Literature and the arts

On this blog you will find links to articles, with vocabulary and exercises, which should help you prepare for this topic of the Russian A2 syllabus.

Music
* Авторская песня и барды
* В. С. Высоцкий

* Русский рок

* Russian music with subtitles - YouTube channel
* Go here for a list of songs covered on this blog
* Russian classical composers

Film
* Top 25 Russian films of all time
* Oперация «ы» и другие приключения Шурика
* Soviet cartoons
* Винни-Пух 1
* Винни-Пух 2: Винни Пух идет в гости
* Винни-Пух 3: Винни-Пух и день забот

* Трое из Простоквашино
* Зима в Простоквашино


Literature
* Beginners' guide to reading Russian literature in the original

Individual writers:
* Isaac Babel
* A. P. Chekhov
* Pushkin
* Tolstoy
* Lermontov

Specific texts:
* Evgeni Onegin - Pushkin
* Спать хочется - A.P. Chekhov

Theatre
* Revolutions series at Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford
* Film discovered of Dyagilev's ballet, early 20th century (BBC video)
Specific works:
* Evgeni Onegin
* Gore ot uma

* Tri sestri - Chekhov
* Chaika - Chekhov
* Dyadya Vanya - Chekhov


Fine Art
* Russian artists

* Galleries and museums
* The Tretyakovskaya Gallery, Moscow
* The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Other art forms
* Origami with banknotes - Indonesia

Useful resources
* Taste of Russian podcast: episode on the film Russian Ark


Go back to: Outline of the Russian AS and A2 level syllabus