Natasha's Dance

2002 by Orlando Figes

Copyright © 2002 by Orlando Figes

Copyright © 2002 by Orlando Figes

ISBN: 08050-5783-8

ISBN: 08050- 5783-8

ISBN: 08050-5783-8

For Lydia and Alice

For Lydia and Alice

For Lydia and Alice

For Lydia and Alice

Contents

Contents

Contents

List of Illustrations and Photographic Acknowledgements - ix

List of Illustrations and Photographic Acknowledgements - ix

List of Illustrations and Photographic Acknowledgements - ix

Notes on the Maps and Text - xv

Notes on the Maps and Text - xv

Notes on the Maps and Text - xv

Maps - xviii

Maps - xviii

Maps - xviii

Introduction - xxv

Introduction - xxv

Introduction - xxv

1 EUROPEAN RUSSIA - I

1 EUROPEAN RUSSIA - I

1 EUROPEAN RUSSIA - I

1 EUROPEAN RUSSIA - I

1 EUROPEAN RUSSIA - I

2. CHILDREN OF I 8 I 2. - 69

2. CHILDREN OF I 8 I 2. - 69

2. CHILDREN OF I 8 I 2. - 69

2. CHILDREN OF I 8 I 2. - 69

2. CHILDREN OF I 8 I 2. - 69

3. MOSCOW! MOSCOW! - 147

3. MOSCOW! MOSCOW! - 147

3. MOSCOW! MOSCOW! - 147

3. MOSCOW! MOSCOW! - 147

3. MOSCOW! MOSCOW! - 147

4. THE PEASANT MARRIAGE - 217

4. THE PEASANT MARRIAGE - 217

4. THE PEASANT MARRIAGE - 217

4. THE PEASANT MARRIAGE - 217

4. THE PEASANT MARRIAGE - 217

5. IN SEARCH OF THE RUSSIAN SOUL - 289

5. IN SEARCH OF THE RUSSIAN SOUL - 289

5. IN SEARCH OF THE RUSSIAN SOUL - 289

5. IN SEARCH OF THE RUSSIAN SOUL - 289

5. IN SEARCH OF THE RUSSIAN SOUL - 289

6. DESCENDANTS OF GENGHIZ KHAN - 355

6. DESCENDANTS OF GENGHIZ KHAN - 355

6. DESCENDANTS OF GENGHIZ KHAN - 355

6. DESCENDANTS OF GENGHIZ KHAN - 355

6. DESCENDANTS OF GENGHIZ KHAN - 355

7. RUSSIA THROUGH THE SOVIET LENS - 431

7. RUSSIA THROUGH THE SOVIET LENS - 431

7. RUSSIA THROUGH THE SOVIET LENS - 431

7. RUSSIA THROUGH THE SOVIET LENS - 431

7. RUSSIA THROUGH THE SOVIET LENS - 431

8. RUSSIA ABROAD - 523

8. RUSSIA ABROAD - 523

8. RUSSIA ABROAD - 523

8. RUSSIA ABROAD - 523

8. RUSSIA ABROAD - 523

List of Illustrations

List of Illustrations

List of Illustrations

and Photographic

and Photographic

and Photographic

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Every effort has been made to contact all copyright holders. The publishers will be happy to

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CHAPTER OPENERS

CHAPTER OPENERS

CHAPTER OPENERS

CHAPTER OPENERS

CHAPTER OPENERS

1. Benjamin Paterssen: Vue de la grande parade au Palais de l’Empereur

1. Benjamin Paterssen: Vue de la grande parade au Palais de l’Empereur

1. Benjamin Paterssen: Vue de la grande parade au Palais de l’Empereur

Vue de la grande parade au Palais de l’Empereur

Alexandre 1er a St Petersburg, c. 1803. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Alexandre 1er a St Petersburg, c. 1803. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Alexandre 1er a St Petersburg, c. 1803. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Alexandre 1er a St Petersburg, c.

2. Adolphe Ladurnier: View of the White Hall in the Winter Palace,

2. Adolphe Ladurnier: View of the White Hall in the Winter Palace,

2. Adolphe Ladurnier: View of the White Hall in the Winter Palace,

View of the White Hall in the Winter Palace,

St Petersburg, 1838. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg/

St Petersburg, 1838. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg/

St Petersburg, 1838. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg/

St Petersburg,

Petrushka, Moscow

Petrushka, Moscow

Petrushka, Moscow

3. St Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow, during the late nineteenth

3. St Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow, during the late nineteenth

3. St Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow, during the late nineteenth

century (photo: David King Collection, London)

century (photo: David King Collection, London)

century (photo: David King Collection, London)

4. A typical one-street village in central Russia, c. 1910. Photograph

4. A typical one-street village in central Russia, c. 1910. Photograph

4. A typical one-street village in central Russia, c. 1910. Photograph

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c.

by Netta Peacock. Victoria Albert Museum Picture Library,

by Netta Peacock. Victoria Albert Museum Picture Library,

by Netta Peacock. Victoria Albert Museum Picture Library,

London

London

London

5. Natalia Goncharova: backdrop design for The Firebird (1916)

5. Natalia Goncharova: backdrop design for The Firebird (1916)

5. Natalia Goncharova: backdrop design for The Firebird (1916)

The Firebird (1916)