Word: russianism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...loving protestations, he viewed with alarm "the stubborn unwillingness of certain Western circles" to agree to a summit meeting at once. Khrushchev praised the "immense positive role" of his, industrial reorganization, forecast that his "truly revolutionary plans" to turn over all state-owned tractors to collective farms will give Russian farmers their place in the sun, and promised houses enough for everybody in ten to twelve years...
...Pineau set up a conference for U.S., British, Chinese and other foreign newsmen with Quai d'Orsay Asia Bureau Chief Pierre Millet. Simmering, the shunned newsmen waited until Millet entered the door, then stalked out. The only stay-behinds: Anatoly Kurov of Moscow's New Times and Russian Press Attaché Alexander Kongratiev...
Although he has no idea who will pay the bills to get him even as far as Yugoslavia, Bobby is so sure that he will get to Russia that he has already begun studying Russian...
...Physical training!" snorted one elderly Russian balletomane, stomping out of Moscow's cavernous Bolshoi Theater. "Pantomime!" jeered another. Inside, the spectators traded insults for a full 15 minutes after the final curtain. Source of their excitement: a new ballet entitled Spartacus, marking the first major departure from the classic choreographic style in which Russian ballet has been frozen on pointe for 30 years...
...develop impressive technical skill. But it lived in a world apart from the fresh dance ideas that swept through Europe and the U.S. Later, the major companies commissioned works by modern composers, including Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Khachaturian, but all three tailored their music to the classic choreographic idiom. The Russians' failure in modern productions became most evident during the Bolshoi Ballet's otherwise hugely successful 1956 season at London's Covent Garden. The company expertly paraded such gorgeous old floats as Swan Lake and Giselle, but was peppered by the critics for the lack of imagination and heaviness...