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turgenev and the serfs: “baptised property”
…Vavara Petrovna, Turgenev’s mother, had her office furnished like a court of law, with her portrait behind the dais in a pose reminiscent of Catherine The Great. Here the serfs were dealt rough, often irrational judgement for the smallest transgression. … Continue reading
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catherine and the cultural show
The enduring myth of the Potemkin village. It began with Catherine The Great,s boat ride down the Dnieper in 1787, to celebrate her triumphal tour of the Crimea and the new and greater Russia. The Empress showed off the wonders … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine the Great, Catherine The Great Memoirs, Colonel Pestel Decembrist, Friedrich Melchior Grimm, General Potemkin, Konstantin Savitsky, Madame Pickwick, Maxim Gorky, Robert K. Massie, The Decembrists, Vasily Timm, Virginia Rounding
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catherine: down slippery but comfortable slopes
Catherine the great and the cultural myth of the Potemkin village. How much was true and how much was fake? Only Potemkin knew for sure on that extravagant voyage down the Dnieper in 1787… …Joseph II, who peevishly described the … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine the Great, Friedrich Melchior Grimm, General Potemkin, Gyula Illyes, Joseph II Austria, Klavdy Lebedev, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marquis de Custine, Marquis de Custine La Russie 1839, Potemkin Villages, Robert K. Massie, Sergey Kirillov Russian artist, Stepan Razin Russian rebel, Vasily Ivanovich Surikov, Virginia Rounding
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catherine: utopia and voyage of the slandered
Catherine the Great and her triumphal tour to the far reaches of her realm in 1787. The European guests were impressed, though some less than others. A Potemkin village? … …The little towns viewed from a safe distance of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine the Great, Dmitry Levitzky paintings, Friedrich Melchior Grimm, General Potemkin, Helbig envoy Saxony, Levitsky Smolyanki series, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marquis de Custine, potemkin village, Robert K. Massie, Sergei Vasilyevich Ivanov paintings, Virginia Rounding
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luxury cruise: Catherine in first class
Catherine the Great and her triumphal Crimean tour in 1787. The legend of the Potemkin village. A reality or stab at the Russians. Only Potemkin knew for sure and he never said… …At Kaidek Catherine was joined by her powerful … Continue reading
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It was Catherine the Great’s triumphant boat ride of 1787 to the Crimea and it was the longest, most lavish , most expensive boating party in world history. Whether all the wonders of her realm Catherine was showing off to … Continue reading
catherine: nothing exceeds like excess
Catherine the Great’s boat ride of 1787. The splendors of the Russian empire or hastily erected Potemkin villages with throngs of cheering serfs…… …But the limited, exacting existence of the court had not suited Potemkin’s violent and feverish energies. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine the Great, Catherine the Great Russia, Fyodor Rokotov, Fyodor Rokotov painter, General Potemkin, georg christoph grooth, Johann Georg de Mayr, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, potemkin village, Robert K. Massie, Virginia Rounding
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catherine: search for golden pheasants
Catherine’s boat ride. It was 1787 and the Empress was showing off the wonders of her realm, which were many indeed. Question was, were they real,or fake? Only General Potemkin, the one-eyed giant, knew for sure. And he wasn’t saying… … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine the Great, Czar Peter III, Diderot in Russia, Friedrich Melchior Grimm, General Potemkin, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mae West, peter woditsch, potemkin village, Taurian Palace, Virginia Rounding, Voltaire
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catherine: rule by parlor trick
1787. Catherine’s triumphal tour to the Crimea. Catherine’s boat ride. The Empress was showing off the wonders of her realm, and they were many indeed. But were they real or were they fake. Only Potemkin knew for sure, and he … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Baxter, Catherine the Great, Ernst Lubitsch, F.M. Grimm, Friedrich Melchior Grimm, General Potemkin, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Montesquieu, otto preminger, Tallulah Bankhead, vincent price, Virginia Rounding, William Eythe
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boat ride: catherine’s pleasure cruise
Catherine,s boat ride. The Empress was showing off the wonders of her realm, and they were many indeed. But were they real or were they fake? Only Potemkin, the one-eyed giant, knew for sure- and he never said… The year … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine the Great, Czar Peter III, Diderot in Russia, Elisabeth Bergner, Frederick of Prussia, Friedrich Melchior Grimm, General Potemkin, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, potemkin village, Robert K. Massie
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