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Natasha's dance: a cultural history of Russia

By Orlando , Figes

Book information

Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.;Picador
Year
2002
ISBN
9781466862890, 1466862890
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
9 MB (9850919 bytes)
Edition
First Picador edition
Pages
xxxiii, 728 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
HISTORY--Europe--Russia & the Former Soviet Union;

Description

Explores the cultural history of Russia from the eighteenth century to the Brezhnev era, looking at how artists, writers, and musicians struggled with the question of what it meant to be Russian. 1. European Russia -- 2. Children of 1812 -- 3. Moscow! Moscow! -- 4. The peasant marriage -- 5. In search of the Russian soul -- 6. Descendants of Genghiz Khan -- 7. Russia through the Soviet lens -- 8. Russia abroad.

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