Words related to "Russian cultural icons": OneLook

adj

Of or relating to Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948), Russian religious and political philosopher.

adj

Of or relating to Joseph Brodsky (Russian: Ио́сиф Бро́дский; 1940–1996), Russian and American poet and essayist.

adj

Of or relating to Nikolay Chernyshevsky (Russian: Никола́й ́Черныше́вский; 1828–1889), a Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, critic, and socialist.

Dobzhanskian

adj

Of or relating to Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900–1975), Ukrainian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist.

Dostoyevskian

adj

Of or relating to Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Russian: Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский (Fjódor Mixájlovič Dostojévskij); 1821–1881), Russian novelist and philosopher.

Dretskian

adj

Alternative form of Dretskean [Of or relating to Fred Dretske (1932–2013), American philosopher noted for his contributions to epistemology and the philosophy of mind.]

Foucaldian

adj

Alternative spelling of Foucauldian [Of or pertaining to the philosophy of Michel Foucault.]

Fullerian

adj

Of or relating to Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978), legal philosopher who criticized legal positivism and defended a secular and procedural form of natural law theory.

Gorbachovian

adj

Alternative form of Gorbachevian [(politics) Of or pertaining to Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931), the last head of state of the USSR, who introduced liberalizing reforms.]

Kasparovian

adj

Of or relating to Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров; born Garik Kimovich Weinstein, 1963), Russian chess Grandmaster, writer and political activist.

Leontievian

adj

Alternative form of Leontiefian (“relating to the economist Wassily Leontief”) [Of or relating to Wassily Leontief (Russian: Василий Васильевич Леонтьев; 1905–1999), Soviet-American economist known for his research on input–output analysis and how changes in one economic sector may affect other sectors.]

Lobachevskian

adj

Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.

Mayakovskian

adj

Of or relating to Vladimir Mayakovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Маяко́вский; 1893–1930), Russian Soviet poet, playwright, artist and actor.

Montagovian

adj

Related to a person named Montague, in particular the American mathematician and philosopher Richard Montague.

Mozartean

adj

Alternative form of Mozartian [Of or pertaining to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), prolific and influential composer of classical music.]

Nijinskian

adj

Of or pertaining to Vaslav Nijinsky (1890-1950), Russian ballet dancer and choreographer.

Notkerian

adj

Of or relating to Notker the Stammerer (c. 840–912), a Benedictine monk and literary scholar of the Early Middle Ages, credited with an important collection of early sequences in Liber hymnorum.

Proppian

adj

Of or relating to Vladimir Propp (Russian: Владимир Пропп; 1895–1970), Soviet formalist scholar who analyzed the basic plot components of Russian folk tales.

Roethkian

adj

Alternative form of Roethkean [Of or relating to Theodore Roethke (1908–1963), influential American poet whose work is characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery.]

Shostakovichian

adj

Of or relating to Dmitri Shostakovich (Russian: Дми́трий Шостако́вич; 1906–1975), Soviet composer and pianist.

Solzhenitsynian

adj

Of or pertaining to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Soviet and Russian novelist, dramatist, and historian who wrote about the gulag.

Stanislavskian

adj

Of or relating to Constantin Stanislavski (Russian: Константи́н Серге́евич Станисла́вский; 1863–1938), Russian actor and theatre director, usually credited with introducing method acting.

Tarkovskian

adj

Of or relating to Andrei Tarkovsky (Russian: Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский; 1932–1986), Russian filmmaker, whose work is characterized by long takes, unconventional dramatic structure, and spiritual and metaphysical themes.

Tchaikovskian

adj

of, or relating to the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, or characteristic of his style.

Todorovian

adj

Of or relating to Tzvetan Todorov (Bulgarian: Цветан Тодоров; 1939–2017), Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, and sociologist.

Tolstoian

Alternative form of Tolstoyan [A follower of Tolstoy, who advocates and practises manual labor, simplicity of living, non-resistance, etc., holds that possession of wealth and ownership of property are sinful, and rejects all religious teachings not coming directly from Christ.]

Trotskian

adj

Alternative form of Trotskyan [Relating to, or supporting, the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky.]

Trubetzkoyan

adj

Of or relating to Nikolai Trubetzkoy (Russian: Никола́й Трубецко́й; 1890–1938), Russian linguist and historian, widely considered to be the founder of morphophonology.

Tsvetaevan

adj

Of or relating to Marina Tsvetaeva (Russian: Мари́на Ива́новна Цвета́ева; 1892–1941), Russian and Soviet poet.

Vavilovian

adj

(botany, genetics) Of, or related to the scientific discoveries of the Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist Nikolai Vavilov.

Veselovskian

adj

Of or relating to Alexander Veselovsky (1838–1906), Russian literary theorist who laid the groundwork for comparative literary studies.

Vinerian

adj

Of or relating to the Vinerian Professorship of English Law, an endowed professorship at the University of Oxford.

Voloshinovian

adj

Of or relating to Valentin Voloshinov (Russian: Валенти́н Воло́шинов; 1895–1936), Soviet/Russian linguist whose work has been influential in the field of literary theory and Marxist theory of ideology.

Vygotskian

adj

Of or relating to Lev Vygotsky (Russian: Лев Вы́готский or Выго́тский, 1896–1934), Soviet Belarusian psychologist.

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