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June 2021
Picturing Russia's Peoples Livestream chat Like all empires, the Russian Empire featured a great diversity of ethnicities, languages, and religions. The idea of Russia as an Orthodox nation of Slavs took root in the 19th century, in direct opposition to the fact that by the [...]
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Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy An online lecture by Douglas Smith The last great untold story of the Russian Revolution. Join author and historian Douglas Smith for this month's Second Saturday lecture, framed around his acclaimed book Former People. Building on Smith's [...]
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Collecting Stories: The Search for the Romanovs An exclusive online conversation with Peter Sarandinaki, President of SEARCH Foundation In July of 1918, fourteen members of the Romanov family were murdered at Ekaterinburg and at Alapayevsk. On February 7th, 1919, Nikolai Sokolov began his investigation into [...]
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From Border Guards to Body Guards: The Cossacks in Imperial Russia An online lecture by Professor Brian J. Boeck This lecture traces the rise and fall of the Cossacks as a population dedicated to the service of the Russian empire. Starting with their frontier origins [...]
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The Private World of Nicholas and Alexandra: The Restoration of the Alexander Palace and the Russian History Museum Collection Livestream chat Join us for an informal chat with curator Nick Nicholson and Executive Director Michael Perekrestov about the recent opening of the Alexander Palace in [...]
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Elite Education in Pre-Revolutionary Russia: The Imperial Educational Society of Noble Maidens An online lecture by Dr. Nancy Kovaleff Baker The Imperial Educational Society of Noble Maidens, or the Smolny Institute, was founded by Catherine the Great as the first state educational institution for women [...]
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Leon Bakst's Grand Finale: The Ballets Russes' Sleeping Princess Production of 1921 An online lecture by Anna Winestein Leon Bakst is unquestionably the iconic scenographer of the Ballets Russes, having designed more productions than anyone else, and contributed critically to the company's early success and [...]
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Dostoevsky at 200: The Russian Novel Between Tradition and Modernity An online lecture by Professor Kate Holland This talk will explore the literary legacy of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, whose bicentenary falls on November 11, 2021. Famed for his psychological insights, his examinations of faith and [...]
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Alexis in America: A Russian Grand Duke's Tour An online lecture by Professor Lee A. Farrow In the autumn of 1871, Alexis Romanov, the fourth son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, set sail from his homeland for an extended journey through the United States [...]
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A Russian Masterpiece in Paris: Karl Briullov’s Last Day of Pompeii at the 1834 Salon An online lecture by Dr. Margaret Samu In 1834 Karl Briullov’s painting The Last Day of Pompeii became the first work of Russian art to attract international attention. This dramatic [...]
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