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Artist Arkhip Kuindzhi — master of the illusion of light
In the second half of the 19th century Arkhip Kuindzhi, defined by many as a talented, self-taught genius not afraid to stray from tradition, raised the bar regarding the art of the Russian landscape to unprecedented heights. Ilya Repin wrote of Kuindzhi, “The illusion of light was his god and there was no other artist that managed to achieve as much as he did in the art of landscape. Kuindzhi is the painter of light.” After the showing of his painting “Night on the Dnepr” in 1880, Arkhip Kuindzhi became famous all over the country. People stood in enormous queues in order to catch a glimpse of his lifelike landscapes however at forty years old, Kuindzhi decided that he no longer wanted to show his paintings. This “silence” lasted for 30 years, until his death. A visit to the famed artist’s museum-apartment in St. Petersburg helps to shed some light on the mystery that shrou...
The mineral waters of the Goryachy Klyuch resort
Water flows are the circulatory system of our planet. Water is life, and without fresh water for three days, a person will die. There is one special type of fresh water — mineral water — which is believed to prolong life, as well as to restore a person’s strength and health. This healing mineral water can be collected from thousands of ecologically clean sources around the world. One such place is the resort city of Goryachy Klyuch. Here, every day, thousands of litres of this healing mineral water are collected and used for medicinal treatments. Learn more in RTG’s new film.
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The mineral waters of the Goryachy Klyuch resort
The national presidential library
In the 21st century, many book collections are digital archives that are not susceptible to the wear and tear their paper brothers once feared. St. Petersburg’s Presidential Library is home to the largest virtual collection in Russia — one of more than 250,000 books on history and law in addition to rare documents and editions. A large part of these resources are available online to whoever wants them, but there are also some that can only be used in the library’s own reading room in the historic Synod building. A 3-D model of the publication appears on the computer screen so that readers can thoroughly examine the cover, text and illustrations. There they can also find all of the hand-written notes made hundreds of years ago by people such as the author or other readers, including Emperor Peter the First.
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