The Decembrist Myth in Russian Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Decembrist Myth in Russian Culture write by L. Trigos. This book was released on 2009-12-21. The Decembrist Myth in Russian Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is the first interdisciplinary treatment of the cultural significance of the Decembrists' mythic image in Russian literature, history, film and opera in a survey of its deployment as cultural trope since the original 1825 rebellion and through the present day.
Between Heaven and Hell
Between Heaven and Hell - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Between Heaven and Hell write by G. Diment. This book was released on 2016-04-30. Between Heaven and Hell available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Siberia has no history of independent political existence, no claim to a separate ethnic identity, and no clear borders. Yet, it could be said that the elusive country 'behind the Urals' is the most real and the most durable part of the Russian landscape. For centuries, Siberia has been represented as Russia's alter ego,as the heavenly or infernal antithesis to the perceived complexity or shallowness of Russian life. It has been both the frightening heart of darkness and a fabulous land of plenty; the 'House of the Dead' and the realm of utter freedom; a frozen wasteland and a colourful frontier; a dumping ground for Russia's rejects and the last refuge of its lost innocence. The contributors to Between Heaven and Hell examine the origin, nature, and implications of these images from historical, literary, geographical, anthropological, and linguistic perspectives. They create a striking, fascinating picture of this enormous and mysterious land.
Siberian Exile and the Invention of Revolutionary Russia, 1825–1917
Siberian Exile and the Invention of Revolutionary Russia, 1825–1917 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Siberian Exile and the Invention of Revolutionary Russia, 1825–1917 write by Ben Phillips. This book was released on 2021-12-30. Siberian Exile and the Invention of Revolutionary Russia, 1825–1917 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over the course of the nineteenth century Siberia developed a fearsome reputation as a place of exile, often imagined as a vast penal colony and seen as a symbol of the iniquities of autocratic and totalitarian Tsarist rule. This book examines how Siberia’s reputation came about and discusses the effects of this reputation in turning opinion, especially in Western countries, against the Tsarist regime and in giving rise to considerable sympathy for Russian radicals and revolutionaries. It considers the writings and propaganda of a large number of different émigré groups, explores American and British journalists’ investigations and exposé press articles and charts the rise of the idea of Russian political prisoners as revolutionary and reformist heroes. Overall, the book demonstrates how important representations of Siberian exile were in shaping Western responses to the Russian Revolution.
Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis
Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis write by Amanda DiGioia. This book was released on 2020-10-12. Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book, written from a feminist perspective, uses the focus of duelling to discuss the nature of masculinity in Russia. It traces the development of duelling and masculinity historically from the time of Peter the Great onwards, considers how duelling and masculinity have been represented in both literature and film and assesses the high emphasis given in Soviet times to gender equality, arguing that this was a failed experiment that ran counter to Russian tradition. It examines how duelling continues to be a feature of life in contemporary Russia and relates the situation in Russia to wider scholarship on the nature of masculinity more generally. Overall, the book contends that Russia’s valuing of a strong, militaristic form of masculinity is a major problem.
Russia’s French Connection
Russia’s French Connection - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Russia’s French Connection write by Adam Coker. This book was released on 2020-05-28. Russia’s French Connection available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While it is generally acknowledged that Russia’s culture has been influenced by France, the present study goes beyond the Francophile preferences of the noble elite and examines Russian society more broadly, exploring those elements of French cultural influence that are still relevant today. This is done through an historical analysis of French loanwords in the Russian language from the time of Peter the Great to the present. The result of this lexical analysis and subsequent study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century archival, periodical, and memoir material is to empirically link Russia’s present culture to two major Franco-Russian events: the wave of immigration to Russia following the French Revolution and Russia’s war with Napoleon. This is primarily a book for those interested in European history, particularly imperial Russia, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic Wars. The study of Russian officer memoirs includes original campaign maps, which may be of interest to military historians. The analysis of periodical literature will likewise be a resource for those studying the history of printing, publishing, and journalism in Russia. The book’s interdisciplinary nature, however, broadens its relevance to linguists, cultural historians, and those in the emerging field of Immigration Studies.
