HISTORY OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA

WEEK - 9
Alexander II & The Great Reforms

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( an * indicates a recommended site)

Oct. 31:
Submit outline and list of works for review essay.
Billington, Icon and the Axe, pp. 360-401.

Nov. 2:
Fedor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground (novel only without commentaries).

Web Links

• Alexander II and his reign
  Alexander II. Brief note and a picture from the St. Petersburg Times (Florida) site: "Treasures of the Czars".
  *Emperor Alexandre II. Picture and a note from Bob Atchison's site on the Alexander Palace.
  

• Emancipation of the Serfs - 1861
  The Emancipation Manifesto, March 3, 1861. English translation of this document. On the Durham University site, England.
  Emancipation of the Serfs. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.

• Pobedonostsev
  Pobedonostsev. Portrait by Ilya Repin. Copyright © 1999. George Mitrevski. Auburn University.
  Konstantin Pobedonostsev. Short note and a couple of pictures. Page was prepared by Billy Oleson. His source: Brittanica Encyclopedia, 15th ed.
  Konstantin Pobedonotsev, the Ideologist of Russian Reaction. His writings: On Parliamentary Democracy; On "Freedom of the Press," On the Nature of Power, and On Education. Source: K. P. Pobyedonotseff, Reflections of a Russian Statesman, trans. R. C. Long (London: Grant Richard & Co., 1898). Revised by Nathaniel Knight.
  Pobedonostsev, Konstantin Petrovich. Entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  Konstantin Pobedonostsev. Short introduction. © 1998 Liki Rossii Publishing House. All right reserved.
  A Critique of Nihilism by Constantine Pobedonostsev: "The Ideals of Unbelief. Excerpts from Pobyedonostseff's Reflections of a Russian Statesman, R. C. Long, tr. (London: Grant Richards, 1898), pp.157-171.

• Herzen
  Alexander Herzen. Portrait by Nikolai Ge. On the Auburn University site.
  Herzen, Aleksandr Ivanovich. Entry for the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  Alexander Herzen. Quotes to inspire. ©1999 Cyber Nation International, Inc.
  Alexander Herzen: Philosophy. Short note from Philosophe. along with Alexander Herzen: Timeline. ©1999 Cyber Nation International, Inc.
  

• Pisarev
  Dmitrii Pisarev and the Nihilistic Imagination. Dissertation abstract. Peter C. Pozefsky, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993.

• Crimean War
  The Crimean War: 1853-1856. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
  Crimean War. Part of the British-Forces website. Many links to more information such as a link to the Siege of Sebastopol.
  Military Operations of the Crimean War. (C) Copyright 1997 - Michael Hargreave Mawson. (C) Print copyright Clive Farmer 1996.
  Crimean War. A page of links to texts, documents, Russia's "Disadvantaged Position" after the Crimean War, and others. © Marcus Wendel.
  The Crimean War (1853-1856). Includes links to "General Accounts, the Battles of "Inkerman" and "Balaclava" (including a link to Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854".
  The Crimean War. Includes sections: On the Eve of War, Sinop, Sevastopol, To the North and East. From the History of the Russian Navy site.
  Crimean War. Entry from the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  

• The Coming of the Railways
  The Beginnings of Railways in Russia. Essay by Kevin Fink. Dec., 1991.
  

• Narod
  Narodnichestvo. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.

• Reform and Reaction
  Reform and Reaction: Under Alexander II and III. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.

• Pan-Slavism
  Nineteenth Century Russia. Overview of the century, including a small section on Pan-Slavism. From Leonora Ritter. Charles Sturt University.

