Mikhail Naumovich Epstein is a Russian-American literary scholar, essayist, and cultural theorist best known for his contributions to the study of Russian postmodernism. He is the Emeritus S. C. Dobbs Professor of Cultural Theory and Russian Literature at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. His writings encompass Russian literature and intellectual history, the philosophy of religion, the creation of new ideas in the age of electronic media, semiotics, and interdisciplinary approaches in the humanities. His works have been translated into over 26 languages.
Oleg Vassiliev was a Russian painter associated with the Soviet Nonconformist Art style. Vassiliev emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in 1990 and later lived and worked in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Vladimir Alekseyevich Shchuko was a Russian architect, member of the Saint Petersburg school of Russian neoclassical revival notable for his giant order apartment buildings "rejecting all trace of the moderne". After the Russian Revolution of 1917 Shchuko gradually embraced modernist ideas, developing his own version of modernized neoclassicism together with his partner Vladimir Gelfreikh. Shchuko and Gelfreikh succeeded through the prewar period of Stalinist architecture with high-profile projects like the Lenin Library, Moscow Metro stations and co-authored the unrealized Palace of Soviets. Shchuko was also a prolific stage designer, author of 43 drama and opera stage sets.
The Kandinsky Prize, named after Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky is an award sponsored by the Deutsche Bank AG and the Art Chronika Culture Foundation. It was organized in hopes of developing Russian contemporary art, and to reinforce the status of Russian art within the world. In total, 55,000 euros are awarded to the artists.
Alexei Khvostenko was a Russian avant-garde poet, singer-songwriter, artist and sculptor. Khvostenko is also frequently referred to by the nickname Khvost, meaning "tail".
Nicolaus Schmidt is a German artist, photographer and historian. He studied at the Hamburg Art Academy (HfBK) in the 1970s. In 1975, he founded ROSA, one of Germany’s first gay magazines. During the 1980s, he was a volunteer with the German branch of the children’s rights organization Terre des Hommes, serving for a time as its chairman. Since 1991, he has been living and making art in the Berlin neighborhood of Prenzlauer Berg.
Andrey Shary is a Russian journalist, historical author and media manager. He studied journalism at the State Institute of International Relations in Moscow, graduating in 1987. Shary worked for the Soviet daily Pravda in 1987–1990, then moving to the weekly Rossiya (1990–1994). Since 1992 he collaborates with Radio Svoboda, the Russian Service of U.S. granted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. In 1994-1996 he worked as a field-reporter and commentator in former Yugoslavia, based in Zagreb. Since 1996 he is a senior broadcaster, since 2016 Director for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's Russian Service and an author of 15 books on the Yugoslav wars, history of Balkans, Central Europe, modern popular culture, and travel journals. Shary has written numerous articles and commentaries. He lives in Prague.
Elena Meerovna Akselrod is a Russian poet and translator. She is the daughter of noted artist Meer Akselrod, and wrote a monograph about her father.
Spring Day (Russian: Весенний день is a painting by Russian artist Nikolai Matveevich Pozdneev. It was painted in 1959.
ART4.RU Contemporary Art Museum is a museum of contemporary Russian art located in Moscow, Russia. It was opened to the public in May 2007. A privately owned institution, it houses the collection of Igor Markin.
Viktor Markovich Zhivov was a Russian and American philologist, specializing on the history of Russian language. Zhivov was a professor at the Russian Language Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow and at the Department of Slavic and Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley.
Yury Kharchenko is a Russian German artist. He lives and works in Berlin.
Linor Goralik is an Israeli author, poet, artist, essayist and marketing specialist.
The Medal "For the Capture of Paris on 19 March 1814" was a campaign medal of the Russian Empire. It was established on 30 August 1814 by decree of Emperor Alexander I of Russia.
Sergey Alexandrovich Zavyalov is a Russian poet.
A Dreary Story is an 1889 novella by Anton Chekhov, subtitled "From the Notebooks of an Old Man". Influenced by the death of Chekhov's brother Nikolay from tuberculosis, it has been described as one of Chekhov's most enduring works, and as "a penetrating study into the mind of an elderly and dying professor of medicine".
George Pusenkoff is a German-Jewish painter, installation artist and photographer. He is a representative of postmodernism.
The Russian pavilion houses Russia's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.
Una Helga Moehrke is a German visual artist specializing in painting, drawing, performance art and experimental text. She was a Professor for Art and Art Mediation at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle from 1994 to 2018.
Evgeni Dybsky is a contemporary artist currently based in Berlin. Dybsky’s painting uses nonlinear visual space as well as juxtapositions of heterogeneous materials. The artist has been working in series since 1985. Since 1992 he has titled all of his series “Translation of Time” and numbered them sequentially from I (1992–1993) to XVII (2013–2022).
