#novgorod region

[tsukato]

[gorod-v-kadre]

Город Горбатов | The city of Gorbatov

[zhurawina]

12\18. Costume from my small homeland - Novgorod region. My another grandma from here 🤲❤

[vahvah]

Bros, the ideas that circulate in canon and fanon around eastslavic siblings really seem strange to me.

It is strange to expect a japanese man to be well versed in the intricacies of eastern european history of the early and high Middle Ages, but to expect this from an english-speaking fandom (mostly northamerican, let's face it) is also, it seems to me, pointless.

Let me explain. "Kievan Rus" is an artificial construct adopted from russian imperial/soviet historians. Moreover, it’s not just a matter of the name, as, you know, the late Rhomean Republic is called the “Byzantine Empire”, it’s just that there was LITERALLY no such state as “Kievan Rus”. In the space approximately from the Baltic and White to the Black Seas, there were numerous proto-urban and urban settlements of slavic, finno-ugric and baltic (as well as other) tribes, which entered into alliances with each other, sometimes quite strong, but still remained isolated. Of course, it would be disingenuous to say that since the beginning of time the urban educated population did not develop some kind of common identity… for some time.

But if we talk about actually existing cultural regions, determined by geography and economics, then, in fact, it is worth highlighting Northern (Novgorod) Rus' and Southern (Kievan Rus' itself), in a very simplified scheme. One of them was tied to the countries around the Baltic Sea, like the scandinavians, the baltic tribes and northgerman cities, as well as the slavs of modern East Germany. The other constantly encountered nomads, “Byzantine Empire" and, to a lesser extent, the western and southern Slavs (and magyars!). They were never able to truly become a unified state.

Of course, this is a simplification, because in addition to the Rurikids in the North, who subjugated the South and over time moved there (while the south over time began to separate itself, in particular, into the Novgorod Republic), there was a separate center in Polotsk and some others, but it approximately reflects the essence and, if I were asked about personifications, then I would make two separate MAIN personifications for Rus', Novgorod in the North (male) and Kiev in the South (female), which would be the parents of the future Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

But if you asked me in even more detail, then Belarus should stand a little aside. You know, in fact, historically it is more archaic and “stagnant” than Ukraine in the south and Russia in the northeast. Did you know that lithuanians called belarusians an ethnonym derived from the name goths lol? Plus, genetically and partly culturally, belarusians, like some poles, are closer to the baltic peoples, and not to the rest of the slavs. Taking into account the independent center of statehood in Polotsk, independent of the Rurikids, I would say that Belarus DEFINITELY must be older than Russia (which in the strict sense could only have been born as the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality/North-Eastern Rus' with more ancient names, let’s not clutter the text ) and POSSIBLY older than Ukraine. Perhaps she is an adopted child.

Of course, in reality we have many problems in studying the region for objective reasons, such as a lack of written sources, but… I still love Eastern Europe, these are my roots, after all. And it's really interesting.

[kamogryadeshi]

Russians shot a civilian car in the bordering Chernihiv region

A man was killed, his car caught fire from the shelling.

It was at that time that he brought food to the residents of the Novgorod-Siverskyi district.

[sovietpostcards]

Vintage plastic knicknack box (USSR, 1970s-80s). The deer is a symbol of the city of Gorky [Nizhny Novgorod] and its region (where I live). Some handling wear, but good condition in general, no chips or anything.

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[laurasimonsdaughter]

Hi there. I have seen your post/text about Slavic dragons shapwshifters. You nailed it, comming from a Slav. Can you tell me which source you used? What are other Slavic folklore/mythology sources you use.😀

That is very encouraging to hear! I always get nervous working from translations :P

The examples given in the post about dragon shape shifters all come from Norbert Guterman's 1946 translation of Aleksandr Afanas’ev's 1866 folktale collection: Russian Fairy Tales. It's one of my favourite collections! I only wish it would have specified the region of origin for the different tales, so they would be easier to place outside of the 19th century context they were written down in.

I've also drawn from these in the past:

Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars; Jeremiah Curtin, 1890.

The Russian Garland of Fairy Tales: Being Russian Folk Legends Translated from a Collection of Chapbooks Made in Moscow; Robert Steele, 1916.

