UDMURT MEN.

Udmurtia is a federal republic of Russia. These are some of its men. There are some really sweet portraits of Udmurt men & women here. Turns out they are part of the Moscow youth organization, Marom a community of conservative Judaism.

ROERICH MTNS.

Mountain study. c. 1925–34 Red Horses. 1926 Kanchenjunga. 1936 Everest Range. From “Himalayan” series. 1924 Nicholas Roerich was a Russian guru—also a painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler, and public figure. Upon watching hours of television in Florida I rediscovered via the Discovery channel the works of Roerich. The paintings were familiar to me. And then [...]

FLOWERING POWER.

Flower powers from Russia. These flowers are from my most favorite collections, Prokudin-Gorskii housed in the Library of Congress archives. The power really lies within the colors the photographs exude. The brightness of leaves, flowers, trees, grasses pull me into the world of the Russian Empire circa 1905. More Russia love here and here. and [...]

BELARUSIAN TOWELS.

via Belarus Guide

VARVARA.

NisN research assignment requested by August Heffner on Varvara Stepanova, Russian constructivist. She was professor of textile design at the Vkhutemas (Higher Technical Artistic Studios) while continuing typography, book design and contributing to the magazine L.E.F. —What a total knock out!  There is this book, this article, and I only wish there was a show [...]

PARTY IN THE USSR.

via English Russia

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