| Description |
1 online resource (lxv, 727 pages) |
| Contents |
Chapter adventure novel (prikliuchencheskii roman) -- chapter Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna -- chapter Aleksandrov Soviet Army Song and -- chapter Amber Room -- chapter Androvskaia, Olga Nikolaevna -- chapter APN (Agenstvo Pechati Novosti) -- chapter art galleries and exhibition halls -- chapter art, Soviet -- chapter Astafev, Viktor Petrovich -- chapter avos/avoska -- chapter babushka -- chapter Baltic actors in Soviet cinema -- chapter baranka -- chapter Batalov, Aleksei Vladimirovich Belarus -- chapter Belov, Vasilii Ivanovich -- chapter Bodrov, Sergei Vladimirovich -- chapter Bogatyrev, Iurii Georgievich -- chapter Borisov, Oleg Ivanovich -- chapter Buriatia -- chapter Bykov, Vasilii Vladimirovich -- chapter censorship -- chapter cheating (shpargalka) chebureki -- chapter Chukovskaia, Lidiia Korneevna church architecture, Russian Orthodox -- chapter circus -- chapter Communist Party -- chapter Cuban missile crisis -- chapter Denisov, Edison Vasilevich Desiatnikov, Leonid Arkadievich -- chapter dissident -- chapter Dolina, Larisa Aleksandrovna -- chapter Dumbadze, Nodar Vladimirovich Durov Animal Theatre -- chapter Dvorzhetskii, Vladislav -- chapter educational stipends, Soviet/post- -- chapter Eifman, Boris Iakovlevich -- chapter Erenburg, Ilia Grigorievich Erofeev, Venedikt Vasilievich -- chapter ethnic minorities (malye narody) -- chapter Evenki -- chapter Evtushenko, Evgenii Ezhov, Valentin Ivanovich Aleksandrovich -- chapter fan (bolelshchik) -- chapter figure skating -- chapter film, Georgian -- chapter film, television -- chapter five-year plan (piatiletka) -- chapter folk music -- chapter folk mythology -- chapter Gamzatov, Rasul Gazmatovich -- chapter Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich -- chapter Gorbacheva, Raisa Maksimovna -- chapter Gradskii, Aleksandr Borisovich -- chapter Gubaidulina, Sofiia Asgatovna -- chapter GUM Gurchenko, Liudmila Markovna -- chapter Gypsy/Roma -- chapter Gypsy music (tsyganskaia muzyka) -- chapter homosexuality -- chapter hotels -- chapter human rights organizations -- chapter Iakovlev, Egor Vladimirovich -- chapter Iakutia (Sakha) -- chapter Ilenko, Iurii Gerasimovich Infante, Francisco -- chapter internationalism -- chapter Iusov, Vadim Ivanovich Ivanov-Vano, Ivan Petrovich -- chapter Judaism -- chapter Karelia Karmen, Roman Lazarevich -- chapter Kasparov, Garri Kimovich -- chapter Kazakov, Iurii Pavlovich Khachaturian, Aram Ilich -- chapter kharakteristika (reference) -- chapter Khazanov, Gennadii Viktorovich -- chapter Komar and Melamid -- chapter Kondratev, Pavel Mikhailovich -- chapter Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich -- chapter kotlety -- chapter Kozin, Vadim Alekseevich -- chapter Kulik, Oleg Borisovich -- chapter Lanovoi, Vasilii Semenovich -- chapter lines -- chapter literature, foreign, in translation -- chapter literature, Soviet Republics -- chapter Mari -- chapter Masterkova, Lidiia Alekseevna -- chapter Menshov, Vladimir Valentinovich -- chapter migration, post-Soviet -- chapter Mindadze, Aleksandr Anatolievich -- chapter Mironov, Evgenii Vitalievich -- chapter Mitta, Aleksandr Naumovich -- chapter Molokhovets, Elena Ivanovna -- chapter monuments, post-Soviet -- chapter Mordva -- chapter Moscow -- chapter Moscow Conservatory -- chapter names and renaming, Soviet -- chapter national myths (narodnye mify) -- chapter Neizvestnyi, Ernst Iosifovich -- chapter Nemtsov, Boris Efimovich Nenets (Samoeds) -- chapter Nesterova, Natalia Igorevna -- chapter Nikonov, Pavel Mitrofanovich -- chapter Old Church Slavonic (Old Church Slavic) -- chapter Osmolovskii, Anatolii Feliksovich -- chapter Ovchinnikov, Vladimir Afanasevich -- chapter pantomime -- chapter Pa¨rt, Arvo -- chapter Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich -- chapter Paustovskii, Konstantin Georgievich -- chapter Pelevin, Viktor Olegovich -- chapter Pioneer organization -- chapter Plotnikov, Valerii Fedorovich -- chapter Poklonnaia gora -- chapter Pokrovskii, Dmitrii Viktorovich -- chapter Pozner, Vladimir Vladimirovich -- chapter proverbs (poslovitsy) -- chapter radio, Soviet -- chapter religion and spiritualism, non-traditional -- chapter rock opera (rok-opera) -- chapter Rodnina, Irina Konstantinovna Roma -- chapter Rostropovich, Mstislav Leopoldovich -- chapter Rozov, Viktor Sergeevich -- chapter RSFSR -- chapter Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (RATI, formerly GITIS) -- chapter Russian State Library (Rossiiskaia -- chapter Samoilova, Tatiana Evgenevna -- chapter science fiction (nauchnaia fantastika) -- chapter scientific organizations (nauchnye obshchestva) -- chapter 17 Moments of Spring |
| Summary |
This addition to the highly successful Contemporary Cultures series covers the period from period 1953, with the death of Stalin, to the present day. Both 'Russian' and 'Culture' are defined broadly. 'Russian' refers to the Soviet Union until 1991 and the Russian Federation after 1991. Given the diversity of the Federation in its ethnic composition and regional characteristics, questions of national, regional, and ethnic identity are given special attention. There is also coverage of Russian-speaking immigrant communities. 'Culture' embraces all aspects of culture and lifestyle, high and po |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Civilization
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| SUBJECT |
Russia (Federation) -- Civilization -- Encyclopedias
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Soviet Union -- Civilization -- Encyclopedias
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| Subject |
Russia (Federation)
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smorodinskaya, Tatiana, 1961-
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Evans-Romaine, Karen
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Goscilo, Helena
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| ISBN |
9780203825570 |
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0203825578 |
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1135003718 |
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9781135003715 |
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1283882922 |
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9781283882927 |
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1136787860 |
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9781136787867 |
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1136787852 |
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9781136787850 |
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