Mikhail Glinka
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country and is often regarded as the fountainhead of Russian classical music. His compositions were an i
Portrait of Mikhail Glinka by Karl Bryullov, 1840
Glinka in 1856
Ilya Repin's portrait of Glinka was painted thirty years after the composer's death
Grave of Mikhail Glinka in Tikhvin Cemetery in Saint Petersburg
Vladimir Stasov
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Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov was a Russian critic of music and art.
Portrait by Ilya Repin, 1883
Vladimir Stasov's grave in the cemetery of Alexander Nevsky Lavra