Nikolai Collection (#2)

Angara at Irkutsk, 1886. Artist: Nikolai Dobrovolsky
Angara at Irkutsk, 1886. View of the Siberian city of Irkutsk from across the Angara River. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Irkutsk, Russia

Vaslav Nijinsky. Le Pavillon d Armide
Ballets Russes. The dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in the ballet Le Pavillon d Armide, with choreography by Mikhail Fokin and music by Nikolai Tcherepine (1911)

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with Grand Duke, WW1
Tsar Nicholas II (Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov, 1868-1918), last Tsar of Russia (reigned 1894-1918). Seen here with his uncle, the Grand Duke Nicholas, in the early days of the First World War

MARIA IVANOVNA GOGOL. Mother of the Russian (Ukrainian born) writer Nikolai Gogol

Peasant boy at the Door of the School
Heart-rending painting entitled The Door of the School by Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Bielski, depicting a young peasant boy looking in at an education he will never have the luxury of obtaining

Fortune Telling on Christmastide
Two Russian girls Fortune Telling on Christmastide. Date: 1888

1972 Munich Olympics - Mens 20km Walk
Athletics - 1972 Munich Olympics - Mens 20km Walk From left to right in the Olympiastadion, Munich, West Germany: West Germanys Bernd Kannenberg (#372), USSRs Nikolay Smaga (#959)

LENIN AT FINLAND STATION. The arrival of Russian Communist leader Vladimir Ilich Lenin (facing crowd with hat raised) at the Finland Station in Petrograd, April 1917

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, 1844 - 1908. Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five

Achille-Claude Debussy, 1862 - 1918. French composer. Illustration by Gordon Ross, American artist and illustrator (1873-1946), from Living Biographies of Great Composers

Nikolai Sazontovich Ilyin, 1809 To 1890. Russian Military Officer, Writer And Religious Thinker. From El Mundo En La Mano, Published 1878

Grand Duke Nicholas, Nikolai Nicholaevich Romanov, 1856-1929. Russian General During The First World War

Grand Duke Nicholas Romanov, Nikolai Nicholaevich Romanov 1856-1929. Russian General During The First World War, Commander In Chief Russian Forces, 1914-15

Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakoff, 1844-1908. Russian Composer. Portrait By Chase Emerson. American Artist 1874-1922

Partisan A. G. Lunev, 1929. Artist: Nikolai Strunnikov
Partisan A. G. Lunev, 1929. From The Studio Volume 127. [The Offices of the Studio, London & New York, 1944]

Tsar Nicholas II visiting the Russian front, May 1915, (1926). Nicholas II is greeted by Count Bobrinsky while Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army

The Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana 1912
Nicholas II of Russia eldest daughters (left) Grand Duchess Olga (1895 - 1918) and (right) Grand Duchess Tatiana (1897 - 1918) wearing the uniform of the 3rd Regiment of Elisabethgrad Hussards

Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia nr. Detmold - Lemgo
Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW): nr. Detmold - Lemgo: Old pharmacy (left), watchtower of the town (left) - tower of the Nikolai church at the market square (right) - town hall (right)

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with troops, WW1
Tsar Nicholas II (Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov, 1868-1918), last Tsar of Russia (reigned 1894-1918). Seen here saluting during an inspection of troops in the early stages of the First World War

VLADIMIR LENIN (1870-1924). Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, known as Lenin. Russian Communist leader. Lenin with his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya, at their Gorki villa in 1922

N. F. S. GRUNDTVIG (1783-1872). Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig. Danish poet, philosopher
N.F.S. GRUNDTVIG (1783-1872). Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig. Danish poet, philosopher, theologian, and educator. Oil on canvas, 1843, by Christian Albrecht Jensen

Follow This Workers Example / Produce More for the Front. Soviet World War II poster, 1942
WWII: RUSSIAN POSTER, 1942. Follow This Workers Example/Produce More for the Front. Soviet World War II poster, 1942

We destroyed our enemy with weapons, we will earn our bread with labor - Comrades, roll up your sleeves for work
RUSSIA: SOVIET POSTER, 1920. We destroyed our enemy with weapons, we will earn our bread with labor - Comrades, roll up your sleeves for work! Color lithograph poster by Nikolai Kogout, 1920

Mendeleyev at BaS meeting 1887
19th century chemists. A group of chemists photographed at the 57th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1887

VLADIMIR LENIN (1870-1924). Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov Lenin. Russian Communist leader. Soviet lithograph poster, 1924, by Adolf Strakhov, commemorating the death of Lenin

Grand Duke Nicholas / Stamp
GRAND DUKE NIKOLAI NIKOLAYEVICH Russian Grand Duke and soldier (son of Alexander IIs brother)

Nikolai Ostrovsky
NIKOLAI OSTROVSKY Russian writer : though blind and paralysed he wrote an optimistic autobiographical novel

Henrik Nikolai Clausen
HENRIK NICOLAI CLAUSEN Danish theologian and statesman

Groszfurst Nikolai Nikolajewitsch (1856-1929) u. Poincare (geb. 1860), 1934. Nikolai Nikolayevich Romanov, (1856-1929), Russian general and grand prince from the czar family Romanov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), Russian composer. Artist: Samour
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), Russian composer. A print from Les Musiciens Celebres, Lucien Mazenod, Paris, 1948

Grand Duke Nikolai, Russian First World War general, (1926). Grand Duke Nikolai (1856-1929) was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army when the First World War broke out in 1914

Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Russian First World War general, 16-17 March 1917. Grand Duke Nikolai (1856-1929) was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army when the First World War broke out in

View of the Moscow Kremlin, 19th century. Artist: Nikolai Podklyuchnikov
View of the Moscow Kremlin, 19th century. Found in the collection of the State United Museum Centre in the Kremlin, Moscow

Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklai, Russian anthropologist, Queensland, Australia, c1880. An early supporter of the theories of Charles Darwin

Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, 1888. Artist: Chesnokov
Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, 1888. Leskov (1831-1895) was a novelist and writer of short stories. He published some of his works under the pen name M Stebnisky

Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballerina, 1911. As Zobeide in the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovs ballet Scheherazade. Karsavina (1885-1978) starred with the Imperial Russian Ballet

Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballerina, in Nikolai Tcherepnins ballet Le Pavillon d Armide, 1913. Karsavina (1885-1978) starred with the Imperial Russian Ballet

Ida Rubinstein, Russian ballerina, 1910. Rubinstein (1885-1960) in the Ballets Russes production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovs Scheharazade. From a private collection

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer, 1890s. Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a member of the group of Russian composers known as The Five

Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer, 1909. Nijinsky (1890-1950) performing in the ballet Le Pavillon d Armide, by Nikolai Tcherepnin

Russian troops crossing the Amu Darya River, 1873 (1889). Artist: Nikolai Karasin
Russian troops crossing the Amu Darya River, 1873 (1889). In 1873 the Russian Army crossed the Amu Darya to invade the Central Asian Khanate of Khiva

Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna, 1907. Artist: Nikolai Bodarevsky
Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna, 1907. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Troika, 1917. Artist: Nikolai Samokish
Troika, 1917. Found in the collection of the Regional Art Museum, Simferopol

Stage design for the opera Sadko, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Novgorod, Russia, 1917. Artist: Konstantin Korovin
Stage design for the opera Sadko, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Novgorod, Russia, 1917. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum of the Trinity Lavra of St Sergius, Sergyev Possad

Help fight against tuberculosis!, poster, 1910. Artist: Nikolai Gerardov
Help fight against tuberculosis!, poster, 1910. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

The signing ceremony of the Belgrade Declaration, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 2 July 1955. The signing of the Declaration by Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980)

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

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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.