recent advertisements featuring Russian writers

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear colleagues,

It seems that Russian 19th and 20th century literature will be widely  
advertised in Moscow  soon as part of the attempt of Russian writers  
to bring Russian literature back into the spotlight:  
http://www.outdoor.ru/index.php?sku=news85484818
Curiously enough, the poetry of  Vassily Kamensky will be advertised  
alongside various works produced by Gogol, Okudzhava, Akhmatova,  
Gippius, Shukshin, Georgii Ivanov and Denis Davydov...
You might have also seen already some reports about the statue of   
Lenin near the Finlyandsky railway station in St. Petersburg that was  
badly damaged in an explosion this morning. I find the report produced  
by the newspaper "Vzgliad" especially curious since it talks about the  
proposal of the leader of the party called "Kommunisty Peterburga"  to  
erect next to the statue of Lenin two more statues featuring Krupskaya  
and Armand -- whom he describes as mermaids of the Russian  
revolution:http://www.vz.ru/society/2009/4/1/271245.html

With best wishes,
Alexandra



Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Reader in Russian
Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 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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