Art as a key to knowledge Olga Elmanovich Russia, Volgograd Russia is a great country, the country, where many famous writers, poets, painters, composers lived and created. Russian soul is a secret for the majority of foreigners. If you want to know Russia, you should know about Russian art. It's like a mirror reflects all aspects of Russian life. Of course, you should read a lot, you should listen to Russian classic music, and watch pictures of Russian painters. I know, that to do all this is very difficult to a foreigner. And the most difficult question is "What to begin with?". I think, it's better to start with general knowledge about Russian famous people. I can give you this general information and interesting facts about outstanding Russians in my column. I'm not saying, that reading it is enough to understand our soul, but it's a good start. Art is a key to knowledge, I suppose. Of course, that after reading some information here, you can choose the most interesting and approachable things for you. And then study what you really want. In my column you can read about such people as Pushkin, Vasnecov, Mussorgsky ... Nice reading for you!