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In Hunting Nature, Thomas P. Hodge explores Ivan Turgenev's relationship to nature through his conception, description, and practice of hunting-the most unquenchable passion of his life. Informed by an ecocritical perspective, Hodge takes an approach that is equal parts interpretive and documentarian, grounding his observations thoroughly in Russian cultural and linguistic context and a wide range of Turgenev's fiction, poetry, correspondence, and other writings. Included within the book are some of Turgenev's important writings on nature-never previously translated into English. Turgenev, who is traditionally identified as a chronicler of Russia's ideological struggles, is presented in Hunting Nature as an expert naturalist whose intimate knowledge of flora and fauna deeply informed his view of philosophy, politics, and the role of literature in society. Ultimately, Hodge argues that we stand to learn a great deal about Turgenev's thought and complex literary technique when we read him in both cultural and environmental contexts. Hodge details how Turgenev remains mindful of the way textual detail is wedded to the organic world-the priroda that he observed, and ached for, more keenly than perhaps any other Russian writer.

Comparative literature. --- Russian literature --- Russian culture --- fiction --- nature --- correspondence --- Turgenev --- poetry

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Sergey Gandlevsky's 2002 novel Illegible has a double time focus, centering on the immediate experiences of Lev Krivorotov, a twenty-year-old poet living in Moscow in the 1970s, as well as his retrospective meditations thirty years later after most of his hopes have foundered. As the story begins, Lev is involved in a tortured affair with an older woman and consumed by envy of his more privileged friend and fellow beginner poet Nikita, one of the children of high Soviet functionaries who were known as "golden youth."In both narratives, Krivorotov recounts with regret and self-castigation the failure of a double infatuation, his erotic love for the young student Anya and his artistic love for the poet Viktor Chigrashov. When this double infatuation becomes a romantic triangle, the consequences are tragic.In Illegible, as in his poems, Gandlevsky gives us unparalleled access to the atmosphere of the city of Moscow and the ethos of the late Soviet and post-Soviet era, while at the same time demonstrating the universality of human emotion.

Fiction & Short Stories. --- contemporary Russian literature, Russian culture, Soviet dissident literature, samizdat, Russian poetry.

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In 2014, when the Russian-Latvian radio talk-show host Aleks Dubas started asking his celebrity guests to describe a personal “moment of happiness” in their lives, the results were unexpectedly frank and exhilarating. Soon the project expanded to include submissions from 2 million listeners. This book holds a collection of dozens of mini-stories about human joy, ranging from diver’s first beholding of the underwater world, to a mother’s revelation in sign language, to a Russian rock star’s rousing concert in Ukraine. As Aleks puts it, “this book is a distillation – and a catalyst – of intense happiness.”

Russia. --- Russian culture. --- Russophone world. --- happiness. --- humor. --- inspiration. --- joy. --- personal growth. --- popular culture. --- short essays. --- social science.

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In einer vom Christentum geprägten Kultur geht es darum, die ihr zugrundeliegenden religiösen Figuren zu entschlüsseln. Dazu will die vorliegende Arbeit einen Beitrag leisten. Es geht darum, eine Figur zu untersuchen, die das "Funktionieren" der altrussischen Kultur begründete, und die gemeinhin "das neoplatonische Urbild-Abbild-Denken" genannt wird. Implizit wird hier davon ausgegangen, daß im 10. und 11. eine Beeinflussung der slavischen Kultur durch das byzantinische Christentum orthodoxer Prägung stattgefunden hat, deren genaue Art und Weise nicht eruiert werden soll. Der Untersuchung des Urbild-Abbild-Denkens in der byzantinischen Kultur und seiner Bindung an die Ikonenverehrung ist deshalb ein erster Teil dieser Arbeit gewidmet, der Untersuchung des altrussischen Urbild-Abbild-Denkens der nächste und größte Teil.

Old Russian culture --- Byzantine culture --- Abbild --- Altrußland --- Das heilige Rußland --- der Ikonostas --- Die Dynastie Vladimir Svjatoslavičs --- Herrschaft --- Jahrhundert --- Johannes Damascenos --- Platon --- Soldat --- Untersuchungen --- Urbild --- Weltbild

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"This collection of essays examines the lives of women across Russia--from wealthy noblewomen in St Petersburg to desperately poor peasants in Siberia--discussing their interaction with the Church and the law, and their rich contribution to music, art, literature and theatre. It shows how women struggled for greater autonomy and, both individually and collectively, developed a dynamic presence in Russia's culture and society"--Publisher's description.

Upper class women --- Women --- History --- Social conditions. --- Russia --- Soviet Union --- Social life and customs --- women's history --- cultural studies --- russian literature --- russian religion --- russian culture --- nineteenth century russia --- feminism --- russian art --- music --- theatre --- russian history --- gender studies --- women in the arts --- Moscow --- Peasant --- Rape --- Saint Petersburg