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Opening night at Symphony Hall on Wednesday began as an all-out, all-Russian night. Ladies in evening gowns mingled with their tuxedoed dates in the lobby as displays of potatoes flanked rows of shot glasses filled with a Russian vegetable-based concoction at the cocktail reception. The recently restored clerestory windows let in natural light for the first time in 65 years, but, most importantly, the concert program featured the works of three great Russian composers. When the last round of applause on Wednesday night faded into indistinguishable chatter, the concertgoers left the hall assured that American-born conductor...
...consider ourselves Russian," Alexei says. "We belong to the white race!" According to Vyacheslav Sukhachev, professor of sociology at the University of St. Petersburg and an expert on Nazism, this kind of racism is seeping into society at large. Polls back this assertion up. In a survey by the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Studies (VTSIOM) published last month, 61% of those polled approved of the "Russia for Russians" slogan, almost twice the 31% level recorded in 1998. According to a March study by the Moscow-based Ekspertiza Foundation, an independent think tank, 60% of those surveyed wanted...
...HARVARD-RADCLIFFE ORCHESTRA. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra performs an “All-Russian Program” featuring Prokofiev’s “Lt. Kije,” Kabalevsky’s “Colus Bergeron Overture,” and Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibiton,” with guest conductor Gil Rose. Friday, April 4, at 8 pm. Tickets $13/$11/$8 general, $10/$8/$6 students (2 per ID). Series tickets available at $38/$32/$23 general, $29/$23/$17 students, and $10/$8/$6 for groups...
According to a poll conducted in early October by the All-Russian Public Opinion Center, some 41 percent of Moscow’s residents support Luzhkov’s plan, while 50 percent are against it. Many have complained that on two previous occasions during his mayoralty, Luzhkov rejected the initiative of bringing back Dzerzhinsky’s statue. Rumors have swirled that he is now endorsing the scheme to curry favor with Russian President Vladimir V. Putin, an ex-KGB colonel...
Many ordinary Russians retain their deep ambivalence toward the U.S. A few days after Sept. 11, the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion, a prominent polling organization, asked Russians whether they agreed with the statement that the U.S. had "got its just deserts"; 35% agreed. The next week the pollsters repeated their question - 50% now supported the statement...