Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Five", a group dedicated to p
Borodin
Borodin at the age of 14
Portrait of Borodin by Ilya Repin, 1888
Tomb of Borodin in Tikhvin Cemetery. The musical notation in the background shows themes from Symphony No. 2, the "Gliding Dance of the Maidens" from Polovtsian Dances; "Song of the Dark Forest"; and the "Scherzo" theme from Symphony No. 3.