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Romanov riches : Russian writers and artists under the tsars

Title
Romanov riches : Russian writers and artists under the tsars / Solomon Volkov ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis.
Author
Volkov, Solomon.
Publication
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

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Description
xi, 274 p.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "Translation is from an unpublished manuscript"--T.p. verso.
  • "Published in ... Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto"--T.p. verso.
  • "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The first Romanovs : from Tsar Mikhail to Peter I -- Kantemir, Lomonosov, and Barkov -- Catherine the Great and the culture of her era -- Paul I and Alexander I; Karamzin and Zhukovsky -- Alexander I, Zhukovsky, and young Pushkin -- Nicholas I and Pushkin -- Lermontov and Bruillov -- Gogol, Ivanov, and the end of the Nicholas I era -- Alexander II, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky -- Herzen, Tolstoy, and the women's issue -- Tchaikovsky and homosexuality in imperial Russia -- Dostoevsky and the Romanovs -- Alexander III, the Wanderers, and Mussorgsky -- Nicholas II and Lenin as art connoisseurs.
Call Number
JFE 11-2132
ISBN
  • 9780307270634
  • 0307270637
LCCN
2010045132
OCLC
635461178
Author
Volkov, Solomon.
Title
Romanov riches : Russian writers and artists under the tsars / Solomon Volkov ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis.
Imprint
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Research Call Number
JFE 11-2132
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