Russian folk dances

thumb|A young man breaking into a girls' khorovod, from a 1902 painting by Andrei Ryabushkin

thumb|Trepak on a 19th-century postcard Trepak () or tropak () is a traditional East Slavic folk dance (Russian and Ukrainian).

thumb|Kamarinskaya. Russian Empire Kamarinskaya () 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 dictate the form of the music. It premiered on 15 March 1850. It became a touchstone for the following generation of Russian composers ranging from the Western-oriented Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to the group of nationalists known collectively as The F

folklore dance of the Russian people

thumb|right|200px|Yablochko performance melody|right thumb|Yablochko in an experimental 1946 Soviet short thumb|right|200px|Sailors from The Red Poppy ballet dancing Yablochko in the backplane Yablochko ( "little apple") is a chastushka-style folk song and dance, traditionally presented as a sailors' dance.

Russian concert folk dance

300px|thumbnail|Barynya, 19th-century lubok Barynya () is a fast Russian folk dance accompanied by music. The dance originated in the Central Russian Upland.

thumb|"Gypsy dance", Fedor Solntsev, 1830 Tsyganochka (, "Gypsy Girl") is a Russian folk dance stylized under the Russian Roma tunes. The music is in minor tonality, unusual in Russian folk dance, in time signature.