Culture of Russia

Russian culture (Russian: Культура России, tr. 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] and Western influence.^[2] Russian writers and philosophers have played an important role in the development of European thought.^[3]^[4] The Russians have also greatly influenced classical music,^[5] ballet,^[6] sport,^[7] painting,^[8] and cinema.^[9] The nation has also made pioneering contributions to science and technology and space exploration.^[10]^[11]

^ 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.
^ Lincoln, W. Bruce (10 October 1970). "Western Culture Comes to Russia". History Today. 20 (10). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ 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.
^ Ipatieff, V.N. (1943). "Modern Science in Russia". The Russian Review. 2 (2). Wiley: 68–80. doi:10.2307/125254. JSTOR 125254.

[1] 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.

[2] Lincoln, W. Bruce (10 October 1970). "Western Culture Comes to Russia". History Today. 20 (10). Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[3] 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.

[4] Frank, S. (January 1927). "Contemporary Russian Philosophy". The Monist. 37 (1). Oxford University Press: 1–23. doi:10.5840/monist192737121. JSTOR 27901095.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[sport-7] Riordan, Jim (1993). "Rewriting Soviet Sports History". Journal of Sport History. 20 (4). University of Illinois Press: 247–258. JSTOR 43609911.

[8] Snow, Francis Haffkine (November 1916). "Ten Centuries of Russian Art". The Art World. 1 (2): 130–135. doi:10.2307/25587683. JSTOR 25587683.

[cinematic-9] Bulgakova, Oksana (2012). "The Russian Cinematic Culture". University of Nevada, Las Vegas. pp. 1–37. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[10] 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.

[11] Ipatieff, V.N. (1943). "Modern Science in Russia". The Russian Review. 2 (2). Wiley: 68–80. doi:10.2307/125254. JSTOR 125254.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]