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Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Labzina's accounts of her spiritual development and her social sphere offers insights into male and female sensibilities of the time.

Examines attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs about the production and consumption of food in Russia from the late 18th century through the mid 19th century. This book looks at the way individuals sought to define their nationality not only against outside influences, but also by incorporating those outside influences into a national whole.

The large number of Jews living in Polish lands had lived as a separate estate from the Poles until the mid-nineteenth century. Focusing on many long-term factors and one major event - the Revolution of 1905 - this book traces Poland's failed attempts to integrate its Jewish communities into the country's social fabric.

Scarred by Europe's wars, Hungary produces a number of the 20th century's leading intellectuals, many of whom lived outside their native land in exile. This text argues that the great debate over communism was at the crux of the lives and thought of the Hungarian intellectuals in exile.

Focusing on the lived experience of individuals in Russia and Ukraine, these essays explore continuity and change comparatively and in the context of larger interpretative issues, such as popular culture, mentality, and religious belief.

The lubok - a broadside or poster - played an important role in Russia's cultural history. Evolving as a medium for communication, the prints were adapted to express political propaganda. This book examines the use of such prints to stir patriotic fervor during times of war, from Napoleon's failed attempt to conquer Russia to Hitler's invasion.

These 25 collected short stories introduce Shuskin to English language readers, reflecting the Siberian origins of his artistic identity. An introduction by one of the translators discusses his life and art, while a foreword looks at his work in the context of Russian village prose and nationalism.

Exploring the interplay of intelligence and foreign policy in the events leading up to the invasion known as Operation Barbarossa, this book maintains that Stalin's policy toward Germany set the stage for the German invasion.

Combining concepts and methodologies from anthropology, history, linguistics, literature, music, cultural studies, and film studies, this collection of essays addresses issues crucial to gender and national identity in Russia since the October Revolution of 1917. It is useful for students in the fields of gender studies and Russian history.

Focusing on the years 1921-1934, this book explores the great upsurge in documentary methods and approaches in the arts and reveals how the documentary impulse influenced the development of Stalinist culture. It is suitable for readers of Russian history, cultural history, literature, and film studies.

This book traces the complex process by which Budapest became a Hungarian city. Few cities grew as rapidly, and in none was nationalism woven so tightly into the urban fabric. Nemes views modern nationalism as expressed in daily events and maps its inroads into every corner of urban life.

Lovers, companions, and husband and wife, Catherine and Prince Grigory Potemkin were also close political partners. This work reveals the complexity of Catherine and Potemkin's personal relationship in light of changes in matters of state, foreign relations, and military engagements. It gives insights into Catherine's passions, and her world.

This work explores how early Soviet language culture gave rise to unparalleled verbal creativity and utopian imagination, while sowing the seeds for perhaps the most notorious forms of Orwellian "newspeak" known to the modern era.

How did educated 18th-century Russians view society? In this study, historian Elise Wirtschafter turns to literary plays to reconstruct the social thinking of the past and to discover how Russians of the Enlightenment understood themselves.

Russian monarchs have long been regarded as majestic and despotic, ruling mute and servile subjects in a vast empire isolated from the rest of Europe. Challenging this view, Whittaker uncovers a political dialogue about the nature and limitations of monarchy in 18th-century Russia.