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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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