Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The Cambridge companion to modern Russian culture / Nicholas Rzhevsky

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998Description: xxviii, 372p, 23cmISBN:
  • 0521477999
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 947.08 RZH
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

This volume offers an introduction to Russian culture in all its rich diversity, including the historical conditions that helped shape it and the arts that express its highest achievements. Newly commissioned essays by leading scholars explore language, religion, geography, ideological structures, folk ethos and popular culture, literature, music, theater, art, and film. A chronology and guides to further reading are also provided. Overall, the volume reveals, for students, scholars and all those interested in Russia, the dilemmas, strengths, and complexities of the Russian cultural experience.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha