Natasha’s Dance A Cultural History of Russia - Orlando Figes
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History on a grand scale - an enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the world’s most vibrant civilizations.
A People’s Tragedy, wrote Eric Hobsbawm, did ‘more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other book I know’.
Now, in Natasha’s Dance, internationally renowned historian Orlando Figes does the same for Russian culture, summoning the myriad elements that formed a nation and held it together.
Beginning in the 18th century with the building of St. Petersburg - a ‘window on the West’ - and culminating with the challenges posed to Russian identity by the Soviet regime, Figes examines how writers, artists and musicians grappled with the idea of Russia itself - its character, spiritual essence and destiny.
He skillfully interweaves the great works - by Dostoevsky, Stravinsky, and Chagall - with folk embroidery, peasant songs, religious icons and all the customs of daily life, from food and drink to bathing habits to beliefs about the spirit world.
Figes’ characters range high and low: the revered Tolstoy, who left his deathbed to search for the kingdom of God, as well as the serf girl Praskovya, who became Russian opera’s first superstar and shocked society by becoming her owner’s wife.
Like the European-schooled countess Natasha performing an impromptu folk dance in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, the spirit of ‘Russianness’ is revealed by Figes as rich and uplifting, complex and contradictory - a powerful force that unified a vast country and proved more lasting than any Russian ruler or state
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This post has 6 comments with rating of 5/5
September 30th, 2019
Such uploads Czar enormously appreciated!
(I’m not sure if you saw what I did there?)
September 30th, 2019
Caesar, we saw. Very clever. Thanks for this upload!
September 30th, 2019
People are saying that the puns are so great, they’re beautiful, amazing, just tremendous & terrific - believe me; there may be more, we’ll see what happens - we’ll see what happens. They’ll be so genius & classy, people will get sick of them. I have the best puns. Have a great time everybody!
September 30th, 2019
You’re welcome.
Original thanks to the people in the fourm for filling my request.
(Caesar, nice one!)
September 20th, 2020
Thank you! Been looking for this in audio.
February 17th, 2025
can someone pls seed, thanks
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