The Russian Story Book; Containing tales from the song-cycles of Kiev and Novgorod and other early sources; Richard Wilson, 1916.

And these I have read a little of, but are still in my to-read folder:

Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales; R. Nisbet Bain, 1916.

Ukrainian Folk Stories; Marko Vovchok, 1966 (transl. N. Pedan-Popil, 1963).

Ukrainian Folk Tales; Marie Halun Bloch (translated from the collection of I. Rudchenko and M. Lukiyanenko), 1964.

If you have any recommendations yourself, please feel free to add them!

[doves-diving]

Appendix: last strongholds of late Slavic paganism.

The Polabian country (West Slavic; baptised 1168)

Christianised in 1168 with the conquest of Rujan (Rügen) by Waldemar I of Denmark, which also extinguished the sovereignty of the Rani tribe that previously controlled the island. Significant pagan strongholds on the Polabian mainland included Vologošč (Wolgast) and Hovolin (Holbog), east of Rujan, whose pagan inhabitants worshipped Yarovit above all other gods as late as April 1127 (Ebo, 1157, Life of Saint Otto).

The Obotrite country (West Slavic; baptised c. 1167)

The Obotrites were still pagan during the reign of prince Niklot (b. 1090, d. April 1160). His lands were targeted during the Wendish Crusade (1147); moreover, Helmold of Bozov claims in the Chronicle of the Slavs (1168) that the worship of Radegast, Živa and Poren(!!) strengthened during his reign. The Obotrite royal family was partially baptised before the reign of Niklot; his uncle and former regnant, prince Henry (b. 1066, d. 1127), was a Christian. It appears Niklot publicly renounced Christianity in favour of the old faith during his reign, perhaps in a move to appeal to the country's remaining pagan population; in the same text, however, Helmold claims Niklot confessed belief in God in a 1150 letter penned to prince Henry III, the Duke of Saxony (a political move more than a testament of faith, I'd say).

Niklot's issue, prince Pribislav of Mecklenburg, accepted the Christian faith in the 1160s and fought with the Saxons (the on-and-off allies of the Obotrites) against the still pagan Rani on Rujan.

Kievan Rus' (East Slavic; baptised 988)

Still officially pagan during the ascension of Vladimir I Sviatoslavych to the throne of the Grand Principality of Kyiv in 978. Though Britannica claims Christianity existed in the Rus' lands prior to Vladimir's personal conversion, it seems Vladimir himself remained loyal to his people's folkways long after the beginning of Christian proselytisation to the Rus', taking eight hundred concubines and erecting idols to the old gods in Novgorod and Kyiv.

Vladimir seems to have attempted to organise Rus' polytheism into a coherent institution during the early years of his reign in Kyiv, perhaps after the model of Christianity; he erected idols to seven gods in the city—Perun; Mokoš; Dažbog; Sem; Rgel; Hors; and Stribor (and perhaps also to Veles, on Kyiv's market). I share the opinion of recent scholarship that all of the gods named in the Russian Primary Chronicle and subsequent sources are Slavic in origin.

Vladimir would eventually accept the Christian faith in 988 in exchange for the hand of Anna Porphyrogenita, sister of the Byzantine emperor Basil II.

The Narentine country, or ‘Pagania’ (South Slavic; baptised c. 873)

The Narentines were among the Slavic tribes that established themselves on the eastern shore of the Adriatic during the second wave of Slavic settlement in the Balkans, starting in the 9th century (this is also the wave that brought Croats and Serbs to the Balkans; traces of earlier Slavic presence in the region can be traced to the 6th century). An agricultural people, the Narentines settled in what is today Makarska and the neighbouring islands of Brač, Hvar and Korčula, in southern Dalmatia; they quickly turned to piracy, and were fierce enemies of the Venetians.

According to Constantine VII's De Administrando Imperio, the Narentines were fiercely loyal to the Slavs' old faith, hence their sobriquet Paganians, given to the Narentines “because they did not accept baptism in the time when all Serbs were baptized” (note: it is generally accepted nowadays that Constantine's identification of the Narentines as Serbs is spurious). In March 870, they kidnapped the emissaries of the Pope during their return from the Fourth Council of Constantinople; the incident was used as pretext by the Byzantines to force the Narentines into submission.

