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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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After years of leaving her husband and children behind in Seattle as she traveled back and forth to Russia pursuing a career, Elisa Brodinsky Miller discovers she's writing her own chapter in a book of three generations. Shortly after her father's death, Elisa discovers a cache of letters written in Russian and Yiddish among his belongings, which she quickly resolves to translate. Dated from 1914 to 1922 and addressed to her grandfather, Eli, in Wilmington, Delaware, the letters capture the eight long years that Eli spent apart from his wife and their six children who remained behind in the Pale of Settlement. With each translation, Brodinsky Miller learns more about this time spent apart, the family she knew so little about, and the country they came to leave behind, connecting her own experiences with those who came before her. This captivating memoir bridges the past with the present, as we learn about her grandparents' drives to escape the Jewish worlds of Tsarist Russia, her immigrant parents' hopes for their marriage in America, and now her turn to reach for meaning and purpose: each a generation of aspirations-first theirs, now hers.

Jewish women --- Families. --- Miller, Elisa Brodinsky --- Family. --- Biography. --- Eastern Europe. --- Family/career conflict. --- Generational legacies. --- Jewish identity. --- Jewish women. --- Judaism. --- Memoir. --- Modern Russia. --- Russian Far East. --- Russian Ukraine. --- Seattle. --- Shtetl life. --- Tillie Olsen. --- Ukrainian Jews. --- Washington. --- Yiddish. --- career. --- family history. --- genealogy. --- gulag. --- history. --- introspection. --- investigative journalism. --- journalism. --- marriage. --- motherhood. --- personal narrative. --- research. --- travel. --- womanhood. --- writing.

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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Rossiĭskai︠a︡ nat︠s︡ionalʹnai︠a︡ biblioteka --- 091 <47 ST.-PETERSBURG> --- Medieval and modern Latin manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- 091 <47 ST.-PETERSBURG> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie--ST.-PETERSBURG --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie--ST.-PETERSBURG --- Rossiĭskai︠a︡ nat︠s︡ionalʹnai︠a︡ biblioteka --- Российская национальная библиотека --- Russia (Federation). --- РНБ --- RNB --- Biblioteca nazionale di Russia --- Bibliothèque nationale de Russie --- Russian National Library --- National Library of Russia --- Roshia Kokuritsu Toshokan --- Gosudarstvennai︠a︡ publichnai︠a︡ biblioteka imeni M.E. Saltykova-Shchedrina --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Russia (Federation) - Saint Petersburg - Catalogs --- Saint-Pétersbourg --- Catalogue de manuscrits --- Bibliothèque nationale

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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Rossiĭskai︠a︡ nat︠s︡ionalʹnai︠a︡ biblioteka --- 091 <47 ST.-PETERSBURG> --- 091 =71 --- Medieval and modern Latin manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- 091 <47 ST.-PETERSBURG> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie--ST.-PETERSBURG --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie--ST.-PETERSBURG --- 091 =71 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Latijn --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Latijn --- Rossiĭskai︠a︡ nat︠s︡ionalʹnai︠a︡ biblioteka --- Российская национальная библиотека --- Russia (Federation). --- РНБ --- RNB --- Biblioteca nazionale di Russia --- Bibliothèque nationale de Russie --- Russian National Library --- National Library of Russia --- Roshia Kokuritsu Toshokan --- Gosudarstvennai︠a︡ publichnai︠a︡ biblioteka imeni M.E. Saltykova-Shchedrina --- Rossiĭskai͡a nat͡sionalʹnai͡a biblioteka --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Russia (Federation) - Saint Petersburg - Catalogs --- Saint-Pétersbourg --- Catalogue de manuscrits --- Bibliothèque nationale

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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Russians from all ranks of society were bound together by a culture of honor. Here one of the foremost scholars of early modern Russia explores the intricate and highly stylized codes that made up this culture. Nancy Shields Kollmann describes how these codes were manipulated to construct identity and enforce social norms--and also to defend against insults, to pursue vendettas, and to unsettle communities. She offers evidence for a new view of the relationship of state and society in the Russian empire, and her richly comparative approach enhances knowledge of statebuilding in premodern Europe. By presenting Muscovite state and society in the context of medieval and early modern Europe, she exposes similarities that blur long-standing distinctions between Russian and European history.Through the prism of honor, Kollmann examines the interaction of the Russian state and its people in regulating social relations and defining an individual's rank. She finds vital information in a collection of transcripts of legal suits brought by elites and peasants alike to avenge insult to honor. The cases make clear the conservative role honor played in society as well as the ability of men and women to employ this body of ideas to address their relations with one another and with the state. Kollmann demonstrates that the grand princes-and later the tsars-tolerated a surprising degree of local autonomy throughout their rapidly expanding realm. Her work marks a stark contrast with traditional Russian historiography, which exaggerates the power of the state and downplays the volition of society.

Diffamation --- Honneur --- Honor --- Libel and slander --- Courts of honor --- History. --- Soviet Union --- History --- Honor, Courts of --- Business ethics --- Legal ethics --- Medical ethics --- Calumny --- Defamation --- Slander --- Torts --- Honour --- Chivalry --- Conduct of life --- Law and legislation --- Советский Союз --- Ber. ha-M. --- Zwia̦zek Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich --- Szovjetunió --- TSRS --- Tarybų Socialistinių Respublikų Sąjunga --- SRSR --- Soi︠u︡z Radi︠a︡nsʹkykh Sot︠s︡ialistychnykh Respublik --- SSSR --- Soi︠u︡z Sovetskikh Sot︠s︡ialisticheskikh Respublik --- UdSSR --- Shūravī --- Ittiḥād-i Jamāhīr-i Ishtirākīyah-i Shūrāʼīyah --- Russia (1923- U.S.S.R.) --- Sovetskiy Soyuz --- Soyuz SSR --- Sovetskiĭ Soi︠u︡z --- Soi︠u︡z SSR --- Uni Sovjet --- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics --- USSR --- SSṚM --- Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Ṛespublikaneri Miutʻyun --- SSHM --- Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Hanrapetutʻyunneri Miutʻyun --- URSS --- Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas --- Berit ha-Moʻatsot --- Rusyah --- Ittiḥād al-Sūfiyītī --- Rusiyah --- Rusland --- Soṿet-Rusland --- Uni Soviet --- Union soviétique --- Zȯvlȯlt Kholboot Uls --- Związek Radziecki --- ESSD --- Sahaphāp Sōwīat --- KhSHM --- SSR Kavširi --- Russland --- SNTL --- PSRS --- Su-lien --- Sobhieṭ Ẏuniẏana --- FSSR --- Unione Sovietica --- Ittiḥād-i Shūravī --- Soviyat Yūniyan --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Courts --- Tribunaux --- Histoire --- Russia --- Courts of honor - Russia - History. --- Libel and slander - Russia - History. --- Honor - Russia - History. --- Patriarchy --- Muscovy --- litigation --- culture of honor --- Muscovite --- strategies of integration --- absolutist state --- European history --- early modern Russia