Complex sentence: Often the motifs are either stylized biblical or simple working people from the Russian province; according to Kolkoutine the biblical characters are in principle the same kind as the provincial people (Bjørnager, 2006).
Split into simpler sentences: Often the motifs are either biblical or simple working people from the Russian province. In Kolkoutine's opinion there is a connection; in principle the biblical characters are the same kind as the provincial people (Bjørnager, 2006).