Download Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia PDF EPUB
Author: Author
Pages: 768
Size: 2.764,45 Kb
Publication Date: October 17,2003
Category: Europe
From the eighteenth hundred years with the building of St. Petersburg and culminating with the Soviet regime, Figes examines how authors, performers, and musicians grappled with the thought of Russia itself–its personality, spiritual essence, and destiny.
Skillfully interweaving the fantastic works–by Dostoevsky, Stravinsky, and Chagall–with folk embroidery, peasant music, spiritual icons, and all of the customs of lifestyle, Figes reveals the spirit of “Russianness” as wealthy and uplifting, complicated and contradictory–and more enduring than any Russian ruler or condition.