M. I. Pushchin and His Autobiographical Memoirs [PDF]
The article examines the autobiographical notes of Mikhail Ivanovich Pushchin (1800–1869), the younger brother of the “first” and “priceless” friend of A. S. Pushkin, the Decembrist I. I. Pushchin. M. I.
Pavel V. Ilyin
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Decembrists in the cultural and historical mythology of the Soviet era. Literature experience of the 1920s–1960s [PDF]
The relevance of the topic is determined by the interest of modern humanities to the myth-making aspects of the Soviet culture, including the interpretation of Decembrism.
Alexandrova, Mariya Alexandrovna
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Pestel vs. Pestel: L. Zorin’s tragedy The Decembrists and B. Okudzhava’s novel Poor Avrosimov [PDF]
This paper undertakes a comparative analysis of two interpretations of Pavel Pestel’s personality and fate in the literature of the late Khrushchev thaw.
Alexandrova, Mariya Alexandrovna
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The Story of the Decembrists in F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov [PDF]
The article searches for possible allusions to the Decembrists in F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov. The novel does not mention the Decembrists directly (compared to Demons, a few chapters of A Writer’s Diary and also some Dostoevsky’s ...
Anna L. Gumerova
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“A hitherto unheard‐of and harmful thing”: Breastfeeding and Violence in Russian Literature
Abstract This article examines the construction of maternal subjectivity in the context of breastfeeding narratives in Russian literature, from the early 1800s to the 1920s. It draws on historical and contemporary socio‐economic contexts, in Russia and the West, to support its major contention that, in literature, breastfeeding and violence are ...
Muireann Maguire
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N&N themed section: Reflections on nationalism and the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Introduction
Abstract This introduction to themed section consists of two parts: a sketch of national(ist) historiography and a brief description of the following contributions.
John Breuilly, Daphne Halikiopoulou
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The Manuscript of the Memoirs of the Decembrist S. P. Trubetskoy from the Collection of Professor I. A. Shlyapkin: Attribution, Dating, Comparison with Other Editions [PDF]
The memoirs of S. P. Trubetskoy, discovered in the collection of professor I. A. Shlyapkin, are a complete memoir essay devoted to the events of the reign of Alexander I and the interregnum of 1825 and only briefly touching on the period of investigation,
Pavel V. Ilyin
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Moscow Conspiracy of the Decembrists [PDF]
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N. I. Grech and his time in "Notes about My Life"
Nikolay Ivanovich Grech—one of the most influential writers of the historical-literary process in the first half of the XIXth century, and the objective value of his life philosophy and works need to be objectively restored. The article considers memoirs
Natalya Mikhaylovna Ilchenko
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Senate Square: Decembrists Against Decembrists
This article deals with a historical paradox: the participation of former and present members of the secret Decembrist societies in suppressing the St Petersburg uprising on 14 December 1825, Decembrists against Decembrists. Thus, Colonel Vasily Perovsky, a former member of the Union of Welfare, Nicholas’s I adjutant, met Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich ...
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