HISTORY OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA

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Russia: The World's First "Developing Society"?

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Nov. 14:
Excerpt from G.T. Robinson, Rural Russia under the Old Regime, in coursepack (37 pp.).
Alexander Gerschenkron, "Problems and Patterns of Russian Economic Development," in coursepack (27 pp.).

Nov. 16:
Excerpt from Olga Semyonova Tian-Shanskaia, Village Life in Late Tsarist Russia, in coursepack (24 pp.).

Web Links

• Early 20th Century
  The Path to Revolution. From the Official Site of the Russian National Tourist Office.
  *Tsarist Russia. Page from the History Channel.
  Memories of the Russian Court. An online book book about Romanov Russia by Anna Vyrubova. From the Alexander Palace site. [Fascinating!]

• Nicholas and Alexandra
  Nicholas & Alexandra: The Love Affair that Shaped Russia's History. (Five " chapters" briefly telling about this couple).
  Nicholas II, Tsar of All the Russia's. A list of his "official titles.
  The Gala Coronation Ceremony of the Last Russian Tsar. By Vladimir Oustinenko.
  Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich. The tsar as a young boy and young man. From the site "The Last Imperial Family."
  Princess Alice. Alexandra's mother. From the site "The Last Imperial Family."
  Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine. Alexandra as a young girl. From the site "The Last Imperial Family."
  Forbidden Love. The early love of this couple. From the site "The Last Imperial Family."
  At the Top of the Empire. Nicholas' coming to power. From the site "The Last Imperial Family."
  The Last Imperial Family of Russia. Source for some of the above pages. [Follow the further story of the Romanovs in pictures and text on this well-done page.]
  The Imperial Family. From the International Romanov Society.

• Russian art of the early 20th century (Realism. Symbolism. Avant Garde. Constructivism. Socialist Realism.)
  *Russian Painting of the 20th Century. Pictures and text © Alexander Boguslawski.
  *Russian Realism. The first of 11 pages showing the changes in the visual arts (beginning with realism) from the end of the 19th cent. into the early 20th century. [Follow these pages through from beginning to the part on Russian Stage Design.] Faculty web page from Northwestern University.
  *Russian Avant-Garde Art. Sources, books, links, etc. From [See especially the Avantgarde Index of the Painters and the Avantgarde Index of Others. Follow some of the links.] From I. Pritzker.
  History: The Avant-Garde. Introductory text by Mishenka (Paris Community Pages).
  Portrait of an Assassin - The Artists. Russian Artists of the Silver Age. An interesting page accompanying a book you can read (if you are into such things). From a book by Lewis Tracy.

• Russian Theater in St. Petersburg
  *Russian Stage Design, 1906-1930. Faculty web page from Northewestern University. Pictures plus text.[Follow Theater Links to other (student) pages on the Russian theater, movies, Chekhov, Ostrovsky, and the Mariinsky Theater.
  Theater and Dance. Links from The Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University.

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