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In this original and timely assessment of cultural expressions of paranoia in contemporary Russia, Eliot Borenstein samples popular fiction, movies, television shows, public political pronouncements, internet discussions, blogs, and religious tracts to build a sense of the deep historical and cultural roots of konspirologiia that run through Russian life. Plots against Russia reveals through dramatic and exciting storytelling that conspiracy and melodrama are entirely equal-opportunity in modern Russia, manifesting themselves among both pro-Putin elites and his political opposition. As Borenstein shows, this paranoid fantasy until recently characterized only the marginal and the irrelevant. Now, through its embodiment in pop culture, the expressions of a conspiratorial worldview are seen everywhere. Plots against Russia is an important contribution to the fields of Russian literary and cultural studies from one of its preeminent voices.

National characteristics, Russian. --- Post-communism --- Paranoia --- Conspiracy theories --- Political culture --- Popular culture --- Social aspects --- Social aspects --- konspirologiia. --- modern Russia. --- paranoia. --- pop culture. --- pro-Putin elites.

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Dacha Idylls is a lively account of dacha life and how Russians experience this deeply rooted tradition of the summer cottage amid the changing cultural, economic, and political landscape of postsocialist Russia. Simultaneously beloved and reviled, dachas wield a power that makes owning and caring for them an essential part of life. In this book, Melissa L. Caldwell captures the dacha's abiding traditions and demonstrates why Russians insist that these dwellings are key to understanding Russian life. She draws on literary texts as well as observations from dacha dwellers to highlight this enduring fact of Russian culture at a time when so much has changed. Caldwell presents the dacha world in all its richness and complexity-a "good life" that draws inspiration from the natural environment in which it is situated.

Gardening --- Organic living --- Vacation homes --- Country homes --- Russia (Federation) --- Social life and customs. --- anthropology. --- changing landscape. --- cultural anthropology. --- dacha dwellers. --- dacha life. --- dachas. --- economic landscape. --- ethnography. --- gardening. --- good life. --- literary influence. --- modern history. --- modern russia. --- natural environment. --- nonfiction. --- postsocialist russia. --- rural settings. --- russia. --- russian culture. --- russian history. --- russian life. --- russian politics. --- russian traditions. --- simple life. --- social cultural. --- summer cottage. --- traditional cottages. --- traditional dwellings.

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Manuscripts, English (Old) --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Helsingin yliopisto. --- Rossiĭskai︠a︡ nat︠s︡ionalʹnai︠a︡ biblioteka --- Manuscripts, English (Old) - Finland - Helsinki - Exhibitions --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Finland - Helsinki - Exhibitions --- Manuscripts, English (Old) - Russia - Saint Petersburg - Exhibitions --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Russia - Saint Petersburg - Exhibitions --- Manuscripts, Medieval - England - Exhibitions --- Angleterre --- Université --- Helsinki --- Catalogue de manuscrits --- Bibliothèque nationale --- Saint-Pétersbourg --- Manuscrits hagiographiques --- Hagiographie

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A surprising number of Jews lived, literally and figuratively, "beyond the Pale" of Jewish Settlement in tsarist Russia during the half-century before the Revolution of 1917. Thanks to the availability of long-closed Russian archives, along with a wide range of other sources, Benjamin Nathans reinterprets the history of the Russian-Jewish encounter.In the wake of Russia's "Great Reforms," Nathans writes, a policy of selective integration stimulated social and geographic mobility among the empire's Jews. The reaction that culminated, toward the turn of the century, in ethnic restrictions on admission to universities, the professions, and other institutions of civil society reflected broad anxieties that Russians were being placed at a disadvantage in their own empire. Nathans's conclusions about the effects of selective integration and the Russian-Jewish encounter during this formative period will be of great interest to all students of modern Jewish and modern Russian history.

Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- History --- Cultural assimilation --- Russia --- Ethnic relations. --- Jews -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.. --- Jews -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- History -- 20th century.. --- Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- Russia.. --- Russia -- Ethnic relations. --- archival. --- archives. --- central europe. --- contemporary history. --- contemporary. --- cultural history. --- cultural studies. --- culture. --- european history. --- geography. --- jewish history. --- jewish studies. --- jewish. --- judaism. --- modern history. --- modern russia. --- religion. --- religious persecution. --- revolution of 1917. --- russia. --- russian history. --- russian jew. --- russian revolution. --- social studies. --- tsarist russia. --- world history.

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What Muscovites get in a soup kitchen run by the Christian Church of Moscow is something far more subtle and complex-if no less necessary and nourishing-than the food that feeds their hunger. In Not by Bread Alone, the first full-length ethnographic study of poverty and social welfare in the postsocialist world, Melissa L. Caldwell focuses on the everyday operations and civil transactions at CCM soup kitchens to reveal the new realities, the enduring features, and the intriguing subtext of social support in Russia today.In an international food aid community, Caldwell explores how Muscovites employ a number of improvisational tactics to satisfy their material needs. She shows how the relationships that develop among members of this community-elderly Muscovite recipients, Russian aid workers, African student volunteers, and North American and European donors and volunteers-provide forms of social support that are highly valued and ultimately far more important than material resources. In Not by Bread Alone we see how the soup kitchens become sites of social stability and refuge for all who interact there-not just those with limited financial means-and how Muscovites articulate definitions of hunger and poverty that depend far more on the extent of one's social contacts than on material factors.By rethinking the ways in which relationships between social and economic practices are theorized-by identifying social relations and social status as Russia's true economic currency-this book challenges prevailing ideas about the role of the state, the nature of poverty and welfare, the feasibility of Western-style reforms, and the primacy of social connections in the daily lives of ordinary people in post-Soviet Russia.

Poor --- Food relief --- Social networks --- Soup kitchens --- Disadvantaged, Economically --- Economically disadvantaged --- Impoverished people --- Low-income people --- Pauperism --- Poor, The --- Poor people --- Persons --- Social classes --- Poverty --- Famine relief --- Food aid programs --- Food assistance programs --- Disaster relief --- Humanitarian assistance --- Public welfare --- Emergency food supply --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Kitchens, Soup --- Economic conditions --- Russia (Federation) --- Social conditions --- Soupes populaires --- Réseaux sociaux --- Aide alimentaire --- Pauvres --- Russie --- Conditions sociales --- Food distribution programs --- anthropology. --- charity. --- christian church of moscow. --- economic policies. --- ethnographic study. --- ethnography. --- hunger. --- international food aid. --- material needs. --- modern russia. --- moscow. --- muscovites. --- new russia. --- nonfiction. --- post soviet russia. --- postsocialist world. --- poverty. --- refuge. --- russia. --- russian aid workers. --- social currency. --- social practices. --- social relationships. --- social status. --- social support. --- social welfare. --- soup kitchens. --- students and teachers. --- volunteers. --- welfare. --- western reform.