Legacy of Tolstoy - Alexandra Tolstoy and the Soviet Regime in the 1920s

Informationen zum Autor Robert Croskey Klappentext How the daughter of Leo Tolstoy sought to preserve the work of her father after the Bolshevik revolution and became the founder of the Tolstoy Foundation Zusammenfassung Drawing on research in Russian archives! this work examines how Alexandra Tolstoy! the youngest daughter of Russian writer Lev (Leo) Tolstoy! sought to preserve the work of her father after the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917. It combines Alexandra's life with events in Soviet history and illuminates Lev Tolstoy's legacy in the Soviet period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Before the Revolution 2. Civil War 3. Iasnaia Poliana 4. Commune and Community 5. The Tolstoy Jubilee Celebration 6. The Jubilee Edition of Tolstoy's Works 7. Leaving the Soviet Union Conclusion Appendix 1: Size and Funding of Programs at Iasnaia Poliana in the 1920s Appendix 2: Lenin's Role in the Initiation of the Jubilee Edition of Tolstoy Abbreviations

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• Authors: Robert Croskey, Robert M. Croskey
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.01.2009
• EAN: 9780295988771
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98877-1
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia; Donald W. Treadgold Studies on; Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia; Donald W. Treadgold Studies on; The Legacy of Tolstoy
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies