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The mythology of empire : imperial Russian coronation albums (With Edward Kasinec) -- Ceremony and empire in the evolution of Russian monarchy -- Signs of empire: exotic peoples at imperial Russian coronations -- Publicizing the imperial image in 1913 -- Alexei Olenin, Fedor Solntsev, and the development of a Russian national esthetic -- Cultural metamorphoses of imperial myth under Catherine the Great and Nicholas I -- Myth and memory : imperial evocations of 1812, Alexander I and the Russian people -- "Glas naroda" : visual representations of Russian monarchy in the era of emancipation -- The "Russian style" in church architecture as imperial symbol after 1881 -- St. Petersburg the imperial city and Peter Tchaikovsky -- Texts of exploration and Russia's European identity -- Russian noble officers and the ethos of exploration -- Koshelev, Samarin, and Cherkasskii and the fate of liberal Slavophilism -- Tolstoy and the perception of poverty : Tolstoy's "what then must we do?" -- Property rights, populism, and Russian political culture -- Thought, culture, and power: reflections of a Russianist -- The Moscow-Tartu school : review of S. Iu. Nekliudov, ed., Moskovsko-tartuskaia semioticheskaia shkola. Istoriia, vospominaniia, razmyshleniia (Moscow: Shkola "Iazyki russkoi kul'tury", 1998) -- Brief recollection of Vladimir Nabokov -- Marc Raeff : memorial thoughts -- Leopold Haimson : remembrance on the occasion of his memorial service, March 25, 2011.

"This book continues the work begun in Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule, which analyzed the interplay between the symbolic representations of Russian monarchs and the legal and institutional instruments of their rule. The articles in this volume examine the texts that, through various media, revealed the myths and scenarios conveying the goals and ideals the monarchy sought to elevate before the elite of the empire and, later, the public at large. Russian monarchy inhabited a highly visual culture, comprising court ceremonials, parades, public festivities, and celebrations. It mobilized the arts through painting, prints, popular pictures (lubki), and even opera. This book examines that artistic culture, focusing on several aspects. Parts I and II analyze imagery and ceremony and their relation to the verbal texts that ascribed and defined their meanings. Part III details the way texts of exploration inspired the explorers who widened Russia?s engagement with the world. Parts IV and V address key texts of intellectual history and reflect on the scholarly and methodological influences on Wortman?s approach to history."--Provided by publisher.

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