The idea of Russia : the life and work of Dmitry Likhachev /

The idea of Russia : the life and work of Dmitry Likhachev /

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Author / Creator:	Zubok, V. M. (Vladislav Martinovich), author.
Imprint:	London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017. ©2017
Description:	xiv, 225 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Library of modern Russian history ; 8 LMRH ; 8.
Subject:	Likhachev, D. S. -- (Dmitriĭ Sergeevich) Likhachev, D. S. -- (Dmitriĭ Sergeevich) Intellectuals -- Soviet Union -- Biography. Intellectuals -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography. Intellectuals. Soviet Union -- Intellectual life. Russia (Federation) -- Intellectual life -- 1991- Russia (Federation) Soviet Union. Biography.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10976767

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ISBN:	1784537276 9781784537272
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Dmitry Likhachev (1906-1999) was one of the most prominent Russian intellectuals of the twentieth century. His life spanned virtually the entire century - a tumultuous period which saw Russia move from Tsarist rule under Nicholas II via the Russian Revolution and Civil War into seven decades of communism followed by Gorbachev's Perestroika and the rise of Putin. In 1928, shortly after completing his university education, Likhachev was arrested, charged with counter-revolutionary ideas and imprisoned in the Gulag, where he spent the next five years. Returning to a career in academia, specialising in Old Russian literature, Likhachev played a crucial role in the cultural life of twentieth-century Russia, campaigning for the protection of important cultural sites and historic monuments. He also founded museums dedicated to great Russian writers including Dostoevsky, Pushkin and Pasternak. In this, the first biography of Likhachev to appear in English, Vladislav Zubok provides a thoroughly-researched account of one of Russia's most extraordinary and influential public figures.

Table of Contents:

List of Plates
Preface A Russian Fox
Acknowledgements
A Note on Russian Names
1. Vanishing Russia, 1906-1921
2. Patriotism of Pity, 1921-1928
3. Through the Gulag and Great Terror, 1928-1941
4. The Great Fatherland War, 1941-1945
5. Patriotism Defiled, 1945-1955
6. Advocate of Cultural Legacy, 1955-1965
7. The Making of a Wise Man, 1966-1976
8. Recognition, 1976-1988
9. Preparing for Collapse, 1988-1991
10. The Smoke of the Homeland, 1991-1999
Conclusion Death and Beyond
Notes
Select Bibliography and Further Reading
Index