The Narentines were Byzantine tributaries for a while, participating in the latter's attacks on the Saracenes; they remained pagan unti 873, when the Byzantine admiral Niketas Oöryphas convinced them to embrace Christianity. The Narentines survived as an independent polity until the 11th century, eventually being conquered by the Venetians, and then finally the Croats.

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

It looks like the same one “damaged” by the Ukrainian made drone attack on Russian Tu-22M3 bomber at the airfield in Soltsy, Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, August 19, 2023. Source: IanMatveev

P.S. Russians regularly use Tu-22M3 bombers for attacks on Ukrainian civilians, as well as for hostile actions near the borders of the United States, Japan and other European countries.

In order for Ukraine to be able to defend itself successfully and effectively, it is vital to actively destroy the Russian aviation and missile bases from which the attacks are carried out.

[tomorrowusa]

Ukraine is hitting Russia where it hurts – in its fossil fuel industry.

Ukrainian drones have attacked several oil refineries in Russia, hundreds of kilometres from the frontline in regions including Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Leningrad. The continuing attacks are part of a strategy to hurt Russia’s economy. The Ryazan oil refinery, Rosneft’s biggest refinery, was set ablaze, a regional governor said on Wednesday. It shut down two damaged primary oil refining units. Rosneft did not comment. The plant handles about 5.8% of Russia’s total refined crude, according to industry sources. A fire broke out at Norsi, Russia’s fourth-largest refinery, after a Ukrainian drone attack, Russian officials said on Tuesday. Its main crude distillation unit was damaged, which means that at least half of the refinery’s production is halted, according to industry sources. Norsi handles nearly 6% of Russia’s total refined crude. Before the latest drone attack, one of its two catalytic crackers had already been put out of action. The governor of the Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, said a Ukrainian drone targeted the Kirishi refinery. It is one of the top two refineries in Russia, handling 6.4% of Russia’s capacity, according to industry sources. And the Novoshakhtinsk export oil refinery in Russia’s southern Rostov region had to suspend operations on Wednesday after a drone attack.

Russia's economy is about the same size as that of Italy which has maybe 40% as many people as Russia. And much of that economy is centered on fossil fuels. Putin and his oligarch buddies skim off graft to enrich themselves; those superyachts, palaces, and prime real estate properties abroad are all ultimately paid for by countries which import Russian oil and gas. Meanwhile, Russians outside the big cities live in poverty; imagine a 1920s standard of living but with censored internet and state TV.

Ukraine is doing the climate a big favor by indirectly encouraging importers of Russian fossil fuels to look for cleaner replacements.

Some other bits of good news for Ukraine...

EU agrees to €5 billion boost in Ukraine military aid

European Union member states agreed Wednesday to provide Ukraine with an additional  €5 billion ($5.5 billion) in military aid. Belgium, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, said ambassadors from the bloc's 27 nations had agreed "in principle" on the plan to support arms supplies to Kyiv in 2024.  The contribution of €5 billion will go on EU-managed fund called the European Peace Facility. The fund operates as a giant cashback scheme, giving EU members refunds for sending munitions to other countries. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called it a "powerful and timely demonstration of European unity."

White House announces $300 million military aid package for Ukraine

With new aid for Ukraine stalled in Congress since December, the White House on Tuesday announced it had cobbled together another $300 million in military assistance to use as a stopgap measure. "The package includes munitions and rounds to help Ukraine hold the line against Russia's brutal attacks for the next couple of weeks,” President Joe Biden said in a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the White House, adding, "we must act before it literally is too late.” National security adviser Jake Sullivan detailed the package at White House briefing, saying that the aid comes as Ukraine "does not have enough ammunition to fire back." "So today, on behalf of President Biden, I'm announcing an emergency package of security assistance of $300 million worth of weapons and equipment to address some of Ukraine's pressing needs," Sullivan said.

French National Assembly approves bilateral security agreement with Ukraine

The 10-year security pact with Ukraine includes commitments by Paris to deliver more arms, train soldiers and send up to 3 billion euros ($3.2 billion) in military aid to Ukraine in 2024. Macron has also adopted a tougher stance towards Russia, urging Ukraine's allies to urgently do more. He also did not rule out the presence of Western troops in Ukraine which has created a backlash among some Ukrainian officials had told Reuters they were worried that a vote not overwhelmingly in favour of Kyiv would be negative symbolically and could hurt President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to ramp up his country's support in the coming months.

