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Compare and contrast Russian cultural heritage to that of the US

iF ONE WANTED TO BE DERISORY OR JUST PLAIN MOCKING ONE COULD POINT TO THE UNITED STATES AS GIVING THE WORLD THE CULTURAL MECCA OF THE HAMBURGER, MC DONALDS AND PEPSI COLA.  THIS IS A TONGUE CHEEK VIEW OF AMERICAN CULTURE HOWEVER THERE IS NO DENYING THAT THE US IS AN ADOLESCENT COUNTRY.

NOW AS THE DEMOCRATS POINT TO THE EVIL EMPIRE THAT IS UNDERMINING OUR SOI DISANT (SO CALLED) DEMOCRACY IT IS WORTH COMPARING AND CONSTRASTING

iN COMPARISON Russian culture has a long history. Russia can claim a long tradition of dividend in many aspects of the arts,]especially when it comes to literature
Nikolai GogolIvan TurgenevLeo TolstoyFyodor Dostoyevsky et al 
Pushkin
(1799–1837)Gogol
(1809–1852)Turgenev
(1818–1883)Dostoevsky
(1821–1881)Tolstoy
(1828–1910)Chekhov

(1891–1940)Kiprensky Pushkin.jpgN.Gogol by F.Moller (1840, Tretyakov gallery).jpgTurgenev Perov scanned.JPGDostoevskij 1872.jpgIlya Efimovich Repin (1844-1930) - Portrait of Leo Tolstoy (1887).jpgChekhovGl 1.jpg

MUSIC

Nikolay A Rimsky Korsakov 1897.jpgSergei Rachmaninoff LOC 33968 Cropped.jpgIgor Stravinsky Essays.jpgDmitri Shostakovich credit Deutsche Fotothek adjusted.jpg
Tchaikovsky
(1840–1893)Rimsky-Korsakov
(1844–1908)Rachmaninoff
(1873–1943)Stravinsky
(1882–1971)Shostakovich
(1906–1975)Glinka1850s.jpgModest Musorgskiy, 1870.jpgPorträt des Komponisten Pjotr I. Tschaikowski (1840-1893).jpgNikolay A Rimsky Korsakov 1897.jpgSergei Rachmaninoff LOC 33968 Cropped.jpgIgor Stravinsky Essays.jpgDmitri Shostakovich credit Deutsche Fotothek adjusted.jpg

Ballet Sergey DiaghilevGeorge Balanchine

The original purpose of the ballet in Russia was to entertain the imperial court. 

and philosophyclassical music[ and ballet, architecture and paintingcinema[ and animation, which all had considerable influence on world culture

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