Entertaining Tsarist Russia
Subtitle: Tales, Songs, Plays, Movies, Jokes, Ads, and Images from Russian Urban Life1779-1917 (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)
Contributors: James Von Geldern (Editor); Louise McReynolds (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: July 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780253211958
Subjects: Social Science; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Cultural studies; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Social history; Popular Culture - General; Theater - Playwriting; 1801-1917; 18th century; 19th century; Civilization; Popular culture; Russia; Russian literature
First sentence: The eighteenth century in Russia was characterized by forced and rapid westernization.