History & Area Studies

David-Fox, Michael

Resistance Debate in Russian and Soviet History

Articles originally published in the journal Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History. A portion of the editors' introduction states: "Just as resistance as a historical phenomenon can appear in a wide variety of historical...

Perlina, Nina

Olga Freidenberg’s Works and Days

The name and scholarly writings of Ol'ga Mikhailovna Freidenberg (1890 thorugh 1955) remained poorly known in Russia and in the West for a long time, and it is only recently that her life and works have begun to attract the attention of scholars in...

Melancon & Pate

New Labor History

New Labor History marks a first return to labor and workers' history in the Russian field after a decade when most historians turned to other issues. In this collection, established scholars join with younger researchers to bring new materials,...

francis butler

Enlightener of Rus’

In 987 or 988 AD, the Kievan prince Vladimir Sviatoslavich chose to adopt the Christian religion for his people, a move that earned him a permanent place in the history of the East Slavs, the peoples that now inhabit Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus...

edited by eloise m. boyle & genevra gerhart

The Russian Context

The Russian Context defines Russian culture by describing the limits of the common (high) culture as it is referred to in everyday language. By high culture we mean literature, art, science, history, and we also include proverbs, government, and...

sabrina p. ramet, james r. felak, & herbert j. ellison

Nations and Nationalisms

Nationalism has been a driving force in the still unfinished era of nation-building in East Central Europe. Conventionally traced to the late Enlightenment and the French Revolution, the rise of nationalism colored nineteenth-century understandings...

Kiziria & Aronson

Georgian Language and Culture

This book is intended for students who have completed the equivalent of a first-year Georgian course. Designed to be used either in the classroom or for self-instruction, the book presupposes only a command of basic Georgian grammar and a basically...

Robert A. Maguire and Alan Timberlake (eds.)

American Contributions to the 12th International Congress of Slavists

Contents Part I: Literature CAROL J. AVINS Jewish Ritual and Soviet Context in Two Stories of Isaac Babel     11 ELLEN CHANCES Reflections of Contemporary Russian Society, Culture, and Values in Iurii Mamin's Film, Window to...

Newlin/Forrester

Toward a Classless Society

Thompson Bradley taught Russian language and literature at Swarthmore College from 1962 to 2001. He has had a tremendous and continuing influence on colleagues, friends, students, and comrades in political organizing and action. This Festschrift honors...

Tucker, Janet

Revolution Betrayed

In the novel Envy Jurij Olesha addressed one of the most critical issues of his time -- the impact of the October Revolution on Soviet intellectuals. This issue is part of the larger cultural and literary paradigm which surfaced in the nineteenth...

Poe, Marshall

Foreign Descriptions of Muscovy

Foreign accounts of Muscovy have long been recognized as fundamental historical sources. Generally speaking, they relate two kinds of evidence for those interested in early modern affairs. First, the accounts provide ample information about...

Birnbaum, Henrik

Novgorod in Focus

Contents Forward, by V.L. Yanin           9 Prefatory Note           11 1.  Novgorod Between East and West          15 2.   When and How Was Novgorod Converted...