Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow
"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] (Its influence on the formation of Russian culture is negligible, mainly it was formed under the influence of the West) and Western influence .[ 3] Russian writers and philosophers have played an important role in the development of European thought .[ 4] [ 5] The Russians have also greatly influenced classical music ,[ 6] ballet ,[ 7] sport ,[ 8] painting ,[ 9] and cinema .[ 10] The nation has also made pioneering contributions to science and technology and space exploration .[ 11] [ 12]
^ In part due to Russia's own geographical extent, neighbors, and internal ethnic diversity , e.g. Tatars and Buryats ; in part due to its history, including over two centuries of being ruled by the Mongols :Vernadsky, George (1969). "Chapter 3: Russia in the Mongol Period" . A History of Russia (6th rev. ed.). New Haven : Yale University Press . pp. 57– 84. ISBN 0-300-00247-5 – via Google Books .
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^ McLean, Hugh (September 1962). "The Development of Modern Russian Literature". Slavic Review . 21 (3). Cambridge University Press : 389– 410. doi :10.2307/3000442 . JSTOR 3000442 . S2CID 163341589 .
^ Frank, S. (January 1927). "Contemporary Russian Philosophy". The Monist . 37 (1). Oxford University Press : 1– 23. doi :10.5840/monist192737121 . JSTOR 27901095 .
^ Swan, Alfred J. (January 1927). "The Present State of Russian Music". The Musical Quarterly . 13 (1). Oxford University Press : 29– 38. doi :10.1093/mq/XIII.1.29 . JSTOR 738554 .
^ Lifar, Sergei (October 1969). "The Russian Ballet in Russia and in the West". The Russian Review . 28 (4): 396– 402. doi :10.2307/127159 . JSTOR 127159 . ...and in the twentieth century Russian coreographers and performers, dis-seminating the art of ballet throughout of the world, attainted world-wide recognition.
^ Riordan, Jim (1993). "Rewriting Soviet Sports History". Journal of Sport History . 20 (4). University of Illinois Press : 247– 258. JSTOR 43609911 .
^ Snow, Francis Haffkine (November 1916). "Ten Centuries of Russian Art". The Art World . 1 (2): 130– 135. doi :10.2307/25587683 . JSTOR 25587683 .
^ Bulgakova, Oksana (2012). "The Russian Cinematic Culture" . University of Nevada, Las Vegas . pp. 1– 37. Retrieved 13 January 2022 .
^ Hachten, Elizabeth A. (2002). "In Service to Science and Society: Scientists and the Public in Late-Nineteenth-Century Russia". Osiris . 17 . The University of Chicago Press : 171– 209. doi :10.1086/649363 . JSTOR 3655271 . S2CID 144835649 .
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