AOC says Democrats must take advantage of ‘razor-thin’ House margin after Ken Buck steps down

In an unexpected Tuesday evening announcement, Mr Buck — a Republican from Colorado — said he would leave Congress next Friday, rather than retiring at the end of his term as originally planned. Afterwards, Republicans will hold just 218 seats out of 435 in the House, leaving Democrats one step closer to clinching the majority. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York and member of the progressive Squad, told The Independent her party must take advantage of Mr Buck’s early departure. Ms Ocasio-Cortez said Democrats “have to make sure that that we see that do the best we can to navigate how razor-thin the situation is.”

That last item is rather interesting. Ken Buck, a never-Trump Republican, is stepping down early. His seat in a deep red district will be vacant until late June when a special election is likely to take place. His departure will leave the House GOP (for now) with 218 seats – the bare minimum for a majority. This will make it easier for Democrats to persuade several remaining anti-Putin Republicans to defy Speaker "MAGA Mike" Johnson's wishes and support President Biden's aid package for Ukraine.

[unhonestlymirror]

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I am begging you, please stop using Himaruya's creation as "canon". We have history for this.

The reason why Ukrainians and Belaruthians usually don't say anything is because we are really damn tired of explaining the most obvious to us things over and over. Unfortunately, if we don't do that, there will be more and more people who genuinely believe in things like on this screen.

"Muscovy, on the other hand, grew out of the share of Yuri Dolgorukiy - "Suzdal Valley", or the Volodymyr-Suzdal Principality , located in the basin of the Oka River , the upper reaches of the Volga and its tributaries - Sheksna and Kostroma . The main cities of the Suzdal Forest were Suzdal , Rostov , and Vladimir . The earliest inhabitants of this region were the Finno-Ugric tribes, some of which were later conquered by the boyars of Dolgorukiy Long-armed"

"The ancient history of the Scandinavians often mentions two Finnish countries, free and independent: Kyrialandia, which stretched from the Gulf of Finland to the White Sea and included modern M. Karamzin Olonetska and part of the Arkhangelsk province, and Biarmia, which covered the space from the Northern Dvina and the White Sea to the Pechora River".

"That Moscow is a Finnish word and that the future capital of Great Russia was, using colonization terms, a “fortified trading post” in the Finnish country, everyone knows this, as well as the fact that the surroundings of Moscow were extremely densely populated even in prehistoric times, so depict the emergence of this city how the settlement by "cultural Slavs" of a completely wild place is possible only by ignoring everyone, again, well-known archaeological data. - Pokrovskiy M.N. "The emergence of the Muscovite state and the "Great Russian nationality"— historical science and class struggle. Historiographic essays, critical articles, and notes." Edition 1. [archived on 11 December 2019 at the wayback machine]/ Pokrovsky M. N.— M.—L.: Sotsekgiz, 1933— P. 267—284.

It's a russian source that they most likely used for exusing the attempt to occupy Finland in 1939-1940 . Finland has nothing to do with russia.

"Ukrainian historian N. D. Polonska-Vasylenko claimed that "In the territory remote from the centre of the state of Ukrainians - Kyivan Rus' - on the basis of not only a non-Ukrainian, but even a non-Slavic people in the 12th century - the foundations of the state organization were laid, which slowly began to assume not only a leading role in the history of Ukraine, but also to claim its historical heritage and even the name Rus, although it had no rights to that heritage or to the name Russia" . This is what the Russian historian Vasyl Klyuchevskiy wrote about the ancestors of the Russians (so-called "Great Russians"): "The first separate principalities into which, starting from the 12th century, Kyivan Rus was divided, were also not ethnically homogeneous. In the northeast of Russia, as a result of the subjugation of the Finnish tribes, a new ethnic group was formed, which in the 19th century was called the Great Russians"

"During the 11th and 14th centuries, a huge state populated by numerous non-Slavic ethnic groups arose in the northwest around the territory of the Novgorod lands. The inner circle of Finno-speaking tribes in the north — Karels, Votyaks, Izhorts (Ingras) and Veps — was governed directly from Novgorod, the outer circle was subject to weak indirect tribute authority. Finno-speaking Lapps in the Far North and further in the northeast also Finno-speaking Zyryans and Permians, Ugromov Ostyaks and Voguls, as well as Samoyeds belonged here."

