Nikolai Collection (#3)

Nikolai Rubinstein, Russian pianist and composer, c1880-c1881. Rubinstein (1835-1881) was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein, also a pianist and composer

Portrait of the Russian actress Voronets, c1916. Artist: Nikolai Petrov
Portrait of the Russian actress Voronets, c1916. From a private collection

Admiral Nikolai Skrydlov, Russian naval officer, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Admiral Nikolai Skrydlov, Russian naval officer, 1895. Skrydlov commanded the Russian squadron that visited the Kiel Week sailing regatta in 1895 coinciding with the opening of the Kiel Canal

Russian generals inspecting an exposition of captured German armaments, Russia, 1943. Red Army Deputy Commander-in-Chief Marshal Georgi Zhukov showing a captured tank to colleagues including Marshal

Bacchante, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Bacchante, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. From the Musee Stravinski-Diaghilev

Premiere Bacchante, costume design for a production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Premiere Bacchante, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Published in L Art Decoraif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Two Bacchantes, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Two Bacchantes, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Beotien, costume design a Ballets Russes production of Narcisse, music by Tcherepnin, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Beotien, costume design for the Ballets Russes production of Narcisse, music by Tcherepnin, 1911. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Stage design for the opera The Tsars Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1920. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich Kustodiev
Stage design for the opera The Tsars Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1920. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Samara, Russia

Composers Nikolai Myaskovsky and Aram Khachaturian, 1933. Khachaturian (1903-1978) studied composition under Myaskovsky (1881-1950) at the Moscow Conservatory between 1929 and 1934

Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, Russian general, 1917. Grand Duke Nicholas (1856-1929) was appointed Commander-in-chief of the Russian army at the outbreak of World War I

Crimea, Ukraine - Livadia Palace
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea - Livadia Palace.The summer retreat of tsar Nicholas II built in Neo-Renaissance style by Nikolai Krasnov. The Yalta Conference of 1945 was held here

Hamburg, Germany - St Nikolaikirche and Canal
Hamburg, Germany - St Nikolaikirche (St Nicholas Church) and Steckelhorn Canal (Steckelhornflet) in the Old Town. Date: circa 1930s

Hamburg, Germany - Nikolai Canal (Canal of St Nicolas, named after the church with the tall spire on the right). Date: circa 1930s

Ukraine. Livadia Palace
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Livadia Palace. 20th century. Summer retreat of tsar Nicholas II built in Neo-Renaissance style by Nikolai Krasnov. Here was held the Yalta Conference at 1945

Nikolai Mijailovich Sokovnin (1811-1894). Russian vice-admir
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosiya. Monument to russian vice-admiral Nikolai Mijailovich Sokovnin (1811-1894)

Grand Duke Nikolai
GRAND DUKE NIKOLAI NIKOLAYEVICH Russian Grand Duke and soldier (son of Alexander IIs brother), as commander of the army of the Danube. Date: 1856 - 1929

Alexandra Fedorovna
ALEXANDRA FEDOROVNA of Prussia Wife of Nicholas (Nikolai) I of Russia (1796 - 1855) (ruled 1825 - 1855) Date: 1798 - 1860

Rasputin with Nicolas II
GRIGORI RASPUTIN Satirical montage entitled We, Nikolai II suggesting Rasputin as the force behind the Tsars rule Date: 1872 - 1916

Ignatiev / Whitehall
NIKOLAI PAVLOVICH IGNATIEV Russian Count & Diplomat Date: 1832 - 1908

Nikolai Krylenko (1885 1938) Russian revolutionary and a Soviet politician. Date: 1918

Tsesarevich Nikolai of Russia
Engraving from a photograph of Nikolai, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843-1865), eldest son and heir of Tsar Alexander II. The Tsesarevich was a gifted young man trained in a liberal tradition by

Tsar Visits France 2
Tsar Nikolai II is a feted guest in France : he leaves from the gare de Bouy in an atmosphere of enthusiastic cordiality. Date: October 1896

Lithuanian Jews
150, 000 Jews are expelled from Lithuania (at this time part of Russia), by the orders of tsar Nikolai I, with the greatest brutality. Date: 1844

Nicolas Count Ignatiev
NIKOLAI PAVLOVICH, count IGNATIEV Russian diplomat in Constantinople in 1876 Date: 1832 - 1908

NIKOLAI TCHAIKOVSKY (1851-1926). Russian revolutionary. Photograph, c1910

Equestrian monument to Emperor Nicholas I
Antique illustration of a Equestrian monument to Emperor Nicholas I (1859) at the Isaakievskaya Ploshchad (St. Isaacs Square) in St. Petersburg, Russia

VLADIMIR LENIN (1870-1924). Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, known as Lenin. Russian Communist leader. Lenin addressing a crowd in Red Square in Moscow, c1920

NIKOLAI VASILYEVICH GOGOL (1809-1852). Russian (Ukrainian-born) writer. Pencil sketch, 1840

NIKOLAI I. LOBACHEVSKI (1793-1856). Russian mathematician. Contemporary lithograph

NICHOLAS I OF RUSSIA. Russian name, Nikolay Pavlovich (1796-1855): contemporary lithograph

