Art and emotions

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear SEELANGers,

In addition to the examples provided earlier, I would like to point  
out to the turbulent history of Peter the Great's monument in Moscow,  
although one might argue whether this artifact might be seen as a  
great work of art or not...

There were several attempts to destroy (explode) Tsereteli's Peter the  
Great's monument in Moscow including the attempt  undertaken in 1997  
by some post-Soviet revolutionary minded terrorists. See a few reports  
about  
it:http://www.svobodanews.ru/articlete.aspx?exactdate=20060831214818533;  
http://www.gazeta.ru/2001/04/26/last19384.shtml
There was a strong opposition to the erection of this monument in  
Moscow in 1997.

All best,
Alexandra


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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian
School of European Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EX8 9JX
UK

tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
fax: +44- (0)131- 650-3604
e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk

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