10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTYOMKIN»
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
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Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions: A Biography of the ...
The subject was "found," Benois tells us, by one of the circle's minor hangers- on,
the poet and balletomane Pyotr Petrovich Potyomkin (1886-1926), who under the
pen name Vestris, after the great French dancer of the eighteenth century, ...
The ruler of Isfahan, Alimurad khan, by sending his representative to knyaz
Potyomkin, asked Russia to recognize him as an Iranian shah. In return, Alimurad
khan promised to give Russia the lands occupied during the campaign of Peter I
to ...
4
The People's Artist : Prokofiev's Soviet Years: Prokofiev's ...
Potyomkin, a historian who joined the Bolshevik movement after the Revolution,
served as Soviet ambassador to Paris from 1934 to 1937 and as Deputy People's
Commissar for Foreign Affairs from 1937 to 1940. A leading figure in Soviet ...
Simon Morrison Professor of Music Princeton University, 2008
5
Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev
Serge sent digests to Vladimir Potyomkin, the diplomat who had played such a
crucial role in luring him to Moscow in 1936, and who, in his new job as deputy
people's commissar for foreign affairs, had helped him arrange this last tour
abroad.
6
Composing for the Red Screen: Prokofiev and Soviet Film
(The Battleship Potyomkin) (film), 6 Brumburg, Valentina, 165, 185n96 Brumburg,
Zinaida, 33-34, 165 bureaucratic interference on Alexander Nevsky, 77-78, 132
on Bezhin Meadow, 59, 65 on Hamza, 108 on Once at Night, 114, 200n46 on ...
7
No Day Without a Line: From Notebooks
in its horror.15 When the Potyomkin came to Odessa and dropped anchor,
everyone in our family was seized with fear, including me. "It will raze Odessa!"
Papa said. To our family, the Potyomkin was in rebellion against the czar, and
although ...
Iouri Karlovitch Olecha, Judson Rosengrant, 1998
8
Maverick for Life: Without Parole
19 Potyomkin bragged to Catherine that he takes a good care of his serfs.When
she saidthatshe would liketo seehow they lived, byhis order the facades of
peasant huts were built overnight. Nothing was behindthese facadesbut the
Empress ...
Genrikh Romanovich Firdman, Henry Eric Firdman, 2004
9
Pop Culture Russia!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
Sergei Eisenstein made his acclaimed film, The Battleship Potyomkin (
Bronenosets Po- temkin, 1925), at the state's command. Avant-garde artists may
have actively supported the Revolution in the 1920s, but connection to the
masses was not ...
10
The Life and Artistry of Maria Olenina-d'Alheim
Holland will of course write a couple of words to comrade Potyomkin,20 so that
he receives you, but I do not know when this will be possible. [ . . . ] [illegible
sentence re Potyomkin's absence from Paris.] The fate of Europe, and perhaps of
the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTYOMKIN»
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Minden, ami Mindeközben
(Annak a Potyomkin grófnak az irányításával, akinek a neve a látszateredmény közmondásos szimbólumává vált, pedig azért a fekete-tengeri ... «Index, Jul 15»
Putin's dream of reuniting the Russian empire is falling apart
They were won by Potyomkin and Catherine the Great in a series of well-known wars. The centre of that territory was Novorossiysk, so the ... «Business Insider Australia, May 15»
Dinner reunites far-away friends
According to Archangel Committee details, April 4, 1989, was the date that Archangel Mayor Stanislav Potyomkin led a delegation to Maine, ... «KeepMEcurrent.com, Nov 14»
St. Petersburg City Guide Still Going Strong at 84
These ties include the St. Petersburg-based Duke Grigory Potyomkin, the favorite of Empress Catherine the Great, who played an important ... «The Moscow Times, Nov 14»
Q&A with Westbrook Councilor Michael Foley
Spiller Jr. said Tuesday the most touching part of the trip for him was reconnecting with the former mayor of Archangel, Stanislav Potyomkin, ... «KeepMEcurrent.com, Apr 14»
Transcript: Vladimir Putin's April 17 Q&A
They were won by Potyomkin and Catherine the Great in a series of well-known wars. The centre of that territory was Novorossiysk, so the ... «Washington Post, Apr 14»
Putin Denies Ambition To Retake Alaska
“These territories were given to Ukraine in the 1920's by the Soviet government,” Putin said. “Why? Who knows. They were won by Potyomkin ... «Talk Radio News Service, Apr 14»
The death of TV news in Ukraine
The media are also moving closer to the Russian scenario, where Potyomkin villages of small independent media remain, but the mass ... «Kyiv Post, Mar 13»
Five predictions for Andriy Shevchenko
By adding weight to a Potyomkin village-style party and giving it more credibility in the eyes of Ukrainians, he might change the political ... «Kyiv Post, Aug 12»
The Communist Part II: Why Obama's Mentor Went From Republican …
The former USSR achieved this seemingly impossible feat by manufacturing what were known as Potemkin villages (or Potyomkin villages). «TheBlaze.com, Jul 12»
