Restoring a Forgotten Russian Masterpiece: Konstantin Paustovsky’s Story of a Life An online lecture by Douglas Smith In 1943, the Soviet author Konstantin Paustovsky started out on what would prove a masterwork, The Story of a Life, a grand novelistic memoir of a life spent on [...]
On July 10th, author and historian Douglas Smith presented "Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy." This presentation was part of the Russian History Museum's larger Second Saturday lecture series. Douglas Smith's lecture examined the lives and stories of two [...]
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 [...]
