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...cultural phenomenon in a sense. There are other countries where people are more aware of poetry, which just seems to have to do with certain cultural values,” says Holden. “For instance…almost anybody in Russia can quote poems. They all know Pushkin poems by heart.” “I would assert that it’s partly an educational issue” adds Vasiliauskas. “I think what education can do is to cultivate a willingness to slow down and to show that [poetry] is pleasurable...
...what she calls the “dark side” of mother-daughter relationships in Jane Austen’s novels. But Randall discourages comparisons between her writing and her life.“The character Windsor Armstrong [from Randall’s second novel, “Pushkin and the Queen of Spades”] does attend Harvard University, and she does bear some similarities to aspects of my life,” she says. But, “I am a writer of fiction.”‘LARGER THAN LIFE’Starting freshman...
...Tomb across Red Square, which may well have the best olives in Europe, and order a cappuccino. Walk out into Nikolskaya Street, and turn into posh Tretyakovsky Proezd Street, where Bentleys sell like hotcakes opposite the FSB (former KGB) headquarters. Walk up Petrovka Street and turn left to Pushkin Square, Moscow's real heart. Go to the Pushkin, the best Russian restaurant in town, pictured. Trust your waiter's taste-and order your vodka straight away...
...worked under Soviet rule—and was denounced in 1936 for composing “muddle instead of music”—both Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky were of the Tsarist era. The power and beauty of their compositions can be compared favorably to the works of Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Gorky. The Philharmonic will play Tchaikovsky’s “Fifth Symphony,” a work composed after a long period of inactivity caused by his attempts to “cure” himself of his homosexuality, and one that reaffirmed his compositional mastery...
...wonder across Red Square, which may well have the best olives in Europe, and order a cappuccino. Walk out into Nikolskaya Street, and turn into posh Tretyakovsky Proezd Street, where Bentleys sell like hotcakes opposite the FSB (former KGB) headquarters. Walk up Petrovka Street and turn left to Pushkin Square, Moscow's real heart. Go to the Pushkin, the best Russian restaurant in town, pictured. Trust your waiter's taste - and order your vodka straight away. yuri zarakhovich, TIME Moscow correspondent Charming Prechistenka Street leads you to the Temple of Christ the Savior. Emperor Nicolas I ordered a 14th century...