Category Archives: Essays

Russia and the North: 5 Things You Need to Know about Russia’s Relations with the Arctic

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Note:  Students in Dr. Hannah Chapman’s Spring 2020 Havighurst Colloquium, “Russia and the World,” completed final projects where they assessed Russian relations with the West, East, North, and South.  This is the third project, from students responsible for studying Russia … Continue reading

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Russia and the East

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Note:  Students in Dr. Hannah Chapman’s Spring 2020Havighurst Colloquium, “Russia and the World,” completed final projects wherethey assessed Russian relations with the West, East, North, and South.  This is the second project, from studentsresponsible for studying Russia and the East. … Continue reading

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Russia and the West

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Note:  Students in Dr. Hannah Chapman’s Spring 2020 Havighurst Colloquium, “Russia and the World,” completed final projects where they assessed Russian relations with the West, East, North, and South.  This is the first project from students responsible for studying Russia … Continue reading

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Another Life of Soviet History

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By Nancy Pellegrino Yuri Trifonov, one of the most important Soviet writers of the 1960s and 1970s, frequently turned to the everyday life of urban residents in his prose.  Trifonov explored topics such as how the past informed the present, … Continue reading

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The Russian Village in Everything Flows

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By Avery Comar In Vasily Grossman’s novel Everything Flows, protagonist Ivan Grigoryevich embraces a linear conception of historical temporality.  In this narrative of Russian history, Soviet autocracy represents nothing more than a temporary impediment to the inevitable triumph of human … Continue reading

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Eurasian Mélange in A Hero of Our Time

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By Mckenzie Howell It is impossible to categorize Russia as strictly European or as strictly Asiatic. The fact of the matter is that Russia is an expansive country, home to numerous cultures influenced by both the West and the East. … Continue reading

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