"IRussia iyindida ehlanganiswe nemfihlakalo engaziwa." Lawa ngamazwi kahulumeni waseBrithani odumile Winston Churchill kukhanyisa kahle ubuciko namasiko aseRussia.
Abantu baseRussia badume umhlaba wonke ngobuciko babo obuyingqayizivele, kanye nezimpawu ezesabekayo zokwakha. Izici ezahlukahlukene zobuciko namasiko aseRussia zithola ukubonakaliswa kwazo okuhle efeni lazo elicebile.
Umsuka wesiko laseRussia usukela ezimpandeni zokuqala zamaSlav. Kodwa-ke, ithonya leByzantine libuye ligxile ekwakhiweni okuningi kwaseRussia. Emashumini ambalwa eminyaka, ubuciko namasiko aseRussia abengaphansi kwethonya lamanye amaFrance, amaJalimane, amazwe aseSpain aseYurophu kanye neMongolia.
Kodwa-ke, ukuvela kwe-avant-garde eRussia kuholele ekuveleni kobuciko besimanje obuchume kulo lonke elishiya izwe futhi kwahlala kunjalo kuze kube yingxenye yesibili yango-1960. Enye yezinto ezithakazelisa kakhulu kwezobuciko namasiko aseRussia ilele eqinisweni ukuthi ukuvela kobuciko baseSoviet kwaba negalelo elikhulu ekuveleni kwesiko lezimilo ngosizo lwamagagasi amasha okuqhuma kwezepolitiki ngaleso sikhathi.
Uma useRussia, awukwazi ukuphuthelwa uchungechunge lwemisebenzi yokuzijabulisa eyingxenye ebalulekile yobuciko namasiko aseRussia. Ngo-1920, i-cinema yasetshenziswa kabanzi ukugqugquzela nokukhuthaza abantu ukuthi babambe iqhaza kwezombusazwe kazwelonke, lolu hlobo lokuzijabulisa luyaqhubeka nokusebenza njengomthombo wokuzijabulisa kuyo yonke imikhakha yomphakathi waseRussia.
Ukuhlaziywa okuphelele kwezobuciko namasiko aseRussia kuhlala kungaphelele ngaphandle kokusho ama-ballet aseRussia kanye ne-opera enkulu yaseRussia. Kusukela ezikhathini zakudala, izinhlobo zomculo wendabuko waseRussia zenze ushintsho olukhulu futhi namuhla zihlala ziyingxube yomculo ohlukahlukene we-rock nowe-pop. Impilo yasebusuku ebabazekayo emadolobheni amakhulu aseRussia iphinde inikeze izinhlobonhlobo zezinto ezijabulisa ukudla, okunzima ukuziba.
Kubalulekile ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi umdwebo wezithonjana waseRussia wakhuthazwa amasonto aseByzantine, futhi kamuva waguqulwa waba amafomu wobuciko be-mosaic ne-fresco. Ukubuka konke kwezobuciko namasiko aseRussia yizincwadi zayo ezicebile nezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zazo. I-Russia inemitapo yolwazi kahulumeni engaphezu kuka-50.000 XNUMX kanye nemipheme yezobuciko engaphezu kwenkulungwane.
Izincwadi zaseRussia zenze ushintsho olukhulu ngezikhathi ezahlukahlukene, ngasinye sinezimpawu ezihlukile kusukela esikhathini saso. Ababhali abadumile baseRussia bahlanganisa - uDostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Joseph Brodsky, Sergei Dovlatov, njll.