“Russia For All” Exhibition Sparks Off Discussions On Russian Identity · Global Voices
Alexey Sidorenko

Bloggers actively discuss [ru] “Russia For All” [ru, .pdf] exhibition. Viktor Bondarenko and Dmitri Gutov, the authors, aim to combat the nationalist slogan “Russia for Russians.” Each painting contains a name of a well-known historical person and his/her ethnic origin. In the numerous discussions around the blogosphere, netizens ask a question, what constitutes Russian identity: ethnicity, culture, or language.