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The Cambridge Companion to

Modern Russian Culture

Russia is a dominant force in the world, yet its culture has been

shaped by tensions involved in its unique position on the margins

of both East and West. As Russia faces the latest cultural challenge

from outside its national boundaries, this volume introduces

Russian culture in all its rich diversity, including the historical

conditions that helped shape it and the arts that express its

highest achievements. Newly commissioned essays by leading

scholars explore language, religion, geography, ideological

structures, folk ethos and popular culture, literature, music,

theatre, art, and ﬁlm. A chronology and guides to further reading

are also provided. The Companion provides both historical

orientation for the central processes of Russian culture and

introductory surveys of the arts in their modern context. Overall,

the volume reveals, for students, scholars, and all those interested

in Russia, the dilemmas, strengths, and complexities of the

Russian cultural experience.

Nicholas Rzhevsky is Associate Professor of German at the

StateUniversityofNewYork,StonyBrook.Heisauthorof

Russian Literature and Ideology (1983) and editor of An Anthology of

Russian Literature: Introduction to a Culture (1996), among other

works. He edited and translated Pushkin’s Boris Godunov and

wrote the English-language version of Crime and Punishment

recently directed by Yury Liubimov at London’s Lyric Theatre,

Hammersmith.

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