• (Dostoevsky). [Find out some general information about Dostoevsky - his life and works.]
  The World of Dostoevsky. Current links to many other pages on Dostoevsky. Posted by Ralph Koprince, University of North Dakota.
  Dostoevsky Resource Station. "200 Relevant Links" from Christian Stange. [Very useful resource]

• Dostoevsky's Petersburg
  Carpenter Lane. (Where Raskolnikov lived.), Ekaterininsky cannel. (Setting for some of the events of Crime and Punishment.), 104 Ekaterinninsky chanel. (The pawnbroker's house.), Voznesensky bridge. (Where Raskolnikov witnesses a suicide attempt.), Chapel on the Nikolaevsky bridge. (Place where Raskolnikov walks.), Sennaya Square. (Where Raskolnikov bows down to the earth.) Woodcuts from "dux.ru."
  Excursions - St. Petersburg. From "St-Petersburg Dux Comp." [Scroll down and take the excursion "St-Petersburg of Dostoevsky in painting of B. Kostigov."]
  Lonely Planet's Dostoevsky Walk. Six pictures from the St. Petersburg International Hostel Home Page.
  Dostoyevsky Memorial Museum. Page from Cityvision 2000.

• White Nights in St. Petersburg
  The Kriukov Channel.... A woodcut of where the White Nights dreamer hero would take his walks. From "dux.ru."
  White Nights in St. Petersburg. Description from Cityvision 2000.
  White Nights. Pictures from photo album by Greg Ofman.
  White Nights. Several photos and a brief text. Design by Zh.
  *The City of White Nights Saint Petersburg. An article by Lev Stone (who tries to explain the magic of this city).

• Dostoevsky's "White Nights"
  "Four Nights of a Dreamer". Some info on a French movie based on Dostoevsky's "White Nights."

• Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground
  The Price of Freedom in Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground Paper by Jessica M. Natale.
  Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground. Study notes from Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota.
  Fiction and Essay Webpage. By Professor Tom Hall, Valparaiso University. Contains a good brief introduction to Notes... along with some study questions.
  Study Guide for Notes from Underground. By Professor Paul Brians (Department of English, Washington State University).
  Kant's Aesthetics in Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground. Critical essay by David A. Goldfarb (paper delivered at the Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference, Columbia University, 18 March 1995).

• Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
  Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment. Study notes from Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota.
  Crime and Punishment Summary & Study Guide. From Professor Beyer at Middlebury College.
  Fyodor Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment: Overview. From T. Hall. [Good explanation of the "Role of Buffoonery" (Marmeladov et al). Also interesting comments on "Nihilism and Crime" and his overview on "Notes from the Underground."]
  Kama Ginka. Interview by Eleanor Wachtel (CBC radio January 26, 1999) Kama Ginka talks about his recent productions in Moscow: Hamlet and KI (Katerina Ivanova - a character from Crime and Punishment). Ginka explains why Dostoevsky is a writer who has such great resonance for Russians today. [Section on Dostoevsky begins at minute:13.25. Discussion of KI, approx.17 min.]
  

• (Chekhov). [Find out some general information about Chekhov - his life and works.]
  

• Mussorgsky
  *A History of Russian Opera in Performance: The Premiere and Revival of A Life for the Czar and Boris Godunov. Article by Elaine Scudder. [Read the section on Boris Godunov.]
  "Mussorgsky". Portrait by I. Repin. From the Russian Art page (Auburn U.).
  Modest Mussorgsky. Copyright © 1995-1998 by L.D. Lampson & Classical Net.
  "A Night on Bald Mountain" . Notes by Dawn Wilson and Bricke Murfree.
  "The Nursery". Song cycle. Notes by Lindsey Irons.
  "Sunless". Song cycle. Notes by Ellen Hoffman.
  Moussorgsky's Historical Operas. Notes by David Osler.
  Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Picture, text, bib. on the site "Little Russia" maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.

• Aivazovsy
  Gallery of Hovhannes Aivazovsky. A dozen of Aivazovsky's sea paintings shown. Copyright © 1997-1999 Armenian Enlightenment Chronicle.
  Gallery of I. K. Aivazovsky. From a site by Sergei Naumouv.
  Aivozovsky. The Ninth Wave. 1850. Painting from a page by Russell Valentino.
  A Typology of Shipwrecks and Imperilled Mariners. Fits Aivazovsky in with other shipwreck imagers. Excerpts from Chapter One of a book by George P. Landow, Professor of English and Art History, Brown University.
  Russian Collection, Inc. Aivazovskii's picture "Storm in the Arctic Ocean" on a lacquer box for sale.
  Peterhof Palace. Gallery with Aivazovskii's paintings. Copyright 1990 Daniel C. Waugh.

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