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William Craft Brumfield
Offers a study of Russian architecture, which was subject to influences from East and West. This book ducuments Russian architecture’s distinctive approaches to building in four parts: early medieval Russia…
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First published in 1993, this illustrated volume defines the main components and sources for Russia’s architectural traditions in their historical context. Subject to influences from east and west, it documents…
Written by a noted historian and photographer of Russian architecture, this title contains images of neglected, lost, and ruined buildings.
The twentieth century in Russia has been a cataclysm of rare proportions, as war, revolution, famine, and massive political terror tested the limits of human endurance. This title provides a…
Featuring nearly two hundred full color photographs by William Craft Brumfield, this book documents the architecture of centuries-old wooden and brick churches, cathedrals and homes in the region surrounding the…
This lavishly illustrated volume features hundreds of full-color images of Russian architecture and landscapes taken by early-twentieth-century photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky juxtaposed against those of contemporary photographer and scholar William Craft…
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Brian Horowitz
Argues that Jews were not a people apart but were culturally integrated in Russian society. In their diasporic cultural creations Russia’s Jews employed the general themes of artists under tsars…
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Lev Levanda
Translated for the first time in English, Lev Levanda's brilliant coming-of-age story of Russian Jewish students on the cusp of modernityin their struggle against religious chauvinism and an oppressive government.
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