The Idea of Russia
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The Idea of Russia

The Life and Work of Dmitry Likhachev

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eBook - ePub

The Idea of Russia

The Life and Work of Dmitry Likhachev

About this book

Dmitry Likhachev (1906-1999) was one of the most prominent Russian intellectuals of the twentieth century. His life spanned virtually the entire century - a tumultuous period which saw Russia move from Tsarist rule under Nicholas II via the Russian Revolution and Civil War into seven decades of communism followed by Gorbachev's Perestroika and the rise of Putin. In 1928, shortly after completing his university education, Likhachev was arrested, charged with counter-revolutionary ideas and imprisoned in the Gulag, where he spent the next five years. Returning to a career in academia, specialising in Old Russian literature, Likhachev played a crucial role in the cultural life of twentieth-century Russia, campaigning for the protection of important cultural sites and historic monuments. He also founded museums dedicated to great Russian writers including Dostoevsky, Pushkin and Pasternak. In this, the first biography of Likhachev to appear in English, Vladislav Zubok provides a thoroughly-researched account of one of Russia's most extraordinary and influential public figures.

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Information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781784537272
eBook ISBN
9781786720535
Edition
1
Subtopic
Storia russa

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Plates
  6. Preface A Russian Fox
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. A Note on Russian Names
  9. 1. Vanishing Russia, 1906–1921
  10. 2. Patriotism of Pity, 1921–1928
  11. 3. Through the Gulag and Great Terror, 1928–1941
  12. 4. The Great Fatherland War, 1941–1945
  13. 5. Patriotism Defiled, 1945–1955
  14. 6. Advocate of Cultural Legacy, 1955–1965
  15. 7. The Making of a Wise Man, 1966–1976
  16. 8. Recognition, 1976–1988
  17. 9. Preparing for Collapse, 1988–1991
  18. 10. The Smoke of the Homeland, 1991–1999
  19. Conclusion Death and Beyond
  20. Notes
  21. Select Bibliography and Further Reading