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Peredvizhniki (Russian: Передви́жники, IPA: [pʲɪrʲɪˈdvʲiʐnʲɪkʲɪ]), often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realist artists who formed an artists' cooperative in protest of academic restrictions; it evolved into the Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions, in short Peredvizhniks in ...
The Russian-speaking community of Cleveland loves to travel and explore new places and cultures, that’s why our people are always happy to go on vacations to different corners of America to explore local attractions or do sightseeing, as well as to visit foreign countries.
Until 1991, Cleveland's Russian community was not very large, especially compared to those of other ethnic groups. The earliest immigrants from the Russian Empire were non-Russians, such as Jews, POLES, and FINNS who came to form their own distinct communities.
Younger Russian artists were put off by the Peredvizhniki’s increasingly restrictive membership policies and turned to both indigenous art traditions and contemporary Western art practice to forge a path for modern Russian art.
Many early immigrant CARPATHO-RUSSIANS, who arrived from Austria-Hungary, held a deep affinity for Imperial Russia and a significant number even adopted Russian identities. Their Russophile sentiments are perhaps best expressed in the establishment of Cleveland’s preeminent Russian landmark, ST.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, a renewed immigration began from all areas of the former communist state. This led to an increased flow of Russians of all faiths, Jewish, Orthodox, and Protestant, to cities such as Cleveland.
The Russian-speaking community of Cleveland leads an active life, and Russian advertising in Cleveland and the state of Ohio can be very effective. Russian media in the USA and digital publications create a circle of communication, a possibility to search for like-minded people and to advance on the path to success.
