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In the Russian wiki for the category "Artists of Russia" there is a subcategory of "Artists of Russian cities" and sub-subcategory "Artists of Moscow", "Artists of St. Petersburg" and some others. Logical continuation of such an approach for the English wiki. This allocation is justified by the fact that in Russia, because of its historical and geographical features that were not erased the differences between the cultural centers in relation to the artistic heritage and artistic tradition. And in particular, to the Fine Art tradition. At the same artists traditionally refer to the "Leningrad" or "Moscow" is not the place of birth, and not even attending college, but by the principal place of residence and participation in artistic life. Thus, among the artists of the Leningrad School in St. Petersburg - Leningrad were born not more than 25-30%, but 100% of their professional activities have been associated with Leningrad and lived in Leningrad, most of his life. For realistic art that is of particular importance. In Russian literature has long distinguished Saratov, Astrakhan, and some other provincial Art Schools. This topic has not received, until recently, the deep coverage in the literature because of political and economic reasons, as a consequence existed in the Soviet centralized funding of art (decades of Moscow's decisions on the allocation of money for the purchase of paintings, for holding major exhibitions, for publication of catalogues, and so on). Much of this financial dependence continues today. Therefore, artists and art historians deliberately avoided the opposition of the Moscow and regional schools of art and traditions, turning a blind eye to the phenomenon actually existed. With regard to ethnic composition, among the artists of Leningrad - St. Petersburg 20 centuries, besides Russian, as before, was a certain number of Ukrainians, Jews, Armenians and representatives of some other peoples of the USSR. They lived, studied and worked among Russian, but not ethnically distinct groups. They spoke in Russian, read Russian books and newspapers, taught children in Russian schools. Participated in exhibitions of Leningrad artists. Therefore, in their paintings, as well as in works of Russian artists, we first see an Era and the picturesque tradition of Leningrad-Petersburg, is common to all artists, regardless of their place of birth and nationality. In the work of "non-Russian" artists of Leningrad - St. Petersburg is not an isolated topic, a separate national existence, the opposition itself, its culture of Russian cultural tradition. This, however, prevents build for representatives of national minorities additional categories, uniting them is not by profession, but by national, for example, ‘The Armenians of St. Petersburg’. In general solving this issue for a separate country, it is advisable to orient the traditions established in this country, and carefully apply the general scheme, especially when it comes to culture. Leningradartist ( talk) 08:40, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
NB to other sysops: Two of these targets have been placed into CydeBot's queue for renaming. Therefore, this work will not be placed into queue until the bot runs those renames. Courcelles ( talk) 07:33, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
In the Russian wiki for the category "Artists of Russia" there is a subcategory of "Artists of Russian cities" and sub-subcategory "Artists of Moscow", "Artists of St. Petersburg" and some others. Logical continuation of such an approach for the English wiki. This allocation is justified by the fact that in Russia, because of its historical and geographical features that were not erased the differences between the cultural centers in relation to the artistic heritage and artistic tradition. And in particular, to the Fine Art tradition. At the same artists traditionally refer to the "Leningrad" or "Moscow" is not the place of birth, and not even attending college, but by the principal place of residence and participation in artistic life. Thus, among the artists of the Leningrad School in St. Petersburg - Leningrad were born not more than 25-30%, but 100% of their professional activities have been associated with Leningrad and lived in Leningrad, most of his life. For realistic art that is of particular importance. In Russian literature has long distinguished Saratov, Astrakhan, and some other provincial Art Schools. This topic has not received, until recently, the deep coverage in the literature because of political and economic reasons, as a consequence existed in the Soviet centralized funding of art (decades of Moscow's decisions on the allocation of money for the purchase of paintings, for holding major exhibitions, for publication of catalogues, and so on). Much of this financial dependence continues today. Therefore, artists and art historians deliberately avoided the opposition of the Moscow and regional schools of art and traditions, turning a blind eye to the phenomenon actually existed. With regard to ethnic composition, among the artists of Leningrad - St. Petersburg 20 centuries, besides Russian, as before, was a certain number of Ukrainians, Jews, Armenians and representatives of some other peoples of the USSR. They lived, studied and worked among Russian, but not ethnically distinct groups. They spoke in Russian, read Russian books and newspapers, taught children in Russian schools. Participated in exhibitions of Leningrad artists. Therefore, in their paintings, as well as in works of Russian artists, we first see an Era and the picturesque tradition of Leningrad-Petersburg, is common to all artists, regardless of their place of birth and nationality. In the work of "non-Russian" artists of Leningrad - St. Petersburg is not an isolated topic, a separate national existence, the opposition itself, its culture of Russian cultural tradition. This, however, prevents build for representatives of national minorities additional categories, uniting them is not by profession, but by national, for example, ‘The Armenians of St. Petersburg’. In general solving this issue for a separate country, it is advisable to orient the traditions established in this country, and carefully apply the general scheme, especially when it comes to culture. Leningradartist ( talk) 08:40, 8 June 2010 (UTC)