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Russian teachers

38 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alaiza PashkievichAuthor · BooksAlaiza Pashkevich (or Ciotka, Ałaiza Paškievič; 15 July 1876 – 5 February 1916) was a Belarusian poet and political activist of Belarusian national-democratic rebirth.
Aleksandr DeynekaPhotographer · PhotographyAleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (20 May 1899 – 12 June 1969) was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters…
Antoine PevsnerArtist · SculptureAntoine Pevsner (born Anton (Natan) Abramovich (Borisovich) Pevzner; 12 April 1962) was a Russian-born French sculptor and the older brother of Alexii Pevsner and Naum Gabo.
Anton MakarenkoAuthor · BooksAnton Semyonovich Makarenko (Anton Semenovych Makarenko; 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1888 – 1 April 1939), was a Soviet educator, social worker and writer.
Dmitry KardovskyIllustrator · IllustrationDmitry Nikolayevich Kardovsky (5 September 1866 – 9 February 1943) was a Russian draughtsman and painter during the Modernist period, particularly known for his illustrations and stage…
El LissitzkyArtist · SculptureEl Lissitzky (born Lazar Markovich Lissitzky; 23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was a Russian and Soviet artist, active as a painter, illustrator, designer, printmaker, photographer, and…
Fyodor AlekseyevArtist · PaintingsFyodor Yakovlevich Alekseyev (Russian: Фёдор Яковлевич Алексеев; c.1753–1755 – 23 November 1824) was a Russian painter.
George GurdjieffAuthor · BooksGeorge Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1866–1877 – 29 October 1949) was a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and movements teacher.
Hendrik AdamsonAuthor · BooksHendrik Adamson (– 7 March 1946) was an Estonian poet and teacher.
Ismail GaspıralıAuthor · BooksIsmail bey Gasprinsky (also written as Gaspirali and Gasprinski; crh-Arab, İsmail bey Gaspıralı; Ismail Gasprinskii;
Ivan MartinovAuthor · BooksIvan Ivanovich Martinov (the last name also spelled Martynov; 1771 – 1833 in Saint Peterburg) was a Russian botanist and philologist.
Jakob Michael Reinhold LenzAuthor · BooksJakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (lang; 23 January 1751 (O.S. 12 January 1751) – 4 June 1792 [O.S. 24 May 1792]) was a Baltic German writer of the Sturm und Drang movement.
Johann Voldemar JannsenAuthor · BooksJohann Voldemar Jannsen (–) was an Estonian journalist. He was one of the earliest figures of the Estonian national awakening, which he promoted through his newspaper, the Eesti Postimees,…
John FieldAuthor · BooksJohn Field (26 July 1782 – 23 January 1837) was an Irish pianist and composer. He is widely credited as the inventor of the nocturne.
Juhan KunderAuthor · BooksJuhan Kunder (26 December 1852 – 24 April 1888) was an Estonian poet, playwright, author of natural history textbooks, and folklore collector from the Russian Empire.
Juhan LiivAuthor · BooksJuhan Liiv (–) was an Estonian poet who is regarded as one of Estonia's most famous poets and prose writers.
Kateryna AntonovychArtist · PaintingsKateryna Mykhaylivna Antonovych (Serebryakova; 23 October 1884 – 22 February 1975) was a Ukrainian artist, children's book illustrator and professor of art history.
Krišjānis BaronsAuthor · BooksKrišjānis Barons (October 31, 1835 – March 8, 1923) was a Latvian writer who is known as the "father of the dainas" (Latvian: "Dainu Tēvs"), largely thanks to his systematization of the…
Louis KahnDesigner · DesignLouis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; March 5 1901 – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia.
Maria ChekhovaArtist · PaintingsMaria Pavlovna Chekhova was a Russian teacher, artist, founder of the Chekhov Memorial House museum in Yalta, and a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
Mikhail BernshteinArtist · PaintingsMikhail Davidovich Bernshtein (28 January 1875, Rostov-on-Don – 9 May 1960, Leningrad) was a Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad…
Ossip ZadkineArtist · SculptureOssip Alexeevich Zadkine (Yossel Aronovich Tsadkin; Osip Alekseyevich Tsadkin; 28 January 1888 – 25 November 1967) was a Russian and French sculptor, painter, lithographer and…
Roman JakobsonAuthor · BooksRoman Osipovich Jakobson (born Roman Iosel-Berovich Yakobson; 10 October [O.S. 28 September] 1896 – 18 July 1982) was a Russian linguist and literary theorist.
Salomėja NėrisAuthor · BooksSalomėja Bačinskaitė-Bučienė, mostly known by her pen name Nėris (17 November 1904 – 7 July 1945) was a Lithuanian poet.
Seraphima BlonskayaArtist · PaintingsSeraphima Iasonovna Blonskaya (Leontovskaya) (3 October 1870 – 9 August 1947) was a Russian artist and art teacher.
Sergei EisensteinPerson · Film memorabiliaSergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist.
Sergei GerasimovPerson · Film memorabiliaSergei Apollinariyevich Gerasimov (21 May 190626 November 1985) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.
Sergei Prokudin-GorskiiPhotographer · PhotographySergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Прокудин-Горский, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ prɐˈkudʲɪn ˈɡorskʲɪj]; August 30 [O.S.
Solomon DodashviliAuthor · BooksSolomon Dodashvili (სოლომონ დოდაშვილი), also known as Solomon Ivanovich Dodaev-Mogarsky (May 17, 1805 – August 20, 1836), was a Georgian philosopher, journalist, historian, grammarian,…
Stanislovas DagilisAuthor · BooksStanislovas Dagilis (17 March 1843 – 19 December 1915) was a Lithuanian poet and teacher.
Valentin SerovArtist · PaintingsValentin Alexandrovich Serov (19 January 1865 – 5 December 1911) was a Russian painter and draughtsman during the Belle Époque, active in St.
Vazha-PshavelaAuthor · BooksVazha-Pshavela (ვაჟა-ფშაველა), simply referred to as Vazha (ვაჟა) (14 July 1861 – 10 July 1915), is the pen name of the Georgian poet and writer Luk’a Razik’ashvili (ლუკა რაზიკაშვილი).
Vladimir LugovskoyAuthor · BooksVladimir Alexandrovich Lugovskoy (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Луговско́й; July 1, 1901 Moscow - June 5, 1957 Yalta) was a Russian constructivist poet.
Wassily KandinskyArtist · PaintingsWassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (– 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras.
Władysław ŁuszczkiewiczArtist · PaintingsWładysław Łuszczkiewicz (3 September 1828 – 23 May 1900) was a Polish historian and painter of the late Romantic era from Kraków, active in the period of the foreign partitions of Poland.
Władysław StrzemińskiDesigner · Modern designWładysław Strzemiński (Polish pronunciation; Vladislav Maksimilianovich Strzheminsky; 21 November 1893 – 26 December 1952) was a Polish painter, art theoretician, pedagogue, and soldier.

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