"The emergence of Muscovy in the second half of the 13th century was facilitated by Mengu-Timur, Feodora Sartakivna, and Peter Ordynskyi. The 16-year-old son of Alexander Nevsky became the first prince of Moscow." - Alexander Nevsky, just another occupier who wasn't loved by people of Novgorod at all and became "Saint" in russia XV century, when a great historiographical myth about this prince began to take shape.

Prince Alexander really succeeded in intrigues against his own brothers and neighbouring princes. "Andriy Yaroslavovych (brother of Alexander. - V.B.), becoming the Prince of Volodymyr (Grand Duke. - V.B.), concluded an alliance with the strong prince of Southern Rus (Kyivan Rus; with such tricks they try to convince us that there was another Rus - V.B.) Danylo Romanovych Halytsky, marrying his daughter, and trying to conduct politics independent of the Golden Horde. But in 1252, Batyi organized military actions against Andriy and Danylo. Against the Galician prince, Batyi sent an army of Kuremsa, which did not succeed, and against Andrii - an army under the command of Nevryuy, which ravaged the outskirts of Pereyaslavl. In the same year, even before Nevryu's campaign (pay special attention to this fact! - V.B.), Alexander went to Batyi, received a label for the Volodymyr Grand Duchy, and after returning settled in Volodymyr. From 1252 until his death in 1263, Alexander (Nevsky. - V.B.) was the Grand Duke of Volodymyr." / "Batkivshchyna" magazine #11, 1993, p. 29./

"...it was Alexander's collaborationism towards the Mongols, his betrayal of the brothers Andriy and Yaroslav in 1252, that caused the Golden Horde to establish a yoke in Rus." / "Batkivshchyna" magazine No. 11, 1993, p. 30./

"The population of the Moscow principality grew rapidly due to the flow of colonizers: the southern, from the lands of Vyatichi and the Kyiv region, and the western, from the Polatsk, Novgorod, and Smalensk lands, as well as immigrants from Western Tartary. The incoming population mixed with the Finnish tribes - Meri and Muroma - who had long lived in these lands." Alberto Campenze, in a letter to Pope Clement VII around 1523-1534, wrote about the Moscow principality (Moscovia) that it was inhabited by various peoples: Yugras, Karelians, Pechorans, Vogulychis, Cheremis

In 1493, Ivan III independently added to his grand ducal domain a prefix - "all of Rus," which was not found in the Moscow princes in older documents and was not recognized by other monarchs.

"In all this [built by Ivan III] - in church and secular buildings, in the names and dedications of churches, in inscriptions or chronicles about the construction - there is almost no hint or even allusion of Kyiv's heritage. The temples, with some details of the Italian Renaissance, are generally modelled after Russian Upper Volga cities such as Vladimir and Suzdal, but not Kyiv. There is neither the Tithe Church, nor Borysoglibska, nor even St. Sophia (as in Novgorod and Polatsk) - despite the fact that Ivan's second wife, who obviously put a lot of effort into creating a new image of the capital, was named Sophia (Zoya). As for the gates of the Moscow Kremlin, not only were none of them named after the famous Kyiv gates (especially the Golden Gate), but the inscription on the main one was not written in Cyrillic, but in Latin! A hundred years later, Boris Godunov, in accordance with his grandiose plan to renew the capital, partially rebuilt the Kremlin and added a bell tower, and again, the same striking absence of Kyiv reminiscences. These people have never even thought about Kyiv." - Edward Keenan. Russian historical myths [Archived August 9, 2019 at the Wayback Machine]. Kyiv: "Krytyka", 2001.— 284 p.— P. 8-9

"The rise of Muscovy began under the vassalage of Ivan III, who conquered, either by force or by agreements, the lands surrounding the Muscovite principality: the largest trade center, Veliky Novgorod, was taken thanks to a crusade organized in alliance with the Tatars, the main slogan of which was: "force Novgorodians to appoint archbishops in Moscow" (the Novgorodians sent ambassadors to the canonical Metropolitan of Kyiv to consecrate an archbishop for them), as well as the principalities of Tver, Rostov, Yaroslavl and Ryazan."

