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Art of Russia

St. Basil’s Cathedral

The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil’s Cathedral, is a church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia and is regarded…

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Russian Architecture

We were inspired by the female Russian Artist, Natalia Goncharov, to create these lovely, colorful buildings inspired by the architecture commonly found in Russia.…

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Russian Nesting Dolls

My Art Club students had such a great time creating these Nesting Doll Paper Chains recently. We examined a few Matryoshka dolls from my…

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Russian Folk Clothing

I always like to have a clothing project relate to our thematic units. While forth graders were studying Russian Fairy Tales I thought lets…

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Russian Cottage Windows

We created cottage windows found in many illustrations in Russian Fairy Tales and Stories. One author who inspired our project was Patricia Polacco who illustrates…

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Russian Babushkas

Who doesn’t love a sweet grandma with lots of patterns? Babushka is grandmother in Russian. What makes it a babushka? Why it is the…

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St. Basil’s Cathedral