Disc Three of Modern Russian Culture now available (and a free upgrade)

[Slava Paperno]

I am happy to report that we just received Disc Three: Soviet Russia from
the replication plant, and it can be ordered online at
http://lexiconbridge.com/MRC/

Disc Three is the next one in a series of five video DVDs in Lauren
Leighton's Modern Russian Culture (details below).

The Web site, http://lexiconbridge.com/MRC/, has a full description of the
course and sample lectures, with video and sound.

Thanks to the instant acceptance of the course when it was released last
February (thanks, everyone!), we were able to order standard
factory-pressed discs for Disc One and Disc Two as well as this new Disc
Three. The current owners of the course will receive free copies of the
factory-pressed discs when they order Disc Three (and free shipping). (The
earlier version was produced on DVD-R media that cannot be played on older
DVD players.)

The new discs are compatible with all DVD players (NTSC, all regions) as
well as computers with DVD players and software. They're just like the
movie DVDs at your video rental store.

If you want us to send a printed brochure to your library or media center,
please send me an email off-list.

Here is the original posting that announced the course--in case you missed
it back in March.

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Lauren G. Leighton's Modern Russian Culture: A Course of Ideas and Images
is now available from Lexicon Bridge Publishers, http://lexiconbridge.com/MRC/

Lauren and I have been working on this title for more than three years.

The course is in slide-show format. It was taught to undergraduates at the
University of Illinois at Chicago and has now been revised for individual
users or undergraduate courses in Russian culture. All texts are in English.

The Student Edition on CD-ROM, $49, contains 1000 gorgeous still images
with annotations and numerous linked notes on cultural and historical
background, biographies of rules and artists, and similar explanations.

The Library Edition on DVD, $50 per disc, adds recorded narration and music.

The course consists of 38 lectures:

MOSCOW
Lecture I. Moscow: Red Square
Lecture II. Moscow: Kremlin. Part 1
Lecture III. Moscow: Kremlin. Part 2
Lecture IV. Neoclassical Moscow
Lecture V. Modern Moscow. Part 1
Lecture VI. Modern Moscow. Part 2

PETERSBURG
Lecture VII. Petersburg: Nevsky Prospect
Lecture VIII. Petersburg: Nevsky Ensembles
Lecture IX. Petersburg: Central Squares. Part 1
Lecture X. Petersburg: Central Squares. Part 2
Lecture XI. Petersburg: Admiralty Side
Lecture XII. Petersburg: Island and Fortress
Lecture XIII. Russian Architectural Ensembles

SOVIET RUSSIA
Lecture XIV. Soviet Cities
Lecture XV. Socialist Construction
Lecture XVI. Science City
Lecture XVII. Rural Russia. Part 1
Lecture XVIII. Rural Russia. Part 2
Lecture XIX. Down along the Mother Volga

RUSSIA IN ART
Lecture XX. Rural Russia in Art: Seasons
Lecture XXI. Rural Russia in Art: Land and Water
Lecture XXII. Peasant Life in Art
Lecture XXIII. Russian History in Art
Lecture XXIV. Social Conscience in Art
Lecture XXV. Religion in Art
Lecture XXVI. Russians in Art
Lecture XXVII. Russian Portraits
Lecture XXVIII. Foreign, Striking, Exotic
Lecture XXIX. The Russian Avant Garde

RUSSIA IN TRANSITION
Lecture XXX. Agitation and Propaganda. Lenin
Lecture XXXI. Agitation and Propaganda. Spirit of the Times
Lecture XXXII. Agitation and Propaganda. Demonstrations
Lecture XXXIII. Glasnost: "Forward to the Past"
Lecture XXXIV. The Soviet Market
Lecture XXXV. The New Russian Market
Lecture XXXVI. Russia in Turmoil: August 1991
Lecture XXXVII. Russia in Turmoil: Black October
Lecture XXXVIII. Russia in Turmoil: "The Party is Over"

Each lecture offers 25 to 30 images with informational captions and a note
which is intended to be both specific (what the work of art or architecture
is) and elaborative (what the work's significance or historical-cultural
context are).

The slide notes are linked to a collection of supporting texts--brief
biographies of Russian rulers, artists, and architects; explanations of
historical and cultural background; a bibliography of recommended reading;
and an alphabetical index of buildings, monuments, and paintings presented
in the course.

All texts are in English, with Russian equivalents provided for the names
of monuments and buildings, titles of paintings, and names of the artists
and architects.

Details and ordering information may be found at http://lexiconbridge.com/MRC/

The $49 Student Edition or the more expensive Library Edition may be
ordered with a credit card, personal check, or institutional purchase
order. Order online, by fax, or phone.

Slava Paperno

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