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Molotov'S Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History by Rachel Polonsky (Hardcover, 2010)

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When Rachel Polonsky went to live in Moscow, she found an apartment block in Romanov Street, once a residence of the Soviet elite. One of those ghostly neighbours was Stalin's henchman Vyacheslav Molotov. In Molotov's former apartment, Rachel Polonsky discovered his library and an old magic lantern. Molotov - ruthless apparatchik, participant in the collectivizations and the Great Purge - was also an ardent bibliophile. Molotov's library and his magic lantern became the prisms through which Rachel Polonsky renewed her vision of Russia. She visited cities and landscapes associated with the books in the library - Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Akhmatova and many less well-known figures. Some were sent to the Gulag by the man who collected their books. She writes exceptionally well about the longings and aspirations of Russian writers in the course of a journey that takes her to the Arctic and Siberia, the Crimean summer and Lake Baikal, from the forests around Moscow to the vast steppes. In each place she encountered the spirit of great artists and the terrible past of a country ravaged by war, famine, and totalitarianism.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Faber & Faber
ISBN-13
9780571237807
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92377949

Product Key Features

Book Title
Molotov's Magic Lantern: a Journey in Russian History
Author
Rachel Polonsky
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
400 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
239mm
Item Width
161mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Rachel Polonsky
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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