Wikipedia:Peer review/Russian culture/archive1

Culture of Russia

There is an error in this article in the classical music section. The statement "Glinka and the other composers of the Mighty Handful is incorrect. Glinka was never a member of the Mighty Handful. There is a mild omission; Tchaikovsky admired and encouraged the Mighty Handful in their creation of distinctly Russian music. TJFWallis 18:04, 18 Feb 2013 {CST}

I would like to see this article get to FAC eventually. Obviously it isn't there but I would like suggestions on how to improve the article. Falphin 15:08, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Falphin. The article could use some careful editing. For example, there is a sentence that begins, "After Stalin died Soviet Art went into decline after Stalin's death...". Redundantly redundant. :) I'd also like to see a summary paragraph in the Dance section, in addition to the two links. Wasn't the Soviet Union noted for its ballet? Did you want to mention Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in the music section? — RJH 28 June 2005 14:49 (UTC)

Thanks that is very helpful. I can't do anything tonight as I just got back from being a leader at a local VBS(Vacation Bible School) but will get to it as soon as I can. Falphin 29 June 2005 01:50 (UTC)

• 1. Change the first sentence: "Russian culture began..." sounds a bit odd. Perhaps change to "the first Russian culture to emerge was East Slavic culture...". 2. Expand the introduction into a lead section 3. Add a summary of the history of Russian culture below the "Main article: History of Russian Culture" link. 4. Add a summary to the "Dance" and "Poetry" sections. 5. Consider expanding the size of some of the sub-sections, e.g. the "Cinema" section perhaps should mention the extent of censorship in the Soviet era. 6. When you nominate to FAC, more references are probably a requirement. I assume you used the same references for the individual articles such as Soviet art and for Culture of Russia-just add these references into the Culture of Russia article. Deus Ex 6 July 2005 23:23 (UTC)

Need larger lead. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 6 July 2005 23:28 (UTC)

• I would love to see this get up to FAC, but it has a ways to go. Here are some suggestions:
  1. The lead needs to include a summary of the entire article. Perhaps include a sentence from each major heading, and tie it all together somehow.
  2. The History of Russian Culture section needs material. I would have said to just include a summary of the History of Russian Culture article, but that article is pretty anemic. I think you'll probably want to write a 2 paragraph summary of the history of Russian Culture (that's a tough task!) and insert it in both articles.
  3. The Icon Art section needs another paragraph or two, and then surely there was Russian art between Icon art and the Avant Garde, so another couple sections are probably warranted. (I'm not very knowledgeable about the history of Russian art, so I can't help much here.)
  4. Architecture of Russia probably should be its own article, and the list of buildings should go there. A summary here would suffice.
  5. The article generally needs some better organization. "Opera" should be a subheading under "Music of Russia", for instance. Personally, I think Art of Russia should be its own article, with a summary here -- or perhaps just Visual art of Russia, with architecture and music seperate -- I'm not sure which.
  6. Dance needs summaries of the two mentioned articles.
  7. The music section could be expanded a little. It focuses too much on opera presently, in my opinion.
  8. I would put Matryoshka dolls under a Crafts of Russia heading, with mentions of other traditional Russian crafts.
  9. The literature section should include a few notable authors, and should sum up Russian literature better.
  • Do those, and I'll look through again. Happy editing! – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 13:24, July 15, 2005 (UTC)