Russia Trip

Orpheum Theater Minneapolis

russiatrip — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:57:25 +0000

Orpheum Theater Minneapolis is one of three theaters in the theater district of downtown Minneapolis’, which has been completely renovated and restored to its original state. Since its opening in 1921, the Orpheum Theatre has hosted many games, animators and artists over the years.

Many customers flock Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, year after year, because the number of guests it can accommodate. The main floor of the theater holds 1500 spectators, while the three levels of the balcony of the theater can accommodate 1,100 people. This brings the entire theater seats and 2,600 All seats are made to be an excellent view of the stage.

Over the years, vaudeville, comedy, cinema, concerts and performances were greeted at the Orpheum Theatre. Vaulted ceiling of the room offers excellent acoustics and elegant decor in keeping with the landmark theater’s rich history.

Visual arts

russiatrip — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:21:33 +0000

Early Russian painting focused on icon painting and vibrant frescos inherited by Russians from Byzantium. As Moscow rose to power, Theophanes the Greek and Andrei Rublev are vital names associated with the beginning of a distinctly Russian art. The Russian Academy of Arts was created in 1757, aimed to give Russian artists an international role and status. Notable portrait painters from the Academy include Ivan Argunov, Fyodor Rokotov, Dmitry Levitzky and Vladimir Borovikovsky. Realism flourished in the 19th century and the realists captured Russian identity. Russian landscapes of wide rivers, forests, and birch clearings, as well as vigorous genre scenes and robust portraits of their contemporaries asserted a sense of identity. Other artists focused on social criticism, showing the conditions of the poor and caricaturing authority while critical realism flourished under the reign of Alexander II.

Import, export

russiatrip — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:13:21 +0000

Russian export goods include crude oil, natural gas, iron ore and other metals, wood, coal, agricultural produce, steel and iron, weapons, machinery. The main lines of exports in 2006: Netherlands 12.3%, Italy 8.6% Germany 8.4%, China 5.4%, Ukraine 5.1%, Turkey 4.9%, Switzerland 4.1%. Import partners: Germany 13.9%, China 9.7%, Ukraine 7%, Japan 5.9% South Korea 5.1%, USA 4.8%, France 4.4% Italy 4.3%. In 2007 the value of exports (365 billion U.S. dollars) was 1.38 times greater than imports (260.4 billion dollars) [31] [32]. According to SIPRI, Russia is the world’s largest exporter of heavy conventional weapons [33]. Oil, gas, metals and timber account for more than 80% of exports, resulting in a high sensitivity of the Russian economy to fluctuations in world prices of raw materials

Music and ballet

russiatrip — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:58:32 +0000

Basics of Russian music is a rich folklore music, whose history dates back to the period of Kievan Rus. The dynamic development of Russian music has been under the influence of classicism in the early nineteenth century’s most important composers of this period should be Mikhail Glinka, who together with his students from the so-called. “powerful gromadki” (Alexander Borodin, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and others) has led to the creation of Russian national music school. For the most famous works of this period include the opera: Life for the Tsar (1836), Boris Godunov (1868-1872) and Igor Knyaz (1869-1888). An important development was the establishment of the Russian Music Society (1859) by Anton and Nikolai Rubensteinów. For the most important composer of the Romantic it is widely Peter Tchaikovsky. Continue the tradition of romantic he was, inter alia, XX. Eternal composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.

For najznaczniejszych composers in the twentieth century included Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich, author VII Leningrad Symphony (1941). The world-famous musicians include: skrzypkowie David Oistrakh and Gidon Kremer, cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, pianists: Vladimir Horowitz, Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels and opera singer Galina Wisniewska.

The origin of the name of the country

russiatrip — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:04:39 +0000

Name of Russia, which began to use at the end of XV century, comes from the Greek name Rus Rhos. Thus, Russia is as much as “Rus.” [1] While the etymology of expression Russia seems obvious, the origin of the word Rus raises some controversy. In the history of wywodzono her name from the ancient tribe Roksolanów (Sz hypothesis. Zimorowica), or from the word “rossieja” which means “on the ground, far away” (M. Stryjkowski hypothesis). Contemporary language is derived mostly from the name Rus ugrofińskiego word “Ruotsi”, which means “the inhabitants of the coast”, “brzeżanie.” Finns today called for the Swedes as well, from which the word can take over.

Cities

russiatrip — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:29:44 +0000

Tourist major cities:

* Moscow – Russia’s capital and one of the largest European cities
* St. Petersburg – Northern million of the city and UNESCO World Heritage
* Kaliningrad – The former Konigsberg in the Russian exclave
* Murmansk – North of the Arctic Circle located Arctic port
* Vladivostok – terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway on the Pacific
* Irkutsk – the pearl of Siberia near Lake Baikal on
* Novgorod – Old city
* Novosibirsk – the center of Siberia and Altai near
* Sochi – Center of the Russian Black Sea Riviera
* Voronezh – birthplace of the Russian Fleet

Geography

russiatrip — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:21:26 +0000

The Russian Federation stretches across a large extent of the north of the super-continent of Eurasia. Because of its size, Russia displays both monotony and diversity. As with its topography, its climates, vegetation, and soils span vast distances. From north to south the East European Plain is clad sequentially in tundra, coniferous forest (taiga), mixed and broad-leaf forests, grassland (steppe), and semi-desert (fringing the Caspian Sea) as the changes in vegetation reflect the changes in climate. Siberia supports a similar sequence but is taiga. The country contains 23 World Heritage Sites^[17] and 40 UNESCO Biosphere reserves.

Hermitage

russiatrip — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:58:37 +0000

Set in the magnificent palace from which the tsars ruled Russia for one-and-a-half centuries, the State Hermitage triumphantly lives up to its reputation as one of the country’s chief glories. It consists of five linked buildings along the riverside – the Winter Palace, the Little Hermitage, the Old and New Hermitage, and the Hermitage Theatre.

The enormous art collection (over three million items) almost amounts to a history of Western European art, and as much as you see in the museum, there’s about 20 times more in its vaults, part of which you can now visit. The vastness of the buildings – of which the Winter Palace alone has 1057 rooms and 117 staircases – demands a little planning. Consider making a reconnaissance tour first, then returning another day to enjoy your favourite bits

When to Go

russiatrip — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:41:45 +0000

July and August are the warmest months and the main holiday season. If you want to avoid the crowds, try May-June or September-early-October. In early autumn the leaves are turning and you can pick mushrooms and berries. Although winter is bitter, theatres open, the vodka comes out, buildings are warm and the snow is beautiful. Spring is slushy, muddy and generally horrible. Definitely try to avoid late Feb, March and early April.

Moscow

russiatrip — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:54:12 +0000

Moscow (Russian: Москва́, romanised: Moskva, IPA: [mɐˈskva] (help·info) see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Russia, and the largest city in Europe, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow is the country’s political, economic, religious, financial, educational and transportation centre. It is located on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District, in the European part of Russia. Historically, it was the capital of the former Soviet Union and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the pre-Imperial Russian state. It is the site of the Moscow Kremlin, which serves as the ceremonial residence of the President of Russia. Moscow is a major economic centre and is the world’s billionaire capital, home to the largest number of billionaires in the world;^[1] in 2007 Moscow was named the world’s most expensive city for the second year in a row.^[2] It is home to many scientific and educational institutions, as well as numerous sport facilities. It possesses a complex transport system that includes the world’s busiest metro system, which is famous for its architecture and artwork.