I have seen Sakhalin
By Judy Dercksen Chekhov’s travels as a young doctor led him to Sakhalin. His description should have put me off any idea of visiting the Russian island: “I have seen…
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Yasnaya Polyana Home of Leo Tolstoy
As the Yorkshire surroundings of Emily Bronte’s birthplace influenced Wuthering Heights, and Charlotte Bronte’s hardships at a stern high school fed her with the image of Lowood in Jane Eyre,…
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That Black, Dragon-Haunted Pass: The Mystery of Lermontov’s Caucasus
By Tara Isabella Burton “I was traveling along the military road back from Tiflis.” So begins Mikhail Lermontov’s 1833 A Hero of Our Time, the classic novel of the Caucasus:…
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Becoming Dostoyevsky in St. Petersburg, Russia
Dostoyevsky was fond of crossroads, where stories are found in the foot traffic. Though he never owned or stayed longer than three years in any one apartment, he usually lived at crossroads.
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Alexander Pushkin, I Loved You Linen Factory
by Maria Kozyreva It was the sixth of June when the greatest Russian poet, Alexander Sergeevitch Pushkin, was born. It is on this very day that ordinary citizens rejoice in…
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Bleak Kaliningrad: Infused with the Happiness of Philosopher Immanuel Kant
by Lisa Piergallini Tightening the protective thickness of my long coat, I began to question whether or not coming here was a good idea. A crisp wind stung my cheeks…
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