"His policy was continued by his son Vasyl III (1505-1533) and grandson Ivan IV the Terrible (1533-1584), and later by representatives of the Godunov dynasty (descendants of the Chetov princes of the Golden Horde)."

British historian Norman Davis in his own work "Europe. History" describes the process of the appearance of the ethnonym "Russia" in Muscovy:

Muscovite princes rose from darkness to shining heights within two centuries after the Mongol invasion.

First, by combining conquest and bribery, they brought under their control numerous principalities of the Rurikovichs around the Volodymyr-Suzdal land. In 1364, they appropriated the hereditary title of Grand Dukes of Volodymyr.

Secondly, enjoying the favor of the khan of the Golden Horde, the Moscow princes received a label that gave them the right to be the main collector of tribute for the Tatars, they were responsible for the payments and debts of the rest of the princes. Ivan I (ruled 1325-1340), known as Kalita, spent most of his reign not in Moscow, but on the way to Sarai.

Third, by generously endowing the Orthodox Church, the Moscow princes added an aura of piety to their political power. In 1300, the Metropolitan of Kyiv moved his seat (residence) from Kyiv to Volodymyr nad Klyazma, and in 1308 to Moscow. Monasteries founded in forest forests were new centers of trade and territorial expansion.

Muscovites gained strength but were still vassals [of the Golden Horde]. It was at that time that Muscovites began to call their state by the Greek word "Russia," which meant "Rus," and called themselves Russians. These Muscovites never owned Kyiv, but the lack of grounds did not prevent them from considering Moscow the only legal heir to Kyiv lands. It was their speech that became the basis of the modern Russian language.

"Another strange and still unnoticed manifestation of the interruption of tradition or historical amnesia can be seen from the names that the Moscow nobility gave to their children. It is worth talking about the importance of this act for any culture, its symbolic meaning, cultural conditioning, and subjection to fashion. Historical sources from the time of Ivan the Terrible have preserved the names of thousands of men from the upper class. In terms of uniformity, they did not differ from names in other societies. The ten most common names covered 70% of the people, and the rest were rare. The most popular were the names of the rulers of the Moscow dynasty — Ivan (20%) and Vasiliy (10%). Nothing unexpected. What is really surprising if you adhere to traditional ideas about this culture is the almost complete absence of specifically Kyivan names. Among the almost three thousand names in the digit books of Ivan's time, there are no Igors, Svyatoslavs, Mstislavs, less than 1% of the Volodymyr and only three of Gleb. The Moscow courtier of Ivan's time would rather be called Temir or Bulgak than Volodymyr, Gleb or Vsevolod". - Edward Keenan. Russian historical myths. Kyiv: "Krytyka", 2001. — 284 p. — p. 9

The very fact that Russia, having received its name no earlier than the 18th century, claimed the historical heritage of Russia, created seven hundred years earlier, gave Karl Marx the reason to assert in his work "Exposure of the Diplomatic History of the 18th Century":

«The bloody mire of Mongolian slavery, not the rude glory of the Norman epoch, forms the cradle of Muscovy, and modern Russia is but a metamorphosis of Muscovy».

At the same time, the names "Russia" and "Russian" of Greek origin "literate people began to introduce into the book language" from the 16th century. - Historical grammar of the Russian language, compiled by Ө. Буслаевымъ. Fifth edition. Etymology.— M., 1881.— P. 5.

[orthodoxadventure]

St. Nicholas of Zaraisk. Novgorod region. 15th c. [source]

[georgiacooked]

History-Tumblr Question

Tumblr hive-mind, does anyone know of any good resource of historical research?

In this instance I'm looking for english-language resources regarding Mediaeval Novgorod/ Pskov and its surrounding regions, especially culture/clothing/fighting habits. I have to learn a lot in a very short amount of time and it is a struggle.

