Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia

Suzanne Massie

Published by SIMON & SCHUSTER in 1982-01-01

A Beautifully Written History Of The Now Vanishing Culture Of Pre Revolutionary Russia. A Culture Which Produced Some Of The Most Imspiring Art, Literature, Dance And Music The World Has Ever Known. To Serve God And Uplift Humanity -- Radiant And Many-colored Kiev -- This Happened For Our Sins -- Holy Moscow: The Third Rome -- Inside And Outside The Walls Of The Kremlin -- A Rebel In His Own Land -- The First Romanovs -- The Great Peter -- Elizabeth: Bright Colors And Gilt -- Catherine: A Mind Infinitely More Masculine -- The Years Of War And Peace -- The Old And True Ways -- The Treasure House -- Alexander Pushkin -- Soul-inspired Flight: The Arts In Pushkin's Time -- Death Of The Poet -- The Babylon Of The Snows -- The Expansive Countryside -- Heroes And Anti-heroes -- The Wanderers And The Mighty Handful -- Ice Slides And Easter Eggs: Russia Celebrates -- Merchant Princes -- Petipa And The Imperial Ballet -- The World Of Art -- Diaghilev And The Ballets Russes -- The Avant-garde. Suzanne Massie. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 461-472.

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