| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xi, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Translation is from an unpublished manuscript"--T.p. verso. |
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"Published in ... Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto"--T.p. verso. |
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"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271). |
| Contents |
The first Romanovs : from Tsar Mikhail to Peter I -- Kantemir, Lomonosov, and Barkov -- Catherine the Great and the culture of her era -- Paul I and Alexander I; Karamzin and Zhukovsky -- Alexander I, Zhukovsky, and young Pushkin -- Nicholas I and Pushkin -- Lermontov and Bruillov -- Gogol, Ivanov, and the end of the Nicholas I era -- Alexander II, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky -- Herzen, Tolstoy, and the women's issue -- Tchaikovsky and homosexuality in imperial Russia -- Dostoevsky and the Romanovs -- Alexander III, the Wanderers, and Mussorgsky -- Nicholas II and Lenin as art connoisseurs. |
| Subject |
Romanov, House of -- History.
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Romanov, House of. |
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History. |
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Romanov, House of -- Art patronage.
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Art patronage. |
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Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Russia. |
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Kings and rulers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Authors, Russian -- Biography.
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Authors, Russian -- Biography. |
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Russian literature -- History and criticism.
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Russian literature. |
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Artists -- Russia -- Biography.
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Artists. |
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Composers -- Russia -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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Arts, Russian -- History.
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Arts, Russian. |
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Russia -- Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life. |
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Russia -- History -- 1613-1917.
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| Chronological Term |
1613-1917 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780307270634 : $30.00 |
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0307270637 |
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