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Week 9 (March 22, 23, 25) - Assignments

[Mon], [Tues], [Thurs]

To other weekly assignments: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14].

MONDAY - March 22

TUESDAY - March 23

• The Avant garde writers/poets and groups
  The Avantgarde Index: Poets and Writers. List of writers, a little bit about their work and links to sites on them.
  Symbolism Faculty page from Northwestern University.
  Modern Russian Poetry: A Portrait Gallery. Pictures presented by Gregory Freidin at Stanord University. (Includes links to some of these poets' writings.)
  The Acmeists. Gumilev. Akhmatova. Mandel'shtam. Also a little general information on Acmeism. (Includes some of the poems of these poets.)
  The Futurists. Some links to futurist poets (Mayakovsky. Khlebnikov and their poetry). From Lindsay Malcolm.
  

• Blok
  Aleksandr Blok. Picture, brief note and links to three poems ("On the field of Kulikovo," "Muse," "The Stranger"). From the page "Silver Age of Russian Poetry.
  

• Akhmatova

  Poems
  *Anna Andreevna Akhmatova. Timeline of her life, pictures, bilingual edition of her poems (some of them read). From The Poet Page.
  "In Memory of M.B.". Poem dedicated to Mikhail Bulgakov. (Read by Stanley Kunitz). On the Academy of American Poets home page. This poem is explained on another site, maintained by Felice Aull, Ph.D., New York University.
  Akhmatova. Links to sites that have translations of Akhmatova's poems. From Deep Waters.
  Anna Akhmatova Biography, the "Last Rose" and links. From Michael David Coffey. Includes photographs.
  

  Portraits
  Portrait of Anna Akhmatova (1914). By Nathan Altman. On George Mitrevski's site at Suburn University.
  Portrait of Anna Akhmatova, 1922. By the artist Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. On George Mitrevski's site at Auburn University.
  

  On Akhmatova
  Anna Akhmatova. A little information, several poems (in translation), and a few links from Liz Keslo.
  The Anna Akhmatova Museum at Fountain House. Some information about Akhmatova and where she lived. Including information on Anna Akmatova in Portraits by her Contemporaries. Homepage of Fountain House.
  Akhmatova, Anna. A short biography of this poet. From the Odessa site.
  Anna Akhmatova. A short biography from the Academy of American Poets home page. (Also a link to the poem "In Memory of M.B." read by S. Kunitz. and some other links to Akhmatova sites).
  Anna Akhmatova. A brief note and bigliography. From Kuusankosken kaupunginkirjasto.
  The Places of Anna Akhmatova. Student web project by Ken Okoth.
  

• Gumilev
  N. S. Gumilev. Biography, pictures, bilingual edition of his poems (some of them read). From the Poet Page.
  Nickolay Gumilev. Page with a picture (text, however, is in Russian).
  Nikolai Gumilev. Links to his poems (in English translation): "A Streetcar Gone Astray" and "The Giraffe", plus a short intro to his life. Site "The Silver Age of Russian Poetry" created by Lindsay Malcolm.
  

• Nicholas and Alexandra (in exhibition)
  *Nicholas and Alexandra: The Last Imperial Family of Tsarist Russia. Exhibit in Mobile Alabama mounted by Broughton International and the State Hermitage Museum.

• The Romanov Clan
  The Romanovs. From Interknowledge Corp.
  *Palace Biographies. From Bob Atchison's site on the Alexander Palace: The Time Machine. [Check out some of the Romanov biographies, the tsars/tsarinas plus some of the other relatives.]
  *House of Romanov. Family tree (from Bucknell University site).
  *Russian Czars, 1613-1917; The Romanov Dynasty. How to "address" a tsar. A brief family tree. From St. Petersburg Times "Treasures of the Czars"
  *Face to Face with the Czars. Takes you to information on all the romanov tsars and tsarinas (by century). Includes information about each and a portrait of each: rulers before Peter's time and rulers after Peter's time 18th cent., 19th cent., 20th cent.. From St. Petersburg Times "Treasures of the Czars" site.
  Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov. A brief biography from Bob Atchison's page: "Alexander Palace."

• Rasputin
  Gregoriy Yefimovich Rasputin. Brief information (with links to other historical figures) from Bob Atchison's "Alexander Palace."
  Grigory Rasputin. A brief intro from the Fresh Guide to St. Petersburg.
  Yusupov Palace. A page from Saint-Petersburg.com (brief text with a picture).
  Felix Felixovich Yussupov. Biography of one of Rasputin's assassins from Bob Atchison's "Alexander Palace" page.
  Rasputin. Links to additional pages: "A Brief History," "His Calling," "His Myth," etc. From Daniel Barry.
  Rasputin. Poet. Magician. Healer. Prophet. Holy Monk. Link to a student project by Liz hollenbach.

• The Path to Revolution (an overview)
  The Path to Revolution. From the Official Site of the Russian National Tourist Office.

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