To other weekly assignments: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14].
READINGS:
George. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window to the Future.... Chapter 11 "Fin De Siecle St. Petersburg," "The St. Petersburg of Nicholas II," "The Appolinians: The World of Art Movement." (pp.370-375; 384-393)
Massie. Nicholas and Alexandra. Chpts.1-6 (71pp.)
Knopf. St. Petersburg [Guide] "Theaters" (pp.68-69)
"Art Nouveau" (pp.92-93); "Russian Avant Garde" (pp.108-112); "St. Petersburg Morning"--V.Nabokov (p.118-120).A. Biely "Colors" (pp.121-122); J. Conrad "Assassinations" (pp.130-131); "An Aristocratic Revolutionary" (pp.132-133)
WEB TOPICS:
READINGS:
Biely. St. Petersburg. [Novel] Foreword, Intro., Prologue (14pp.)
George. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window to the Future.... Chapter 11:
"Revolution on the Streets" (pp.393-404)
Massie. Nicholas and Alexandra Chpts.7-9 (31pp.)
Knopf. St. Petersburg [Guide]. "The 1905 Revolution" (pp.44-45);
"Palace Square" (pp.180-181).
WEB TOPICS:
READINGS:
George. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window to the Future.... Chapter 11 "The Tragedians" (pp.411-430)
Massie. Nicholas and Alexandra Chpts.10 (17pp.)
Biely. St. Petersburg. [Novel] Chpts.1-2 (69pp.)
WEB TOPICS:
Back to the main Petersburg course page.
Back to the Russian at St. Lawrence Page.
last update: 2/29/04
MONDAY - March 8
*Saint Petersburg: 1900. A photographic catalog (50 photos) of the capital of
Imperial Russia. Page by Bob Atchison.
*Russian Empire in Photographs. From www@alphoto.ru. [Over 1,000
photos to look at!]
The Russian Empire, 1895-1910. About 15 photographs from the collection
at the University of California, Riverside.
The Path to Revolution. From the official site of the Russian National Tourist Office.
Pre-Revolutionary Photo Gallery. From "Fresh Guide to St.
Petersburg."
St. Petersburg: The Imperial City in 1894. Read this installment and the other five chapters (note navigation bar to the left on the site). Account written by E. Melchior de Vogue in 1894 and posted on the "Alexander Palace: Time Machine" site.
Memories of the Russian Court. An online book book about Romanov
Russia by Anna Vyrubova. From the Alexander Palace site. [Fascinating!]
Funeral of the Last Imperial Family. July 17, 1998 - The BBC.
Nicholas and Alexandra. Exhibition site (Mobile, Alabama) for Broughton International and the State Hermitage Museum.
Nicholas and Alexandra Romanova. Fan's page.
The Last Imperial Family of Russia. Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999 Pedro Matias
(Lots of informaiton; page is currently being updated).
*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.
Doorway to Dreamers. Russian Avant Garde art. Pictures.
Russian Avant-Garde Art. Visit each artist's personal gallery. (Send digital postcards.) From Myrto Lazopoulou.
Virtual Museum of Political Art: Socialist Realism. A private collection by MMag. Patrick Horvath and Dr. Werner Horvath.
Socialist Realism. Russian Art Gallery. Pictures. From a larger site:
Painting with the Hand and Eye of Marxism.
*Russian Stage Design, 1906-1930. Faculty web page from Northewestern
University. Pictures plus text.[Follow
Russian Theater Website. Chronology of The Russian Theater; Early 20th Century Russian Theater; etc. [Brief, but good introduction]
Russian Drama. Brief introduction to Russian Modernist Theatre.
Russian Theater and Dance. Internet resources from "slavweb".
The Forgotten Avant Garde: Soviet Composers Crushed by Stalin. Article by Andrew J. Horton. Central Europe Review (Vol.1, No.1: June 1999)
Prokofief: Prisoner of the State. By Ian MacDonald.
Shotakovich.org. Catalogue of Works, Recording Guide, Related sites. Fifth Symphony: Historical Context.
Music Under Soviet Rule. Southern Illinois University.
Soviet Composers. By author and symphony (includes some MP3 fragments). From Onno van Rijen.
TUESDAY - March 9
*"Silver Age" City (Turn-of-the-Century St. Petersburg. Page
from The History of St. Petersburg. From Saint-Petersburg.com.
The Russian Revolution. Crib sheet from the "Modern History
Sourcebook." Read the section called "The Lead-Up to Revolution." (Fordham University)
Russo-Japanese War. Encyclopedia entry. CBS.com.
Portsmouth Treaty. Entry in infoplease.com.
Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905. From the
World War I Document Archive at Brigham Young University.
*Manifesto of October 1905. Primary source posted on the
Durham University site. (Other documents on the revolutionary
movement in Russia can be found at the
Durham site (which contains many other good links to information on the Russian Revolution.
*1905 Revolution. Powerpoint presentation with a ~12 min. lecture
by Professor Michael Petrovich, with a
quiz. [Four questions...can you answer them correctly?]
Copyright: Center for Russia, East Europe
and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Revolution of 1905 in Russia. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western
New England College.
The Bolsheviks and The First Revolution in Russia. By Casey
D. Allen, Geographer, Ed.M.
*Period of the Duma. Powerpoint presentation with a ~12 min. lecture
by Professor Michael Petrovich, with a
quiz. Copyright: Center for Russia, East Europe
and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Memories of the Russian Court. Written by Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova
in 1923. This chapter is on the Duma. From The Alexander Palace site.
[Revisit these sites:]
*Palace Square. Brief text from Fresh Guide to St.
Petersburg.
Palace Square. Photo from St. Petersburg State Technical
University.
Palace Square - Alexander Column. From "Tours Around
St. Petersburg."
Palace Square, St. Petersburg Russia. Picture
© Toomas Vendelin. [His other pictures are wonderful too: go
forward and/or backwards from this slide to see them.]
Palace Square at Night. Photo from "St. Petersburg at
Night. Expo '96.
THURSDAY - March 11
[Revisit these sites:]
*The State Museum "Tzarskoie Selo".
New site from Russia. Includes history, restoration information, notes on the collections,
exhibits, cultural and recreational programs, ceremonies. You can search the site too.
*Alexander Palace Time Machine. (See the links at the bottom of the page.) Tour the palace of the last Tsar of Russia, Nikolas II,
and his family in the town of Tsarskoe Selo outside St. Petersburg.
Includes a history of the Romanov family, biographies of those in
the palace, photos of the family, and more.
*Tsarskoe Selo. History. Pictures and descriptions of the palace and
the park, the town, links to other sites, map. From Bob Atchison.
*The Great Catherine Palace of Tsarskoe selo. Actually built for another
Catherine, but Catherine the Great loved this palace and stayed there often.
Tour the palace room by room; learn the history of the place.
[One of those great pages brought to you by Bob Atchison!]
[Revisit these sites:]
*Jewels of the Romanovs. Highlights of the Exhibit: "Treasures
and of the Tsars," "Costumes and Portraits," "Church Treasures."
*Russian Imperial Style. An Introduction to the decorative arts
of Russia. Site sponsored by A La Vieille Russie.
*Faberge Eggs: Mementos of a Doomed Dynasty. PBS page. [Fabulous site]
Imperial Easter Eggs. Sponsored by A La Vielle Russie. [Beautiful!]
...The Faberge Egg "Vilnius"...and other modern Faberge eggs.
[Yes, they are still making them!]
Faberge. A brief history of the eggs. Simons in Clayton.
View the Eggs in this collection. Some of the Faberge eggs from the Forbes collection on view.
Faberge. Pages of imperial, military, silver & enamel art works, including
those in the Faberge style.
The Faberge Experience. Site by Bruce Schulman.
Faberge Imperial Eggs. From the Moscow Guide.
[Revisit these sites:]
*Key to Nevsky Prospect. From the St. Petersburg Press. The map shows
you where everything is located. [Scroll left and right to see
it all.]
Nevsky Prospect. A page from Saint-Petersburg.com.
Nevsky Prospekt. Welcome to St. Petersburg. (Contact: Zulphiya).
Andrei Belyi. Translations/selections from some of his poems. (From
Lindsay Malcolm at the University of Alberta.)
