Science.
Science in Russia is very developed. Many of the names of Russian scientists known worldwide. Among them are 14 Nobel Prize winners. Russia has managed to create many world-renowned scientific and technical inventions for two centuries. Moreover, Russian scientists have made a major breakthrough in space exploration. These achievements have become known around the world. For example, Yuri Gagarin's flight into space.
Music.
1. The Russian classical music embraces the heritage of many world-famous composers, whose musical pieces can be heard in concert halls around the globe.
Classical music written by Russian composers expresses the Russian character and uses folk tunes.
Among renowned Russian composers there are Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Mikhail Glinka, Sergei Rachmaninov, Dmitriy Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Aram Khachaturian, Alfred Schnittke, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Alexander Borodin, Alexander Scriabin and others.
2. Russian classical composers and performers surely took its place among the most famous artists. Russian unsurpassed opera gave the world such talented composers as Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and many others. Furthermore, a great number of Russian opera singers are renowned all over the world. Some popular operas and ballets staged abroad. For example, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, War and Peace, Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin and others.
