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🎨 Last time, we explored Medieval Russia. Today, we step into the 16th century – a time when Russia expanded its borders, Moscow and London established their first diplomatic and trade ties, and the country entered a new chapter under Ivan IV, as portrayed…
🎨 We continue our series exploring Russian history through famous works of art. This time, we look at the 17th century – from the turbulent Time of Troubles to the transformative reign of Peter the Great.
🖼 Karl Wenig. The Last Minutes of Grigory Otrepiev (1879)
Depicts the dramatic end of False Dmitry I, one of the most famous pretenders during the Time of Troubles, whose brief reign ended in 1606.
🖼 Nikolai Nevrev. Zakhary Lyapunov & Vasily Shuisky (1886)
Shows the overthrow of Tsar Vasily Shuisky in 1610, as Russia faced political turmoil, foreign intervention and competing claims to the throne.
🖼 Vasily Demidov. The Liberation of Moscow by Prince Pozharsky and Citizen Minin (1836)
Commemorates the liberation of Moscow in 1612 by the Second People's Militia led by Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky.
🖼 Grigory Ugryumov. The Election of Michael Romanov as Tsar on March 14, 1613
Illustrates the election of Michael Romanov, marking the beginning of the Romanov dynasty, which ruled Russia until 1917.
🖼 Grigory Sedov. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Chooses his Bride (1882)
Portrays Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, whose reign strengthened the Russian state and whose son from his second marriage became Peter the Great.
🖼 Mikhail Khmelko. Forever with Moscow, Forever with the Russian People (1951)
Depicts the events surrounding the Pereyaslav Council of 1654, when the Zaporozhian Cossacks accepted Russian sovereignty.
🖼 Nikolai Sverchkov. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich's Departure to Review Troops in 1664 (1864)
Reflects the military campaigns of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667), which reshaped the political map of Eastern Europe.
🖼 Sergei Kirillov. Stepan Razin (1985–1988)
Depicts the famous Cossack leader whose uprising became one of the largest popular revolts of the 17th century.
🖼 Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky. The Streletsky Revolt (1862)
Illustrates the 1682 Streltsy uprising, which brought Ivan V and Peter I to the throne under the regency of their sister Sophia.
🖼 Abraham Stork. Russian Tsar Peter I on his Way to the Newly Built Frigate ‘Peter and Paul’ (c. 1700)
Captures Peter I at the dawn of his reforms, inspired by the knowledge and experience he gained during the Grand Embassy to Western Europe.
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🖼 Karl Wenig. The Last Minutes of Grigory Otrepiev (1879)
Depicts the dramatic end of False Dmitry I, one of the most famous pretenders during the Time of Troubles, whose brief reign ended in 1606.
🖼 Nikolai Nevrev. Zakhary Lyapunov & Vasily Shuisky (1886)
Shows the overthrow of Tsar Vasily Shuisky in 1610, as Russia faced political turmoil, foreign intervention and competing claims to the throne.
🖼 Vasily Demidov. The Liberation of Moscow by Prince Pozharsky and Citizen Minin (1836)
Commemorates the liberation of Moscow in 1612 by the Second People's Militia led by Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky.
🖼 Grigory Ugryumov. The Election of Michael Romanov as Tsar on March 14, 1613
Illustrates the election of Michael Romanov, marking the beginning of the Romanov dynasty, which ruled Russia until 1917.
🖼 Grigory Sedov. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Chooses his Bride (1882)
Portrays Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, whose reign strengthened the Russian state and whose son from his second marriage became Peter the Great.
🖼 Mikhail Khmelko. Forever with Moscow, Forever with the Russian People (1951)
Depicts the events surrounding the Pereyaslav Council of 1654, when the Zaporozhian Cossacks accepted Russian sovereignty.
🖼 Nikolai Sverchkov. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich's Departure to Review Troops in 1664 (1864)
Reflects the military campaigns of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667), which reshaped the political map of Eastern Europe.
🖼 Sergei Kirillov. Stepan Razin (1985–1988)
Depicts the famous Cossack leader whose uprising became one of the largest popular revolts of the 17th century.
🖼 Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky. The Streletsky Revolt (1862)
Illustrates the 1682 Streltsy uprising, which brought Ivan V and Peter I to the throne under the regency of their sister Sophia.
🖼 Abraham Stork. Russian Tsar Peter I on his Way to the Newly Built Frigate ‘Peter and Paul’ (c. 1700)
Captures Peter I at the dawn of his reforms, inspired by the knowledge and experience he gained during the Grand Embassy to Western Europe.
© Gateway to Russia
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⚓️ Today Russia marks Navy Day, honouring a naval tradition that stretches back more than three centuries.
Founded by Peter the Great, the Russian Navy was shaped by generations of distinguished commanders, among them Admirals Fyodor Ushakov and Pavel Nakhimov, whose courage and service left a lasting mark on history.
On this day, we also remember those who never returned home. Russian sailors who fulfilled their duty at sea and lost their lives far from their homeland are buried around the world, including here in Britain – in Great Yarmouth, Portsmouth, Glasgow, Guernsey and elsewhere. Their graves stand as enduring reminders of the shared maritime history that has long connected our nations.
