Russian poets

Depiction of the post-historical time in the Tolstaya’s novel represents a perfect morally corrupt world in need of a saviour. This degraded setting echoes the failed utopianism thinking of the early-post Soviet period, as according to Agren: “it [The Slynx] is a reflection of the postmodern and late Soviet disbelief in the utopian idea of state-promoted progress as a grand narrative.” Even though Agren argues that the anti-utopianism of the novel was inspired by the Soviet collapse, the “Blast”

Nina Petrova was born in Basmanny Russia in 1997. Daughter of Orlov and Anna Petrova, young reckless revolutionary insurgents, she grew unloved and uncared for. She lived her first years surrounded by the most inadequate environment, always traveling from here to there with both her parents too involved in a coup d'etat, always seeking new ways to attack the government of Russia. Her parents never allowed her to go to school since they despised Russia’s educational system like proper anarchists.

Russian culture is its history and people, which date back 1200 years’ beginning has a small empire in Eastern Europe. Why now when it comes to Russia, are Americans "stuck" in concepts of the communist Soviet Union (6). A period of history of just seventy years that ended twenty five years ago. To understand Russia’s culture, we will look back on Russian history and current circumstances. Russia is the largest country the world at over 17,000,000 sq. km, twice the extent of the United States

The source explores the effects that the Union of Composers and 1932 Doctrine of Socialist Realism had on young Russian composers such as Andrey Volkonsky. The article offers significant information regarding the oppression of freedom of expression and provides in-depth information on how the regime was destructive to composers during 1930-1956 and the lapse of identity

measured by a number of factors such as her relationship with the Tsar and the influence she had over him, her relationship with the Russian people as a result of her German roots, and finally her relationship with the monk Rasputin and the influence he had over both the Tsarina and the Tsar. The

and these are great adjectives to describe our country. Each of the seven readings, and the one image I compiled help mold this broader definition into a more precise description of an American. Robert Creeley, an influential American writer and poet, lived the ideal American dream. He wrote about his struggles early in his life. He lost his

Russian Negotiation Report (Director of the Archives) 1. What, in general, did you learn about negotiation from the simulation? What surprised you? What would you do differently? The pub was chosen to be the place to meet. It was meant to be a friendly place with drinks so that barriers would be broken. Of course, given it was just a simulation and we actually knew each other as friends, I’m guessing the real world scenario would be slightly different, or at least the effect of

Borisovich Shklovsky (1893-1984) was one of the founders of the intellectual movement OPOJAZ (Obščestvo izučenija Poètičeskogo Jazyka), translated as “Society for the Study of Poetic Language”. Furthermore, Shklovsky was a formalist and closely tied to Russian Formalism; “Shklovsky, Boris Eichenbaum, [Vladimir Propp], Yary Tynyanov, and other Formalists sought to put literary theory on a par with the natural sciences” (Davis 51). For one thing, these gentlemen sought to understand art by breaking it down

The present day Russian Federation involves a democratic system, given the presence of elections, an independent judiciary, and the supremacy of law. Yet, in democracy, the crux of it involves an inevitable paradox: law limits state power, but the state must have the power to enforce the law. However, finding the balance of the ability to enforce laws, and therefore maintaining order, while not infringing on civil liberties, requires a mutual understanding, a social contract, between the rulers and

The role of Russian literature is very difficult to interpret. This multifaceted role as literature itself. Gorky wrote "Our literature - our pride. The pinnacle of the world of humanity" - called Russian literature. Classical Russian literature - is a model for many people. All the same, Maxim Gorky wrote: "Giant Pushkin - the greatest pride in our and most complete expression of the spiritual forces of Russia, and merciless to yourself and others Gogol, yearning Lermontov, sad Turgenev, wrathful