[argumate]

Russian government sources confirmed that Russia is bringing Ukrainian children to Russia and having Russian families adopt them. Russian federal subject (region) Krasnodar Krai’s Family and Childhood Administration posted about a program under which Russian authorities transferred over 1,000 children from Mariupol to Tyumen, Irkutsk, Kemerov, and Altay Krai where Russian families have adopted them. The Administration stated that over 300 children are still waiting to “meet their new families” and that citizens who decide to adopt these children will be provided with a one-time bonus by the state. Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) additionally reported that Russian officials transferred 30 Ukrainian children from Khartsyzk, Ilovaysk, and Zuhres in occupied Donetsk Oblast to Nizhny Novgorod under the guise of having the children participate in youth educational-training programs. The forcible transfer of children of one group to another “with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group“ is a violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

[mariacallous]

A woman in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod was jailed for five days on charges of displaying “extremist symbols” for wearing rainbow-colored earrings earlier this week, according to the LGBTQ+ rights group Egida.

On January 29, according to human rights activists, Anastasia Yershova was approached by a group of “aggressive people” who demanded she remove the “banned symbols” from her ears.

After a video of the encounter began spreading on local Telegram channels, the woman was called in to the regional branch of Russia’s Anti-Extremism Center, where she was arrested for “displaying extremist symbols.” The next day, a court sentenced her to five days in jail, citing the Russian Supreme Court’s designation of the “international LGBT movement” as an “extremist organization.”

Russian lawmaker Alexander Khinshtein, who co-authored the country’s law against “LGBT propaganda,” said that Russian law does not ban “classic” rainbows with seven colors, like Yershova’s earrings, and that it only prohibits “castrated” rainbows that don’t include light blue. He called the ruling against Yershova “very strange” and said it should be reversed.

[pwlanier]

Nikolai Nikanorovich Dubovsky (1859-1918).

Pink clouds. Calm. 1909.

Oil on canvas.

Canvas without a stretcher.

On the back of the canvas: "N. Dubovskoy//1909".

Expert opinion - Goryacheva T.P. (2013).

Decorated in a frame.

Russian painter, graphic artist. Born in 1859 in Novocherkassk, in the family of a hereditary Cossack. He studied at the Kiev Vladimir Military Gymnasium (1872-1877), then, as a scholarship holder of the Donskoy army, at the IAH (1877-1882) in the class of landscape painting with M. K Clodt. In 1879 he received a small silver medal, in 1880 for drawing from nature and the painting "Slamp" - two large silver medals. In 1882 he left the Academy without completing the course. In 1892 he received an IAH certificate for the right to teach drawing and drawing in secondary schools. He lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd). He worked as a landscape painter, rarely engaged in portraits. In the 1890s-1900s, he repeatedly made trips to the Don, the Sea of Azov, the Volga. He traveled a lot to European countries, visited Italy (1892, 1895, 1897, 1898), Greece (1892, 1894), Turkey (1893), Switzerland (1895, 1897, 1903, 1908), France (1898), Germany (1912), the islands of the Greek archipelago, on the Danube (1892). Since 1886 - participant of exhibitions. Member and exhibitor of TPHV (1886-1918, intermittently; since 1895 - member of the Council and Board of TPHV), the Circle of Don Artists (1893-1914, with interruptions), the Association of South Russian Artists (1894). He also participated in the All-Russian Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod (1896), international exhibitions in Munich (1897, 1909), the World Exhibition in Rome (1911) and others. He was awarded a small silver medal at the World Exhibition in Paris (1900) for the paintings "Stil", "View of the monastery", "To the evening"; as well as a small gold medal at the international exhibition in Munich (1913) for the paintings "Monastery near Moscow", "Before the thunderstorm", "Black Sea". In 1898, "for his fame in the artistic field" he was awarded the title of academician. Since 1897, he has been regularly elected to various committees and commissions operating in the IACH. In 1900 he was elected a full member of the IAH, since 1908 - a member of the IAC Council, since 1915 - an indispensable member of the IAC Council, since 1911 - professor-head of the landscape workshop of the Higher Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at the IACH. Since 1910 - full member of the Society of Artists named after A. I. Kuindzhi. One of the organizers of the Union of Artists of Petrograd. Retrospective exhibitions of the artist's work were held in Leningrad (1938), Novocherkassk (1946, 1947), Rostov-on-Don (1948, 1955). Dubovsky's works are in many museum collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, the Novocherkassk Museum of the History of the Don Cossacks, the Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts and others.

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