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In 1725 the Russian Tsar, Peter the Great, signed orders for Vitus Bering to set out on the First Kamchatka Expedition in order to establish if Asia and North America were connected, and to define the north-eastern borders of the Russian Empire. A classic among the voyages of discovery, the expedition took more than five years to complete. It moved across an immense landscape, building two vessels enroute, and claiming the lives of many men, before it set sail to reveal a passage between the two continents - the present day Bering Strait.The only surviving document to preserve the day-to-day d
Discoveries in geography. --- Discoveries, Maritime --- Discovery and exploration --- Exploration and discovery --- Explorations in geography --- Exploring expeditions --- Geographical discoveries --- Geographical discovery --- Maritime discoveries --- Voyages and travels --- Explorers --- Geographical discoveries in literature --- Bering, Vitus Jonassen, --- Беринг, Иван Иванович, --- Bering, Ivan Ivanovich, --- Беринг, В. --- Bering, V. --- Беринг, Витус, --- Bering, Vitus, --- Беринг, Витус Ионассен, --- Bering, Vitus Ionassen, --- Jonassen, Bering Vitus, --- Kamchatskai͡a ėkspedit͡sii͡ --- Bering Strait --- Discovery and exploration. --- Kamchatskaia ekspeditsiia
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In his study of The Kreutzer Sonata, Peter Ulf Moeller examines the actual literary process in all its stages, from the genesis and structure of the tale to its publication, reception and effect. He describes how Tolstoj shaped his ascetic message in a provocative artistic form, how it was received by the censors, the critics, the clergy, by the general public, by other writers and - last but not least - by the author's wife. Moeller goes on to show how Tolstoj's tale immediately gave rise to a counter-literature and, in the long term, led to the eulogies to the body and the senses, characteristic of Russian decadence. By shedding light on the sexual debate, Moeller's book adds a new dimension to our understanding of the interaction between literature and society in a crucial decade of Russian history. His account of the censorship, publication and reception history of The Kreutzer Sonata corrects and supplements existing information by making use of hitherto unpublished materials in Soviet archives. These materials include Countess Sof'ja Andreevna Tolstaja's counter-story Who is To Blame?, which affords valuable new insights into the Tolstoj's dramatic marriage.
Russian literature --- Sexual ethics in literature. --- Themes, motives. --- Tolstoy, Leo, --- Ethics. --- Russia --- Intellectual life
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