Word: russianize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Pius XI, chiefly through his Polish representatives on the frontier, but also through representatives at Petrograd and Moscow, has advanced the Roman Catholic Church in Russia by non-political benevolence. The Vatican is known as the great opponent of communism. If the revolution destroys the monopoly of the Russian Church, and if Russia gradually abandons communism the Roman Catholic Church may find itself presented with a unique opportunity to establish itself in the vastness of Russia...
Once upon a time folk-dances were common. Flaxen-haired madchens whirled before the Bohemian alehouse; Russian peasants brought in the harvest with a grand clicking of heels; and the toreador's wife turned exultant somersaults in the market place, while her husband slew the bull. Each of these was a primitive expression of emotion. The skips and contortions the ballet stage are all that now remains of these old-time dances. The originals have been so greatly modified and "aestheticized" by the professors of terpsichorean that their originators would scarcely recognize them. The folk-dance was natural; the imitation...
...just returned from the countries east of the Elbe and Danube. He reports that Russian conditions are misrepresented, or at best inadequately described by the daily press of the U. S. Many news despatches about Russia emanate from border countries hostile to the Soviet Government; the false bias of these despatches is not properly discounted by American news receivers...
Boris Godunov, with the Russian, Feodor Chaliapin, in the title role, will open the Chicago opera season on Thursday...
...series of Steinert concerts opened auspiciously yesterday afternoon with the concert of the New York Philharmonic Society in Symphony Hall. Usually concerts in Boston attract no large audiences unless the performer be an Italian singer or a Russian violinist but the number present yesterday at a really brilliant concert showed that Boston has also its music lovers. Thus does the Steinert management continue its tradition of excellence...