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L. I. Iovleva, G. S. Churak, M. N. Shumova. Russia, the Land, the People: Russian Painting, 1850-1910. Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C., in Association with University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1986. xviii, 142 pp. $40. 00 (cloth) $19. 95 (paper).

L. I. Iovleva, G. S. Churak, M. N. Shumova. Russia, the Land, the People: Russian Painting,... This collection o f essays, by its very title, offers the reader the hope o f learning about m a n y aspects o f Christianity and Russian culture in Soviet history and in the c u r r e n t p e r i o d o f social reform. W h i l e a few o f the essays fulfill this hope, the p r o m i s e o f the v o l u m e is clouded by a rather M a n i c h e a n and outdated conception o f the status o f r e l i g i o n in t h e Soviet U n i o n and the advocacy o f a u t o p i a n and Russocentric v i s i o n o f the Soviet future. W h i l e such accounts m a y be u s e f u l to those who remain within the sinecures o f Cold W a r academic discourse or to those true believers who wish to do "God's work on earth," the reader seeking http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian History Brill

L. I. Iovleva, G. S. Churak, M. N. Shumova. Russia, the Land, the People: Russian Painting, 1850-1910. Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C., in Association with University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1986. xviii, 142 pp. $40. 00 (cloth) $19. 95 (paper).

Bowlt, John E.
Russian History , Volume 17 (1): 118 – Jan 1, 1990
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© 1990 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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This collection o f essays, by its very title, offers the reader the hope o f learning about m a n y aspects o f Christianity and Russian culture in Soviet history and in the c u r r e n t p e r i o d o f social reform. W h i l e a few o f the essays fulfill this hope, the p r o m i s e o f the v o l u m e is clouded by a rather M a n i c h e a n and outdated conception o f the status o f r e l i g i o n in t h e Soviet U n i o n and the advocacy o f a u t o p i a n and Russocentric v i s i o n o f the Soviet future. W h i l e such accounts m a y be u s e f u l to those who remain within the sinecures o f Cold W a r academic discourse or to those true believers who wish to do "God's work on earth," the reader seeking

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