"I-Russia iqhina lisongelwe kwimfihlakalo ngaphakathi kwemfihlakalo." La ngamagama egosa elidumileyo laseBritane Winston Churchill Ngokufanelekileyo ukhanyisa ubugcisa nenkcubeko yaseRussia.
Abantu baseRussia badume kwihlabathi lonke ngobugcisa babo obukhethekileyo, kunye neempawu ezothusayo zokwakha. Imiba eyahlukeneyo yobugcisa nenkcubeko yaseRussia ifumana eyona ntetho ibalaseleyo kwilifa layo elityebileyo.
Imvelaphi yenkcubeko yaseRussia isusela emva kwiingcambu zokuqala zeSlavic. Nangona kunjalo, impembelelo yaseByzantine ikwangabalulekanga kuninzi loyilo lwaseRussia. Ukutyhubela amashumi aliqela eminyaka, ubugcisa kunye nenkcubeko yaseRussia ibiphantsi kwempembelelo yamanye amaFrentshi, amaJamani, amazwe aseSpain aseYurophu kunye neMongolia.
Nangona kunjalo, ukuvela kwe-avant-garde e-Russia kukhokelele ekuveleni kobugcisa bale mihla obaphumelela kulo lonke elishiya ilizwe kwaye bahlala banjalo de kwaba sisiqingatha sesibini sonyaka ka-1960. Olunye lweempawu ezinomdla kubugcisa nenkcubeko yaseRussia lilele kwinto ukuba ukuvela kobugcisa baseSoviet kube negalelo elibonakalayo ekuveleni kwenkcubeko yezobugcisa ngoncedo lomsinga omtsha wezopolitiko ngelo xesha.
Ukuba useRashiya, awungekhe uphulukane nothotho lwezinto zokuzonwabisa eziyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yobugcisa nenkcubeko yaseRussia. Ngo-1920, i-cinema yasetyenziswa ngokubanzi ukukhuthaza nokukhuthaza abantu ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwezopolitiko zesizwe, le ndlela yolonwabo iyaqhubeka isebenza njengomthombo wokuzonwabisa kuwo onke amacandelo oluntu lwaseRussia.
Uhlalutyo olupheleleyo lobugcisa nenkcubeko yaseRussia luhlala lungaphelelanga ngaphandle kokukhankanya iibhalethi zaseRussia kunye nomdlalo opera waseRussia. Ukusukela kumaxesha amandulo, iifom zomculo waseRussia zenzekile zaye zatshintsha kakhulu kwaye namhlanje zihlala zingumxube weerock ezahlukeneyo kunye nomculo wepop. Ubomi bobusuku obukrakra kwizixeko ezikhulu zaseRussia zikwabonelela ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokutya, ekunzima ukungahoyi.
Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ukupeyinta i-icon yaseRussia kwaphefumlelwa ziicawa zase-Byzantine, kwaye kamva zaguqulwa zenziwa iifom ze-mosaic kunye ne-fresco. Amagqabantshintshi obugcisa nenkcubeko yaseRussia loncwadi lwalo olutyebileyo kunye neendlela zalo ezahlukeneyo I-Russia ineelayibrari zikarhulumente ezingaphezu kwama-50.000 kunye neendawo zemiboniso zobugcisa ezingaphezu kwewaka.
Uncwadi lwaseRussia lwenze utshintsho olukhulu kumaxesha ahlukeneyo, nganye ineempawu ezahlukeneyo ukusuka kwixesha layo. Ababhali abadumileyo baseRussia baquka - uDostoevsky, uTolstoy, uChekhov, uJoseph Brodsky, uSergei Dovlatov, njl.