Culture

Russia – the land of the thinkers, the poets and the composers. At the moment in Russia different worlds are colliding, a change is taking place. Old traditions are being confronted by those from the Soviet Union as well as those from the modern world.

Composers such as Dmitri Schostakowitsch, Sergej Prokofjew, Sergej Rachmaninow and Igor Strawinski strongly influenced classical music in the 19th century. The premier of Tschaikowskys 'Swan Lake' took place in 1877 in the Moscow Bolschoi Theater. Other well known Balletts and Operas have also been priviledged enough to have had their first performance in this theater.

You will find the biggest collection of Russian art in the Tretjakow-Galerie in Moskau. Painters such as Wassily Kandinsky, Kasimir Malewitsch and Marc Chagalls have become famous throughout the world.

Russia has also produced some excellent writers and producers. One of the very first world classics was the film 'The Battleship Potemkin' from Sergej Eisenstein, that was filmed in 1925.