Tag Archives: Vissarion Belinski

turgenev: legacy of the emancipator

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Dave

Ivan Turgenev will be remembered as the great emancipator of the Russian serf, a parallel condition to that of the American slave. Turgenev helped bring freedom to the serfs by the ingeniously devastating method of showing what their lives were … Continue reading →

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turgenev: sportman’s sketch

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Dave

Turgenev was the great emancipator of the Russian serf. He helped bring freedom to the serfs by an ingeniously devastating method: Ivan Turgenev showed them what their lives were like… The inception of the Sketches was casual. In 1847 Turgenev … Continue reading →

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turgenev: taking the serf out of soviet

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Dave

Ivan Turgenev was Russia’s great emancipator. He helped bring freedom to the serfs by an ingeniously devastating method: showing what their lives were like… …Vavara Petrovna soon had another reason to be angry with her son. During the season of … Continue reading →

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turgenov: sorely disappointed

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Dave

…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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