Romanov Riches : : Russian Writers and Artists Under the Tsars
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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 Briullov -- Gogol, Ivanov, Tyutchev 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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Fascinating History submitted by timdufresne on July 17, 2018, 2:28pm Great exploration of a fascinating topic!
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New York : Knopf, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 285 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0307270637
9780307270634
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bouis, Antonina W.
SUBJECTS
Romanov, House of -- History.
Romanov, House of -- Art patronage.
Authors, Russian -- Biography.
Russian literature -- History and criticism.
Artists -- Russia -- Biography.
Composers -- Russia -- Biography.
Arts, Russian -- History.
Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Russia -- Intellectual life.
Russia -- History -- 1613-1917.