Lev Berdnikov (18 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Publisher: Russian Information Services, Inc., Montpelier, Vermont, 2011. First English language translation. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. A slight touch of wear to corners. Cover: Red Square in Moscow (1801) by Fyodott Alexeyev (176-1824). Clean, unmarked, solid book. Lev Berdnikov offers 28 portraits spanning five centuries of Russian Jewish history, and each opens a new window onto the history of Eastern Europe's Jews, challenging widely-held conceptions about the role of Jews in Russian history. Each served a Russian Tsar, emperor or empress--businessmen, doctors, scholars, diplomats, ministers of finance, etc. Taken together, their influence on the course of Russian history was profound. 9 x 6 inches. 287 pages with Brief Chronology of Jewish-Russian History; Bibliography; Index; About the Author and Translator. 2011, Russian Information Services, Inc., Montpelier, Vermont.

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Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: As New. KhVIII vek - samyj zagadochnyj i uvlekatelnyj period v istorii Rossii. On raskryvaet pered nami lyubopytnejshie i chasto neozhidannye stranitsy toj slavnoj epokhi, kogda stirayutsya grani mezhdu spektaklem i samoj zhiznyu, kogda vse prevrashchaetsya v bolshoj kostyumirovannyj bal s ego intrigami i dvortsovymi tajnami. Proslezhivayutsya sudby tseloj pleyady geroev bylykh vremen, s imenami gromkimi i sovershenno zabytymi nyne. Pri etom dazhe znakomye personazhi - Petr I, Frants Lefort, Aleksandr Menshikov, Ekaterina I, Anna Ioannovna, Elizaveta Petrovna, Ekaterina II, Ivan Shuvalov, Pavel I - pokazany kak derzkie zakonodateli novoj mody i novoj formy povedeniya. Petr Velikij pytalsya vvesti evropejskij obraz zhizni na russkoj zemle. No prizhivalsya on trudno: vse vyglyadelo podchas smeshno i nelepo. Kureznye svadebnye kortezhi, kotorye vezli moloduyu paru na vernuyu smert v ledyanoj dom, prazdnestva, obstavlennye na shutovskoj maner, - vse eto otdavalo varvarstvom i zhestokostyu. Pochemu tak proiskhodilo, chitajte v knige istorika i kulturologa Lva Berdnikova.

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8vo, 2 vols., pp. 398, [1]; 347, [1]; text in Russian; text illustrations; pictorial boards; fine.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this book by the eminent writer Lev Berdnikov appear scenes from the Russian eighteenth century - the orgies of the All-Jesting, All-Drunken Assembly where Peter the Great reigned; the comic funerals of dwarfs; the reading of panegyric sonnets at the Court of Empress Anna Ivanovna; and the riotous masquerades or "metamorphoses" of the autocratic fashion-plate Elizabeth Petrovna. The author traces the fate of an entire galaxy of heroes of bygone days, whose names, renowned in their day, are completely forgotten today. Attention is also paid to Russian poets' conquest of the capricious and demanding sonnet form which they perceived as a victory over a great challenge. This victory - the mastery of European artistic experience, adjusted for Russian tastes, and the affirmation of Russians' faith in themselves - was considered a national achievement. The book is about those who contributed to the development of Russian culture and who extraordinarily enriched it, helping to prepare the way for what she now has the right to be proud of. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Benjamin Disraeli advised, 'Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.' With Jews in Service to the Tsar, Lev Berdnikov offers us 28 biographies spanning five centuries of Russian Jewish history, and each portrait opens a new window onto the history of Eastern Europe's Jews, illuminating dark corners and challenging widely-held conceptions about the role of Jews in Russian history.The 28 individuals profiled in these pages are bound by a single thread: each served a Russian tsar, emperor, or empress sometime between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. Beyond that, they were an exceptionally diverse lot in addition to businessmen, diplomats, scholars, and doctors, there was a police chief, one of Russia's most effective ministers of finance, and two very different 'court jesters.' Taken together, their influence on the course of Russian history was profound.Berdnikov's book, which has enjoyed considerable popularity in Russia, has been called 'a weighty document of historical truth,' and been acclaimed for its 'calm impartiality,' for the 'sincerity of the author's voice,' and for the depth and breadth of Berdnikov's research into archives and other historical sources that have only recently become accessible.