Russian formalism was an influential school of literary criticism in Russia from the 1910s to the 1930s. It includes the work of a number of highly influential Russian and Soviet scholars such as Viktor Shklovsky‚ Yuri Tynianov‚ Vladimir Propp‚ Boris Eichenbaum‚ Roman Jakobson‚ Boris Tomashevsky‚ Grigory Gukovsky who revolutionised literary criticism between 1914 and the 1930s by establishing the specificity and autonomy of poetic language and literature. Russian formalism exerted a major influence
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political issues in the debate over Pan-Slavism were nationalism for ones race and a quest for power. <br> <br>In 1871 Slavs occupied most of eastern and southern Europe. The Slavs came from many nations. They populated the Austro-Hungarian‚ German‚ Russian‚ and the Balkan Areas of the Ottoman Empires. However as a result of their geographic diversity‚ there was no single language or literature for the Slavic population. Slavs were so disunited that although they shared a common nationality‚ there was
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This article was published in a slightly different form as Chapter 10 of Joint Ventures in Europe‚ Tottel Publishing‚ 2008. Joint Ventures in the Russian Federation Hermann Schmitt White & Case‚ Moscow 1 Hermann Schmitt Partner 1 General background 1.1 Joint ventures under Russian law Russian law currently does not provide a specific definition of ‘joint ventures’.2 In broad terms‚ a joint venture is a structure involving two or more independent entities that decide to work together
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Not very long ago when people mentioned ballet‚ they thought of Russian ballet. In fact ballet came to Russia relatively late. It brought traditions from many other countries‚ mainly from France and Italy. Actually Tsar Nicholas I was ready to spend great sums of money on the dance companies‚ so ballet got recognition in the capital at St. Petersburg and in Moscow. The Russian ballet dates back to 1847. It was the year when Marius Petipa‚ a young French dancer‚ arrived in St. Petersburg. He found
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Assess the role of Nicholas II in bringing about the downfall of the Romanov Dynasty in March 1917. Undeniably‚ Nicholas II had an enormous role in bringing about the downfall of the Romanov Dynasty in March 1917. Whilst many historians argue the fall of the Tsarist regime to be the direct response and product of World War I‚ it is quite evident that it was Nicholas’ inefficient and fatal autocratic ruling which led to the March Revolution of 1917. The effects of Russia’s involvement in numerous
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The Russian revolution The Russian revolution of 1917 was the result of several major problems of political‚ social‚ and economic nature such as the tsar and his ruling‚ Russia’s humiliation‚ and the peasant’s voices. One of the several major political problems of the revolution was the tsar and his ruling. The tsar was a horrible leader‚ one for leaving the tsarina in charge and two just a horrible at being a leader. This caused a problem because when the tsar went to the front lines he left the
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Russian Cuisine Presentation Food traditions are vary around the globe. Some people start the day with a heavy breakfast‚ some eat a light breakfast‚ well for me I don’t even eat breakfast sometimes. Others have a heavy lunch or heavy supper. Russians have a long cultural history that stretches back centuries. Their food traditions are not that different from many other European cultures‚ but they do have their differences. Breakfast Generally‚ a traditional Russian breakfast is warm and healthy
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world war one‚ there was a definite increase of revolutionary activity in Russia. A majority of this activity began when Tsar Nicholas the II came into power as autocratic ruler of Russia in 1894. His position as absolute monarch began to enrage the Russian people as they became unhappy with the inequality of the Feudal system. The weak economy of Russia and the lack of Industrialisation agrarian did not help this factor‚ as the people were not seeing any improvements in the growth of Russia as an economy
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Problems Contemporary Russian Women Face with in Social‚ Professional and Family Life?” Nowadays‚ with the raising activeness of women in Russian society‚ many changes occur in many spheres of life. Yet the changes did not affect the whole Russia homogeneously‚ because Russia is bigger in terms of its size and population‚ these regions differ greatly in their culture‚ religion‚ economy and ethnicity (Motiejunaite and Kravchenko 43). However‚ Russian culture is an old civilization
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Russian literature: History Overview Russian literature has long been a cultural focus of the entire world. It’s not surprising that the formation of Russia’s first literary traditions goes back to the first century. The adoption of Christianity boosted the development of literacy‚ philosophy and theological literature. The earliest literary works were not written in the Russian language but in Old Church Slavonic which was developed in the 9th century by Greek missionaries Cyril and Methodius
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