The recent Dostoevsky mural in the new Moscow metro station

Alexandra Smith Alexandra.Smith at ED.AC.UK
Sun May 16 09:25:05 UTC 2010


Dear colleagues,

Just to alert you to an interesting discussion in Moscow about one new  
underground station that features Dostoevsky and his works...

With best wishes,
Alexandra
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Dostoevsky images on metro ?could cause suicides?
By Roland Oliphant In Moscow
Saturday, 15 May 2010
One of the Dostoevsky murals in the new Moscow metro station that  
critics say would encourage disturbed people to commit suicide. The  
opening has been delayed.
The author of Crime and Punishment never had a reputation for  
lightness in his soul. Now the Moscow authorities have postponed the  
opening of a metro station named after Fyodor Dostoevsky over fears  
that illustrations from his works that decorate it could turn the  
station into a "mecca for suicides". [...]
The full text of this article is here:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dostoevsky-images-on-metro-lsquocould-cause-suicidesrsquo-1973964.html



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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
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Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
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