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The Essay Ten Artists that Shook the World Episodes

    10 Eisenstein

    10/10 Silent movie accompanist Neil Brand reappraises Eisenstein's influential film October.

    9 Moisei Ginzburg

    9/10 Political historian Tariq Ali recalls a tour of Constructivist Moscow in the 1980s.

    8 The State Porcelain Factory

    8/10 Ceramicist Claire Curneen tells the strange story of the State Porcelain Factory.

    7 Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva

    7/10 Writer Elaine Feinstein compares the impact of the Revolution on two great Russian poets.

    6 Mosolov

    6/10 Musicologist Tamsin Alexander considers the industrially inspired music of Mosolov.

    5 Tatlin

    5/10 Art historian Christina Lodder describes the influence of sculptor Vladimir Tatlin.

    4 Meyerhold

    4/10 Richard Eyre appraises the Revolution's impact on theatre director Meyerhold.

    3 Nijinsky

    3/10 Former ballerina Deborah Bull on Nijinsky and the impact of his ballet The Rite of Spring.

    2 John Reed, Eye-Witness

    2/10 Historian Helen Rappaport reappraises American eyewitness to the Revolution, John Reed.

    1 Choices

    1/10 Writer Martin Sixsmith considers how the Russian Revolution affected choices for artists.