Musicology Annotation << Back On European Tendencies in the Orchestration of Mikhail Glinka’s Operas Nagin R.A. This apaper belongs to the direction of Russian musicology devoted to Mikhail Glinka’s works and its’ correlations with European tradition. Author attempts to look for common properties and differences in the orchestration of operas by European composers, «Life for the Tzar» and «Ruslan and Ludmila» by Glinka. Key words: Mikhail Glinka, orchestration, Life for the Tsar, Ivan Susanin, Ruslan and Lyudmila, European opera. E-mail: roman.nagin@gmail.com