A list of my favorite Russian Composers (plus a key piece), you should look into them if you haven't already! :)
1) Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
2) Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
3) Cesar Cui: Orientale Op. 50
4) Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
5) Pieter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Notably first movement)
6) Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
7) Alexander Glazunov: Violin concerto in A minor, Op. 82 Allegro
8) Alexander Scriabin: Etude Op. 8, No. 12
9) Igor Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat
10) Sergei Rachmoninov (who has BIG hands): Piano concerto No. 2
11) Sergei Prokofiev: Montagues and Capulets
12) Aram Khachaturian: Sabre Dance
13) Dmitri Shostakovich (honestly, I don't like a LOT of his work, however... what I do like... I REALLY like): Suite Jazz No. 2 Waltz
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