Founded by Peter the Great, the Russian Navy was shaped by generations of distinguished commanders, among them Admirals Fyodor Ushakov and Pavel Nakhimov, whose courage and service left a lasting mark on history.
On this day, we also remember those who never returned home. Russian sailors who fulfilled their duty at sea and lost their lives far from their homeland are buried around the world, including here in Britain – in Great Yarmouth, Portsmouth, Glasgow, Guernsey and elsewhere. Their graves stand as enduring reminders of the shared maritime history that has long connected our nations.
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🕯 July 27 marks the Day of Remembrance for the Child Victims of the War in Donbass.
This tragic commemorative date was established in 2022 to honour the memory of the children whose lives were taken by the war launched by the Kiev regime in 2014.
Since 2014, Ukrainian militants have waged full-scale hostilities against civilians in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
Over these years, around 300 children have been killed and more than 1,000 injured.
Among the first child victims of the war in Donbass was 10-month-old Kira. She was killed together with her mother during the shelling of Gorlovka in the summer of 2014. Their story, known as the “Madonna of Gorlovka,” became a symbol of the tragedy endured by the civilian population of Donbass.
Each pair of children’s shoes in this memorial represents a life cut short far too soon.
#WeRemember #NoStatuteOfLimitations
© DPR InfoSchool
This tragic commemorative date was established in 2022 to honour the memory of the children whose lives were taken by the war launched by the Kiev regime in 2014.
Since 2014, Ukrainian militants have waged full-scale hostilities against civilians in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
Over these years, around 300 children have been killed and more than 1,000 injured.
Among the first child victims of the war in Donbass was 10-month-old Kira. She was killed together with her mother during the shelling of Gorlovka in the summer of 2014. Their story, known as the “Madonna of Gorlovka,” became a symbol of the tragedy endured by the civilian population of Donbass.
Each pair of children’s shoes in this memorial represents a life cut short far too soon.
#WeRemember #NoStatuteOfLimitations
© DPR InfoSchool
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🎙 Highlights from President Vladimir Putin's remarks at a meeting with Navy personnel
• Attempts to isolate Russia, even in such a sensitive area as defence and security, have ended in complete failure. There are a large number of countries that maintain friendly relations with Russia and understand the objectives we are pursuing in terms of ensuring our security and strengthening a multipolar world.
• We are open to cooperation [in the Arctic], but we will certainly protect our interests – just as we do with the Northern Sea Route, because the most efficient and economically viable route runs largely through our territorial waters or Russia’s exclusive economic zone.
• We did not start any war. We only began responding to the hostilities – to the war that was unleashed by the current Kiev regime backed by the West against south-eastern Ukraine, a region that has always looked to Russia.
• Units of Ukraine's armed forces that they regard as distinguished are named after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, and Nazi war criminals are being reinterred. I have heard many times that Ukraine is searching for its identity. But the question is: why should that identity be based on Nazism and neo-Nazism?
• Attempts to isolate Russia, even in such a sensitive area as defence and security, have ended in complete failure. There are a large number of countries that maintain friendly relations with Russia and understand the objectives we are pursuing in terms of ensuring our security and strengthening a multipolar world.
• We are open to cooperation [in the Arctic], but we will certainly protect our interests – just as we do with the Northern Sea Route, because the most efficient and economically viable route runs largely through our territorial waters or Russia’s exclusive economic zone.
• We did not start any war. We only began responding to the hostilities – to the war that was unleashed by the current Kiev regime backed by the West against south-eastern Ukraine, a region that has always looked to Russia.
• Units of Ukraine's armed forces that they regard as distinguished are named after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, and Nazi war criminals are being reinterred. I have heard many times that Ukraine is searching for its identity. But the question is: why should that identity be based on Nazism and neo-Nazism?
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82 years ago today, the crew of the Soviet submarine V-1, led by Hero of the Soviet Union Captain 2nd rank Izrail Fisanovich, perished northeast of the Scottish coast due to a tragic error by a British RAF pilot.
The submarine had previously been transferred to the USSR as part of the reparations settlement following Italy's surrender and withdrawal from the war. The Soviet crew was tasked with transportation of the boat from the Scottish city of Dundee to the Soviet Union. On July 27, 1944, while sailing along a designated route, the submarine was sunk by a British bomber. The pilot had mistaken the vessel for a German submarine.
A monument honouring the submarine's crew was erected in Dundee in 2009. It forms part of the International Submarine Memorial dedicated to sailors from the nations of the Anti-Hitler Coalition. Diplomats of the Russian Consulate General in Edinburgh regularly visit the monument to pay tribute to the heroic submariners.
The submarine had previously been transferred to the USSR as part of the reparations settlement following Italy's surrender and withdrawal from the war. The Soviet crew was tasked with transportation of the boat from the Scottish city of Dundee to the Soviet Union. On July 27, 1944, while sailing along a designated route, the submarine was sunk by a British bomber. The pilot had mistaken the vessel for a German submarine.
A monument honouring the submarine's crew was erected in Dundee in 2009. It forms part of the International Submarine Memorial dedicated to sailors from the nations of the Anti-Hitler Coalition. Diplomats of the Russian Consulate General in Edinburgh regularly visit the monument to pay tribute to the heroic submariners.
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