Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia

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He argues that - or rather describes how - Russia's upper classes imbibed the peasant life from birth. Ma il diritto di criticare la Russia è mio, perché la Russia è mia e perché io l’amo, e non concedo questo diritto a nessuno straniero.

It is a history of folklore, art, music, poetry and famous figures and how they crossed paths to great the Russian identity.All in all, this is a must-read for anyone who's dipped into Russian literature or art and wondered what it took for one country to produce the likes of "War and Peace," "Crime and Punishment," "The Battleship Potemkin," "The Rites of Spring," and Russian nesting dolls.

The desperate peasant woman in The Brothers Karamazov who has lost her boy is told by Zosima that God has taken him and given him the rank of an angel. Figes kirjutab oma teoses, mille pealkirjaks võinuks vabalt olla ka näiteks rowlinglikult "Vene hing ja kust teda leida", kyllalt põnevalt Vene identiteedi olemusest ja ajaloolisest kujunemisest; millisena on teda erinevatel aegadel nähtud, kust ja kes on teda proovitud leida, ning milliseks on pyytud teda väänata, kui selgub, et reaalsus ei klapigi idealistlike kujutelmadega. Dekabristlerin girişimi başarısız olmasına rağmen kültürel açıdan etkisi dalga dalga yayıldı diye düşünüyorum.I understood what was behind the circle of incredible Russian composers and artists who all came up under the encouragement of Russophile critic Vladimir Stasov--Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Repin, Kramskoi, Vasnetsov, etc.