Russia more than once leaned toward Europe and again turned away from it, the country’s culture subtly combines European traditions and Asian motives; each annexed territory, each people brought something of their own into it.
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Museums as repositories of artifacts appeared in antiquity, but they were opened to the general public only in the XVIII century.By the way, in 1765 the Hermitage in St. Petersburg became one of the first exhibition complexes of a new type.
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Russia has several dozens of different faiths, and the main part of religious buildings – Orthodox churches, Catholic churches, mosques, synagogues, Buddhist temples – are interesting not only as religious objects, but also as monuments of history and architecture.
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Although theaters appeared in Russia quite late, the Russian theater school has become a classic of acting – its principles are studied on an equal basis with others in all theatrical institutions of the world…
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Although theaters appeared in Russia quite late, the Russian theater school has become a classic of acting – its principles are studied on an equal basis with others in all theatrical institutions of the world…
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