This book presents a side of Russian life that is largely unknown to the West - the world of popular culture. By surveying detective and science fiction, popular songs, jokes, box office movie hits, stage, radio and television, Professor Richard Stites introduces the people and …
The Russia reader: history, culture, politics
The Russia reader: history, culture, politics
by Grant, Bruce, Barker, Adele Marie
fromWorld readers
An account of the day-to-day scramble to make ends meet after the end of the Soviet Union, letters recording ordinary Russians' reactions to the Revolution as events unfolded in 1917, and excerpts from a sixteenth-century manual instructing elite Muscovites on proper household m…
The Russia reader: history, culture, politics
by Grant, Bruce, Barker, Adele Marie
fromWorld readers
The Russia reader: history, culture, politics
by Grant, Bruce, Barker, Adele Marie
fromWorld readers
4e de couv. : Letters recording the reactions of ordinary Russians to the Revolution as events unfolded in 1917, an account of the day-to-day scramble to make a living after the end of the Soviet Union, and excerpts from a sixteenth-century manual instructing elite Muscovites on…
The Russia reader: history, culture, politics
The Russia reader: history, culture, politics
by Grant, Bruce, Barker, Adele Marie
fromWorld readers
An interdisciplinary anthology of work from and about Russia, including nonfiction, poetry, journalism, history, and cultural analysis, that includes many primary resources never before published in English.
The Russia reader: history, culture, politics
by Grant, Bruce, Barker, Adele Marie
fromWorld readers
This introduction to the history, culture and politics of Russia ranges from the earliest written account of the Russian people to today. It conveys everyday life as well as major historical events. It also incorporates song lyrics, jokes, anecdotes, folktales, poems, essays and…
This third volume provides an authoritative political, intellectual, social and cultural history of the trials and triumphs of Russia and the Soviet Union during the 20th century.
Marks shows that...Russia's lines of influence were many and reached far. Russia gave the world new ways of writing novels. It launched cutting-edge trends in ballet, theater, and art that revolutionized contemporary cultural life. The Russian anarchist movement benignly shaped …
This sweeping history tells the story of how Russian figures, ideas, and movements changed our world in dramatic but often unattributed ways. It points out that Russia gave the world new ways of writing novels, and launched trends in ballet, theatre and art that revolutionized c…
Marks shows that...Russia's lines of influence were many and reached far. Russia gave the world new ways of writing novels. It launched cutting-edge trends in ballet, theater, and art that revolutionized contemporary cultural life. The Russian anarchist movement benignly shaped …
