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Any idea which Russian Orthodox Church this is?
This is a blog for use in both of my
HIS 241
and
HIS 242
Russian history survey courses at
Northern Virginia Community College.
Mystery Church
Any idea which Russian Orthodox Church this is?
Links
Good Books to read about Russia
- Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita (*1966)
- E.H. Carr, The Romantic Exiles (1933)
- Nikolai Chernyshevskii, What Is to Be Done? (Что делать, 1863)
- Fedor Dostoevskii, Idiot (1868-69)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, August 1914 (1971; expanded edition, 1984)
- Lev Tolstoi, War and Peace (1865-69)
- Franco Venturi, Roots of Revolution (il populismo russo, 1952)
- Vladimir Voinovich, Ivankiad (Иванькиада, 1976)
3 comments :
This book sounds so interesting! When I read Nina Khruschcheva's comments regarding the average lazy Russian, It reminds me of the inhabitants of the southern region inviting another group of people to come rule over them. Laureen
Since I thought I kept up with events around the world, I was quite shocked to read that Putin is characterized as a czar. This has inspired me to look into what the presidential candidates think about our current and future relations with Russia.
Since the death of Stalin and especially with the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev, I believe many Russians favor a return of a totalitarian government. I am not sure if it is communism they want or just a return of a paternalistic society where the leader ("father") makes all the decisions for the people ("children"). By this, I am not shocked by the author's argument that the people of Russia do not resist the leadership of "czar" Putin.
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