TY - JOUR
AU - Reichman, Henry
AB - Modern Europe 915 The argument is made in five chapters. Chapter 1, Subsequent celebrations of Pushkin occurred under "The Debate is Formulated: The Question of a Mon­ government auspices in 1899,1921, and 1937; he was ument to Push kin, 1837-1866," describes the origins important to symbolists, acmeists, and futurists. So­ of the celebration in the idea of a monument to viet Pushkinologists are still discussing his legacy. Pushkin that was made the day after his death, Tsar This truly excellent book restores the Pushkin Nicholas I's prohibition of such a monument, attacks Celebration to its historical importance, documents on Push kin by radicals and reactionaries, and the the interplay of literature and politics before, during, beginnings of a subscription campaign for a monu­ and after the event, and raises the larger issue of the ment in 1861. Chapter 2, "Those Who Kept the Light viability of a liberal position in Russia. Noting the Burning: Working Towards a Monument, 1869- ambiguity of the very word "liberal" in the Russian 1880," describes how alumni of Push kin's Lycee made context, Levitt considers the success of the celebra­ him into a cult figure and revived the faltering tion, which surprised even its 
TI - Andrew M. Verner. The Crisis of Russian Autocracy: Nicholas II and the 1905 Revolution. (Studies of the Harriman Institute.) Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1990. Pp. x, 372. $35.00
JF - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/96.3.915
DA - 1991-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/andrew-m-verner-the-crisis-of-russian-autocracy-nicholas-ii-and-the-EEIDNhM1Y5
SP - 915
EP - 916
VL - 96
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -