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  2. Russian folk dance - Wikipedia

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    Traditional village folk dance Khorovod, 1900s. Russian folk dance concert performed by the dance ensemble Gzhel. Russian folk dance (Russian: Русский народный танец) is an important part of Russian culture. Some of the unique characteristics suggest that many elements were developed by the early Russian population.

  3. Khorovod - Wikipedia

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    The khorovod dance has own characteristics in the different regions of Old Russia. In the northern Russian regions, the round dance was known for its gentle and subtle manner, while in the central Russian regions, the dance was more cheerful and lighthearted. Russian folk songs accompanied the dance.

  4. Smolensky gusaczok - Wikipedia

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    Smolensky gusaczok is an archaic [1] [2] Russian folk dance, khorovod. [3] [4] The largest number of versions were recorded in most of the Smolensk Governorate, [5] as well as in parts of the Mogilev Governorate [6] (in the Gomelsky and Brestsky uezds [7]).

  5. Kamarinskaya - Wikipedia

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    Kamarinskaya (Russian: камаринская) is a traditional Russian folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's composition of the same name. Glinka's Kamarinskaya , written in 1848, was the first orchestral work based entirely on Russian folk song and to use the compositional principles of that genre to ...

  6. Troika (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Troika is a Russian performance dance based on Russian folk dances. The Russian word troika means three-horse team/gear, and the dancers imitate the prancing of horses pulling a sled or a carriage. [1] The first version was created by choreographer Nadezhda Nadezhdina for her folklore dance troupe Beroyzka in 1948. [2]

  7. Lezginka - Wikipedia

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    Lezginka, also spelled Lezghinka, folk dance originating among the Lezgin people of the North Caucasus. It is a male solo dance (often with a sword) and also a couple dance. The man, imitating the eagle, falls to his knees, leaps up, and dances with concise steps and strong, sharp arm and body movements.

  8. Barynya - Wikipedia

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    Barynya. Lubok.. Barynya is a fast Russian folk dance and music.The origins of the Barynya dance developed in the Eurasian region of the Central Russian Upland. [1] The word barynya (Russian: Барыня, landlady) was used in Old Russian or Rus' lands as a form of addressing to a woman of higher class, literally when translated means “landlady”, a feminine form for the word "barin ...

  9. Kalinka (1860 song) - Wikipedia

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    "Kalinka" (Russian: Калинка) is a Russian folk-style song written in 1860 by the composer and folklorist Ivan Larionov and first performed in Saratov as part of a theatrical entertainment that he had composed. [1] Soon it was added to the repertoire of the folk choral group.