<P> An alphabetical list of significant composers who were born in Russia or worked there for a significant time . </P> <P> The Five, also known as "The Mighty Handful", a circle of influential Russian musical nationalists, during the Romantic period in music: </P> <Ul> <Li> Mily Balakirev (1837--1910) </Li> <Li> Alexander Borodin (1833--1887), perhaps best known for Polovtsian Dances from his opera Prince Igor </Li> <Li> César Cui (1835--1918) </Li> <Li> Modest Mussorgsky (1839--1881), perhaps best known for Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain </Li> <Li> Nikolai Rimsky - Korsakov (1844--1908), perhaps best known for his tone poem Scheherazade and The Flight of the Bumblebee from his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan </Li> </Ul> <Li> Mily Balakirev (1837--1910) </Li>

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