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    Alexandre (Alexander) Nikolayevich Benois (Russian: Александр Николаевич Бенуа, romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Benua; 3 May [O.S. 21 April] 1870 –...
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    Kuindzhi, Ivan Shishkin, Ivan Kramskoy, Valentin Serov, Mikhail Vrubel, Aleksandr Benois, Kazimir Malevich, Léon Bakst, and Marc Chagall; the scientists Dmitri...
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    politics, had an active part in artistic politics. With Maxim Gorky and Aleksandr Benois, he participated with the so-called "Gorky Commission" and its successor...
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    Mariinsky and Alexandrinsky theatres. He co-operated with Alexandre Benois, Aleksandr Golovin, Valentin Serov and Pablo Picasso. He requested for all his...
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    Alexander III (Russian: Александр III Александрович Романов, romanized: Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich Romanov; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor...
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    husband was Albert Albertovich Benois, the son of watercolorist Albert Nikolayevich Benois (1852–1936). After the death of Benois, Kuznetsova wed Jules Massenet's...
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    Alexander Tcherepnin (category Benois family)
    instruments. His mother was a member of the artistic Benois family, a niece of Alexandre Benois. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and played the...
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    Museum / The Benois Wing. Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 15 April 2019. The Mikhailovsky Palace and The Benois Wing Map (PDF)...
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    the bar compared to ten for Benois and ten for Tomishko. Although Pomerantsev was the eldest of three professors, Benois was clearly more popular among...
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    this new ballet, including himself, Benois, the composer Nikolai Tcherepnin, and the painter Aleksandr Golovin. Benois recalled that Pyotr Petrovich Potyomkin...
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  • Aleksandr Andreyevich Prokofiev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Проко́фьев; 2 December 1900 [O.S. 19 November], Kobona –18 September 1971, Leningrad)...
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    a masterpiece and rushed to Moscow to see it. Others such as Alexander Benois thought it was a mess "typical of amateur performances". However "the dynamic...
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    Mikhailovich Bezobrazov [ru], built in 1902-1904 by Jules-Louis-Auguste Benois [ru] and Aleksandr Vladovsky [ru]. After the Russian Revolution, in 1922 the building...
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    ruined hut floating at the edge of the river. In 1903 the artist Alexandre Benois published an edition of the poem with his illustrations, creating what was...
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    Mikhail Baryshnikov (category Prix Benois de la Danse winners)
    was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In 2003, Baryshnikov won the Prix Benois de la Danse for lifetime achievement. In 2005, he launched the Baryshnikov...
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    Gonzaga, Ivan Bilibin, N. Roerich, Fyodor Fedorovsky, Aleksandr Golovin, Mikhail Vrubel, Alexandre Benois, Léon Bakst, Konstantin Korovin, Boris Anisfeld,...
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    Vladimir Antonov Arkady Averchenko Léon Bakst George Balanchine Alexandre Benois Nina Berberova Yul Brynner Ivan Bunin Raissa Calza Oleg Cassini Marc Chagall...
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  • Sobchak Museum of the Foundation of Democracy in Modern Russia Russian Museum Benois Wing Marble Palace Mikhailovsky Castle Mikhailovsky Palace Stroganov Palace...
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    The cathedral was designed by the distinguished Russian architect Leon Benois, and was built between 1894 and 1912. When it was finally completed, it...
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    culture. Vladimir Stasov only accepted his early works, while Alexandre Benois wrote in his The History of Russian Painting in the 19th Century that despite...
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    roles were mimed and danced on stage; the mise-en-scène was by Alexandre Benois, who also designed the sets and costumes, and Alexander Sanin; Boris Romanov [ru]...
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    designer for the Ballets Russes, author of the Terror Antiquus Alexandre Benois, artist and art critic, influential stage designer, author of the celebrated...
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    1792-1815 ISBN 0-7548-1571-4. pp. 157-187 ""Russian military parade", Alexandre Benois, 1907". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2012-09-23....
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    Empire. In 1756, Elizabeth made him a prince and field marshal. While Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov remained in power (until September 1727), the government...
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    Peter the Great: A Biography. Yale UP. ISBN 978-0-3001-0300-7. Kamenskii, Aleksandr. The Russian Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Searching for a Place in...
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    by Korovin, Bakst and Benois (1909); The Gardens of Armida, by Benois (1909); Cleopatra, by Bakst (1909); Les Sylphides, by Benois (1909); The Firebird...
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    began offering evening courses for adults. In 1903 Panina employed Julius Benois to build one central building to house all of the diverse services she and...
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  • 1883—1886 reconstruction (architect Victor Schröter supervised by Nicholas Benois) also held ballet performances. Imperial Theatres in Moscow were organized...
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    Boris Shaposhnikov (category Residents of the Benois House)
    age of 62. Shaposhnikov had groomed his successor as Chief of Staff, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, and remained an influential and respected advisor to Stalin...
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    Valentin Elizariev (category Prix Benois de la Danse winners)
    7th International Ballet Competition (Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre, 1993) The Benois de la Dance Prize from the International Dance Association (1996) The National...
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