A cultural history of russia and millions of other books are available for. From the awardwinning author of the whisperers, orlando figes natasha s dance. A cultural history of russia is a dazzling history of russia s mighty culture. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. At 582 pages of text and another 143 pages of extensive footnotes, timelines, book recommendations and index, it is a serious book. Figes, who teaches history at the university of london, previously wrote a peoples tragedy, a soul stirring chronicle of the russian revolution. Vast in scale and woven through with extraordinary stories and characters, it ranges from the splendour of eighteenthcentury st petersburg to the power of stalinist propaganda, from folk art to the magic rituals of asiatic. For one, russian culture is not a monolithic thing but rather a mixture of competing forces like modernization vs tradition. Polka from the golden age, sword dance, petrouchka russian dance, chicken reel, rosamunde ballet music and mexican hat dance jarabe tapatio natasha s choice. History on a grand scalean enchanting masterpiece that explores t. Orlando figes enthralling, richly evocative history has been heralded as a. Natashas d ance is orlando figess epic, richly evocative and unparalleled exploration of russia, its culture and people. A cultural history of russia 2002, orlando figes sweeps us up with enormous assurance but a very light touch to whirl us round and. Natasha s dance illuminates russia s cultural history with the same winning combination of vivid character studies and perceptive analysis of major events and trends.
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