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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812238003321

Autore

Raeff Marc

Titolo

Russia abroad : a cultural history of the Russian emigration, 1919-1939 / / Marc Raeff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1990

ISBN

1-280-52365-4

0-19-536349-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 pages)

Disciplina

305.8/917104/09042

Soggetti

Political refugees - Soviet Union

Russians - Intellectual life

Russians - Foreign countries

Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Refugees

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-220) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction: The Uprooted; 2. The Humiliated and the Insulted: Exile; 3. To Preserve and Transmit: Education in Exile; 4. The Gutenberg Galaxy: Publishing in Alien Lands; 5. To Keep and to Cherish: What Is Russian Culture?; 6. The Kingdom of God Is Within You: Church and Religion in the Diaspora; 7. Remembrance of Things Past: Historians and History in Russia Abroad; 8. Conclusion: By the Waters of Babylon; Notes; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

A remarkable feature of the Great Russian Emigration which followed the Revolution is how the Russian communities abroad preserved a flourishing Russian culture. This is a comprehensive cultural history of this phenomenon.