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turgenev: fighting for the serf on his turf

Ivan Turgenov was Russia’s great emancipator. He helped bring freedom to the serfs by the devastating method of showing what their lives were like through his short stories… ..As A Sportman’s Sketches appeared one by one in The Contemporary, their … Continue reading

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tergenev: high tide for the serf

The great emancipator: Ivan Turgenev and his collection of stories A Sportsman’s Sketch. He helped bring freedom to the serf by the devastating method of showing them what their lives were like through fiction… …Even in those stories where the … Continue reading

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turgenov: sorely disappointed

…Turgenov. The great emancipator. Turgenov helped bring freedom to the serfs by an ingenuously devastating method: he showed the serfs what their lives were like. Turgenov returns from Berlin to take a post in the Russian Ministry of the Interior… … Continue reading

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turgenev and the serfs: “baptised property”

…Vavara Petrovna, Turgenev’s mother, had her office furnished like a court of law, with her portrait behind the dais in a pose reminiscent of Catherine The Great. Here the serfs were dealt rough, often irrational judgement for the smallest transgression. … Continue reading

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great emancipator

Russia’s great emancipator. Ivan Turgenov helped bring freedom to the serfs by an ingeniously devastating method: showing them what their lives were like… “Almost everything I saw aroused in me a feeling of embarrassment, indignation, and disgust…In my eyes the … Continue reading

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