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The academic career of Professor Magnus Ljunggren spans more than a half century. Here he looks back over his meetings with leading members of the Russian intelligentsia who, from the liberalizing Twenty-Second Party Congress, in 1961, to the present, have struggled with the totalitarian structures of Soviet and post-Soviet society. culture. His memoirs As a scholar, Ljunggren has focused on Andrei Bely's prose, Russian Symbolism and Russian Silver Agereflect on how his study of Symbolism and his commitment to the Russian civil rights movement over the years have stimulated each other and contributed to a deeper understanding of Russia's distinctive character. Ljunggren's gallery of intimate and colorful portraits includes prominent cultural figures such as Bulat Okudzhava, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Joseph Brodsky, Viktor Shklovsky, Lidia Chukovskaya, and Nina Berberova.Product Identifiers
PublisherAcademic Studies Press
ISBN-139781618115386
eBay Product ID (ePID)226742030
Product Key Features
Number of Pages104 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFifty Five Years with Russia
Publication Year2016
SubjectEducation, History
TypeTextbook
AuthorMagnus Ljunggren
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight525 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorMagnus Ljunggren
Series TitleStudies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History
TopicLiterature