1407'>And a wandering blind man praises the Holy Saviour,
And a wandering blind man praises the Holy Saviour,
And a wandering blind man praises the Holy Saviour,
And I present to you my city of church bells
And I present to you my city of church bells
And I present to you my city of church bells
- Akhmatova! - and also my heart.129
- Akhmatova! - and also my heart.129
- Akhmatova! - and also my heart.129
Through their friendship in these years, Tsvetaeva gave Moscow to fellow poet Mandelsta
Through their friendship in these years, Tsvetaeva gave Moscow to fellow poet Mandelsta
Through their friendship in these years, Tsvetaeva gave Moscow to fellow poet Mandelsta
After 1917 Moscow superseded Petersburg. It became the Soviet capital, the cultural ce
After 1917 Moscow superseded Petersburg. It became the Soviet capital, the cultural ce
After 1917 Moscow superseded Petersburg. It became the Soviet capital, the cultural ce
believed, if only for a few years in the 1920s, that they saw their ideal city taking shape in
believed, if only for a few years in the 1920s, that they saw their ideal city taking shape in
believed, if only for a few years in the 1920s, that they saw their ideal city taking shape in
Soviet Moscow was supremely confident, its confidence reflected in the huge building pr
Soviet Moscow was supremely confident, its confidence reflected in the huge building pr
Soviet Moscow was supremely confident, its confidence reflected in the huge building pr
Stalin’s Moscow was thus recast as an imperial city - a Soviet Petersburg - and, like that
Stalin’s Moscow was thus recast as an imperial city - a Soviet Petersburg - and, like that
Stalin’s Moscow was thus recast as an imperial city - a Soviet Petersburg - and, like that
a suppressed manuscript about Pontius Pilate and the trial of Christ. As their horses le
a suppressed manuscript about Pontius Pilate and the trial of Christ. As their horses le
a suppressed manuscript about Pontius Pilate and the trial of Christ. As their horses le
And yet throughout the twentieth century Moscow was still ‘home’. It was still the mother c
And yet throughout the twentieth century Moscow was still ‘home’. It was still the mother c
And yet throughout the twentieth century Moscow was still ‘home’. It was still the mother c
A haze of legend will be cast Over all, like scroll and spiral Bedecking gilded boyar chamb
A haze of legend will be cast Over all, like scroll and spiral Bedecking gilded boyar chamb
A haze of legend will be cast Over all, like scroll and spiral Bedecking gilded boyar chamb
By midnight denizens and dreamers Moscow most of all is cherished. Here is their home, the
By midnight denizens and dreamers Moscow most of all is cherished. Here is their home, the
By midnight denizens and dreamers Moscow most of all is cherished. Here is their home, the
overleaf: A typical one-street village in central Russia, c. 1910
overleaf: A typical one-street village in central Russia, c. 1910
overleaf: A typical one-street village in central Russia, c. 1910
A typical one-street village in central Russia,
In the summer of 1874 thousands of students left their lecture halls in Moscow and St Peters
In the summer of 1874 thousands of students left their lecture halls in Moscow and St Peters
In the summer of 1874 thousands of students left their lecture halls in Moscow and St Peters
Yet this was no ordinary political movement. The ‘going to the people’ was a form of pilg
Yet this was no ordinary political movement. The ‘going to the people’ was a form of pilg
Yet this was no ordinary political movement. The ‘going to the people’ was a form of pilg
born into privilege. ‘We have come to realize’, the prominent Populist theoretician
born into privilege. ‘We have come to realize’, the prominent Populist theoretician
born into privilege. ‘We have come to realize’, the prominent Populist theoretician
What had given rise to these idealistic hopes was the emancipation of the serfs. Writers
What had given rise to these idealistic hopes was the emancipation of the serfs. Writers
What had given rise to these idealistic hopes was the emancipation of the serfs. Writers
It was such a vision that inspired the students to go to the people. Brought up as they wer
It was such a vision that inspired the students to go to the people. Brought up as they wer
It was such a vision that inspired the students to go to the people. Brought up as they wer
Some of the Populists who left their parents’ homes to live in labouring communes’ where
Some of the Populists who left their parents’ homes to live in labouring communes’ where
Some of the Populists who left their parents’ homes to live in labouring communes’ where
continued to inspire their rejection of the old society. This generation gap was the su
continued to inspire their rejection of the old society. This generation gap was the su
continued to inspire their rejection of the old society. This generation gap was the su
’The peasants have completely overwhelmed us in our literature’, wrote Turgenev to Pav
’The peasants have completely overwhelmed us in our literature’, wrote Turgenev to Pav
’The peasants have completely overwhelmed us in our literature’, wrote Turgenev to Pav
Russia is contained in the rural depths Where eternal silence reigns.6
Russia is contained in the rural depths Where eternal silence reigns.6
Russia is contained in the rural depths Where eternal silence reigns.6
Armies of folklorists set out to explore these rural depths. ‘The study of the people is the
Armies of folklorists set out to explore these rural depths. ‘The study of the people is the
Armies of folklorists set out to explore these rural depths. ‘The study of the people is the
