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3 days ago · Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov[ a ] (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) [ b ] was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. [ c ] He was a master of orchestration.
3 days ago · The Russian Five documents the inspiring and true story of the titular group of Soviet ice hockey players who defected to the United States to play for the Detroit Red Wings during the end of the Cold War.
Sep 13, 2024 · Drafted in the 11th round of the Red Wings’ historic 1989 Draft, Vladimir Konstantinov, along with Sergei Federov, were the first two members of the historical Russian Five.
Sep 15, 2024 · Sergei Fedorov. (Detroit, Anaheim, Columbus, Washington) Fedorov is tops on our list for being the best all-around Russian in NHL history, and, frankly, is one of the best all-around players ever...
8 hours ago · A Russian glide bomb struck a five-story apartment block in Kharkiv on Thursday, injuring at least 12 people, including a 3-year-old girl, Ukrainian officials said. The bomb hit between the third ...
2 days ago · Many composers began to channel nationalistic themes, such as Mikhail Glinka, The Five and Belyayev circle in Russia; Frédéric Chopin in Poland; Carl Maria von Weber and Heinrich Marschner in Germany; Edvard Grieg in Norway; Jean Sibelius in Finland; Giuseppe Verdi in Italy; Carl Nielsen in Denmark; Pablo de Sarasate in Spain ...
2 days ago · Russian has five to six vowels in stressed syllables, /i, u, e, o, a/ and in some analyses /ɨ/, but in most cases these vowels have merged to only two to four vowels when unstressed: /i, u, a/ (or /ɨ, u, a/) after hard consonants and /i, u/ after soft ones.
