Jiang thus used Xiao Longyou as the model for Li Shizhen. For the portrait of Zu Chongzhi, he drew inspiration from the appearance of renowned meteorologist and geographer Zhu Kezhen.

You've heard of "Swan Lake," "Katyusha," Pushkin, and Tolstoy. But on your journey through Russia, there's another name you shouldn't miss - a genius whose legacy still shapes the nation today ...

View portrait of Russian author Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy writing while seated at a table By Repin Ilya; pencil on paper; 13.5 x 10.5 24.25 x 20.75 15 x 12.25; Signed; . Access more artwork lots ...

Lev Tolstoy detested them; but after yet another argument with his wife, he fled by train, taking his daughter and secretary with him, frequently changing trains to mislead curious onlookers and ...

Russian literary and cultural icon Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy’s great-grandson talks about war and peace, and how non-violence is a forever theme ...

Homes in Memoriam has completed 200 portraits of houses in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, with 178 paintings in the works and counting.

Tolstoy's ‘Afterlife’: an Ambivalent Centenary Tolstoy died on 20 November 1910, but official Russian celebrations of the centenary have been muted. Rosamund Bartlett asks why.

Russell and Tolstoy offer instead graphic scenes of appalling slaughter centring on the siege of Sevastopol, the Crimean port city that for 11 months was witness to the war’s most brutal fighting.

This game is a compilation of two HD remasters of the first two entries in Konami's Suikoden JRPG series, enhanced with improved graphics, upgraded sound effects, and quality-of-life features.

Tolstoy, hayatı boyunca öykü, deneme, oyun, roman ve günlük gibi türde eserler vermiştir. Eserleri ve düşünceleri birçok kişiyi etkilemiştir.

But some of the tastiest plov is found at hole-in-the-wall spots. “One of the best plovs I ate recently was at a busy, unnamed restaurant on Lev Tolstoy Street in Samarkand,” says Eden in an ...