Portrait of Nikolay Rubinstein (1835-81) c. 1870 (oil on canvas)
BAL246968 Portrait of Nikolay Rubinstein (1835-81) c.1870 (oil on canvas) by Gribkov, Sergei Ivanovich (1820-93); 70x50 cm; Glinka Museum of Music Culture, Moscow, Russia; Russian, out of copyright

Portrait of the author Nikolay Pomyalovsky, 1860 (oil on canvas)
BAL238847 Portrait of the author Nikolay Pomyalovsky, 1860 (oil on canvas) by Nevrev, Nikolai Vasilievich (1830-1904); 33.6x24.7 cm; State Central Literary Museum, Moscow, Russia; Russian

Emperor Nicholas I (1796-1855) Driving in a Sleigh (oil on canvas)
BAL196489 Emperor Nicholas I (1796-1855) Driving in a Sleigh (oil on canvas) by Sverchkov, Nikolai Egorevich (1817-98); 70x91 cm; Art Museum of Khabarovsk, Russia; Russian, out of copyright

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Portrait of Tsar Nicholas I (1796-1855) 1826 (oil on canvas)
BAL205335 Portrait of Tsar Nicholas I (1796-1855) 1826 (oil on canvas) by Tropinin, Vasili Andreevich (1776-1857); 87x67 cm; Sebastopol Art Museum, Sebastopol, Ukraine; Russian, out of copyright

Emperor Nicholas I (1796-1855) and Grand Duke Alexander (1845-94) in St. Petersburg
BAL205327 Emperor Nicholas I (1796-1855) and Grand Duke Alexander (1845-94) in St. Petersburg, 1843 (w/c on paper) by Piratsky, Karl Karlovich (1813-89); Peterhof Palace, Petrodvorets, St

ANTI-CAPITALIST CARTOON. It is necessary to bridle the bourgeoise, to get astride and exploit it. (Bukharin). Russian anti-capitalist cartoon with a quote by Russian Communist Nikolai Bukharin, 1918

NICHOLAS II (1868-1918). Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich Jr. during a military exercise. Photograph, c1914

NIKOLAI A. RIMSKI-KORSAKOV (1844-1908). Russian composer: drawing, c1908, by Samuel Nisenson

RIMSKI-KORSAKOV (1844-1908). Full name: Nikolai Andreevich Rimski-Korsakov. Russian composer

HANS CHRISTIAN OERSTED (1777-1851). Danish physicist. Oil on canvas after Wilhelm Nicolai Marstrand

NICOLAI LOBACHEVSKI (1792-1856). Russian mathematician. Back wrapper of The Courier of the Imperial University of Kazan, February/March 1829

GOGOL: DEAD SOULS. A page from the manuscript of Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)

PRINCE GALITZIN (1794-1860). Prince Nikolai Borissovich Galitzin. Russian diplomat and patron of the arts. Lithograph, Austrian, 19th century

NIKOLAI GOGOL (1809-1852). Russian (Ukrainian born) writer. Contemporary lithograph

FRIEDRICH ENGELS (1820-1895). German socialist. Drawing by Nikolai Zhukov (1908-1973)

NIKOLAI CHERNYSHEVSKY (1828-1889). Russian radical. Photograph, n. d
NIKOLAI CHERNYSHEVSKY (1828-1889). Russian radical. Photograph, n.d

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"Nikolai: A Legacy of Revolution and Culture" In the realm of history, art, literature, and politics, the name Nikolai has left an indelible mark. From a Communist poster proudly proclaiming "Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live forever. " by Viktor Ivanov in 1967 to Tsar Nicholas II's significant presence alongside Kaiser Wilhelm II; Nikolai is intertwined with pivotal moments in time. Nikolai Gogol's masterpiece "Dead Souls" captivated readers since its first edition title page in 1842. Its profound exploration of human nature continues to resonate today. Meanwhile, Vladimir Lenin rallied the people as depicted in Irakliy Toidze's oil on canvas painting - a testament to his influential leadership during the Russian Revolution. The Imperial Russian Royal Family also bears witness to Nikolai's significance. The four daughters of Tsar Nicholas II symbolize both tragedy and resilience amidst political turmoil. Their story serves as a reminder of the complex dynamics that shaped Russia's history. Beyond politics and royalty lies cultural influence. Nikolay Urvantsev stands tall as a Soviet geologist who made groundbreaking discoveries while Nikolai Tcherepnin contributed his artistic prowess through captivating cover designs like "Narcisse. " These individuals showcase how diverse fields were enriched by those bearing this iconic name. Even mathematics owes gratitude to Nikolais; enter Nikolai I. Lobachevski - a visionary Russian mathematician whose contemporary lithograph immortalizes him for his contributions to geometry. Lastly, we cannot overlook the bond between two giants: Lenin and Stalin at Lenins villa at Gorki in 1923. This meeting marked a turning point for their partnership that would shape Soviet history for years to come. From revolutionaries like Lenin and Stalin to literary geniuses such as Gogol; from royal families facing upheaval to scientists pushing boundaries – these various Nikolais have left an indelible legacy.