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Slovenski Narod
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Catherine, Empress of All the Russias
Catherine the Great was one of the most remarkable women in history. Born in 1729 into the family of one of the lesser princelings of Germany, she was married to the heir to the Russian throne at the age of 16. The marriage was an unhappy one and Catherine was banished from her husband's palace but, when Peter came to the throne and was then ousted from it in the space of a few months, it was Catherine who replaced him and became Empress. She ruled her vast domain for more than thirty years, until her death in 1796, and greatly expanded its territories. In her lifetime and since she has been infamous for her intrigues, her possible involvement in political murders, including that of her dethroned husband, and her numerous love affairs. Vincent Cronin's highly readable biography sifts the facts from the legends in Catherine's extraordinary life.
Models of Self
How do Russian women represent themselves in life-writing and life stories? Are there any general models of selves? Can autobiography be a genre for women? These and other related questions are discussed in this book featuring contributions from scholars in both East and West. The authors discuss images of female subjectivity in Russian women's autobiographical texts from the early 19th century until the present. The contributors analyse the diverse models of self that Russian women have constructed in diaries, memoirs, correspondence, autobiographical portraits, and self-writing through fiction and poetry.
Pregled
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Russia Through Women's Eyes
Autobiografieën van vrouwen over hun jonge jaren in tsaristisch Rusland.
Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956
"Based on new archival evidence, this book examines Soviet empire building in Hungary and the American response to it." "The book analyzes why, given all its idealism and power, the U.S. failed even in its minimal aims concerning the states of Eastern Europe. Eventually both the United States and the Soviet Union pursued power politics: the Soviets in a naked form, the U.S. subtly, but both with little regard for the fate of Hungarians."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
