Word: russianness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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MEMOIRS OF A REVOLUTIONIST, by Peter Kropotkin. The absorbing autobiography of a 19th century Russian prince turned anarchist who paid for his ideals in stretches of penury and imprisonment...
...back. Yet in 1951 he narrowly escaped dismissal after a disastrous campaign against superior French forces, and against U.S. forces he has frequently accepted appalling casualties for little military gain. An old friend of Giap's, Saigon Lawyer Tran Van Tuyen, recalls him saying in the 1940s: "The Russian Revolution cost 2,000,000 lives, so we can certainly sacrifice half a million people." By all accounts, Giap is unskilled in Hanoi politics...
...revival. While Stalin used the vision of Mother Russia to inspire patriotism and encourage resistance during World War II, Russia's present leaders have encouraged it to open up the way for a renewed appreciation of Russia's past glories. During the summer, to the delight of Russian and foreign tourists alike, many of the old wooden churches and onion-domed cathedrals that dot the Soviet countryside were opened to the public. The result was an artistic revelation...
...chief shrine for this northern wooden architecture is the isle of Kizhi in Lake Onega, some 200 miles northeast of Leningrad. There, a dozen wooden buildings-to be joined eventually by 60 additional examples of northern architecture from nearby villages-faithfully re-create a 17th century Russian community, dominated by the 22-domed Church of the Transfiguration...
...prince of Kiev who brought Christianity to Russia in A.D. 988. His emissaries, the story goes, were so taken by the beauty of the Byzantine liturgy and Constantinople's churches that they urged the prince to adopt that mode of Christianity. Vladimir's churches reflect the Russian efforts to carry on the Byzantine architectural tradition. The most spectacular is the Cathedral of the Assumption, whose gleaming gold cupola is visible for miles around...