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excess: wild steppes forward
Russians have always discussed the state of their souls as earnestly as the state of the economy of the vagaries of Russian politics. Always a strange blend of grandiose schemes, despair and optimism, futility and petty bickerings. The luxury of … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Ilya Repin, Josef von Sternberg, lansere russian artist, Madame de stael, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Marlene Dietrich, russian history, the empress petrovna, vladimir putin election 2012
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Nothing exceeds like excess. It colors a somber Russian landscape and its offshoot eccentricities perhaps aided and abetted by the extreme and often inhospitable climate. For Russia whether Czarist, Communist and new Czarist appears to have no middle ground, only … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Catherine the Great, Emil Jannings, General Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, johann-baptist lampi the elder, Josef von Sternberg, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, potemkin village, putin election 2012, tsarskoe selo, Vladimir Putin
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