entered the history of Russian and world culture first and foremost as a poet. However, his talent was multifaceted. Thanks to his poetic and artistic gift, as well as his brilliant personal charisma and rebellious nature, Mayakovsky became a significant figure of futurism, as well as a herald of the Russian revolution. Vladimir Mayakovsky lived a short but dazzling life and became a symbol of an entire era in Russian history. Mayakovsky’s work has been translated into more than forty-two languages. The names of streets, squares, parks, metro stations, theatres and libraries, as well as numerous monuments, honour his memory in many Russian cities
DOSTOIEVSKY ON HIS BICENTENNIAL
On the occasion of the bicentennial of the birth of Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), the Russian Museum Collection presents a “capsule” exhibition, which, in a new and limited space, offers an intimate view of the writer, who was a great lover of art and was friendly with a number of artists. But this link is further strengthened by the fact that he spent his youth in the Mikhailovsky Palace (Palace of Engineers), which is currently one of the buildings belonging to the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. His image was reproduced by painters and graphic artists, and numerous photographs of the writer taken during his lifetime have been preserved. The exhibition presented at the Russian Museum Collection brings together portraits of Dostoevsky, as well as the funeral mask made by an unknown sculptor. In these works, one can see how most of these visual artists infused their creations with the drama that the writer reflected in his literary works. In addition, a series of works have been selected, including drawings of his face, the rooms in which he created his novels and stories, as well as illustrations of his works.
