music, nursery songs and many other musical styles:

The history of Russian traditions amounts for thousands of years. They are rooted in the Pre-Christian epoch. As a rule, traditions and customs are connected with important life events: agricultural cycle, the milestones of a family life (wedding, child birth) and religious holidays.

The Russian ballet has become one the most recognizable phenomenon of the Russian art. It left the Russian borders a long time ago. Both individual dancers and visiting companies made great contributions to ballet arts.

Over the years the Russian culture has given the world numerous talented painters. Some of them are well-known, others are forgotten (for instance, icons were painted by anonymous iconographers). Their paintings adorn art collections.

Ivan Schischkin, Ilya Repin, Isaac Levitan, Ivan Aivazovsky, Arkhip Kuinji, Kazimir Malevich, Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall… The number of Russian painters amounts to hundreds of famous names.

The Stanislavsky System has turned into a theatrical and cinematographic standard. Russian actors play memorable characters in theatre and cinema, incarnating visions of brilliant directors.

Russian traditions found their way into different styles and brought changes to them. Thus, new architectural styles were formed, for example, Russian baroque.

However, a real architectural revolution followed the Revolution of 1917 and the formation of the first socialist state. The creation of a new world gave birth to new ideas in all spheres of life and new styles in architecture.

Constructivism changed the image of almost every city and town in the world and inspired many minor architectural styles.

The Russian traditional dress had been forming for many centuries. It has various forms, depending on social or marital status, age, period of time, location, wealth and many other factors.

The works of prehistoric art was found on the Russian territory: