Bibliograph

Romanov riches, Russian writers and artists under the tsars, Solomon Volkov ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis

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Romanov riches, Russian writers and artists under the tsars, Solomon Volkov ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-271)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Romanov riches

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

635461178

Responsibility statement

Solomon Volkov ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis

Sub title

Russian writers and artists under the tsars

Table Of 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

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