Romanov riches : Russian writers and artists under the tsars /
Volkov, Solomon.
Romanov riches : Russian writers and artists under the tsars / Solomon Volkov ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis. - 1st ed. - New York : Knopf, 2011. - xi, 285 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
"Published in ... Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto"--T.p. verso. "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. "Translation is from an unpublished manuscript"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first Romanovs : from Tsar Mikhail to Peter I -- Kantemir, Lomonosov, and Barkov -- Catherine the Great and the culture of her era -- Paul I and Alexander I; Karamzin and Zhukovsky -- Alexander I, Zhukovsky, and young Pushkin -- Nicholas I and Pushkin -- Lermontov and Briullov -- Gogol, Ivanov, Tyutchev and the end of the Nicholas I era -- Alexander II, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky -- Herzen, Tolstoy, and the women's issue -- Tchaikovsky and homosexuality in imperial Russia -- Dostoevsky and the Romanovs -- Alexander III, the Wanderers, and Mussorgsky -- Nicholas II and Lenin as art connoisseurs.
0307270637 9780307270634
2010045132
Romanov, House of--Art patronage.
Romanov, House of--History.
Artists--Russia--Biography.
Arts, Russian--History.
Authors, Russian--Biography.
Composers--Russia--Biography.
Russian literature--History and criticism.
Russia--History--1613-1917.
Russia--Intellectual life.
Russia--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Romanov riches : Russian writers and artists under the tsars / Solomon Volkov ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis. - 1st ed. - New York : Knopf, 2011. - xi, 285 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
"Published in ... Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto"--T.p. verso. "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. "Translation is from an unpublished manuscript"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first Romanovs : from Tsar Mikhail to Peter I -- Kantemir, Lomonosov, and Barkov -- Catherine the Great and the culture of her era -- Paul I and Alexander I; Karamzin and Zhukovsky -- Alexander I, Zhukovsky, and young Pushkin -- Nicholas I and Pushkin -- Lermontov and Briullov -- Gogol, Ivanov, Tyutchev and the end of the Nicholas I era -- Alexander II, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky -- Herzen, Tolstoy, and the women's issue -- Tchaikovsky and homosexuality in imperial Russia -- Dostoevsky and the Romanovs -- Alexander III, the Wanderers, and Mussorgsky -- Nicholas II and Lenin as art connoisseurs.
0307270637 9780307270634
2010045132
Romanov, House of--Art patronage.
Romanov, House of--History.
Artists--Russia--Biography.
Arts, Russian--History.
Authors, Russian--Biography.
Composers--Russia--Biography.
Russian literature--History and criticism.
Russia--History--1613-1917.
Russia--Intellectual life.
Russia--Kings and rulers--Biography.