The recent Dostoevsky mural in the new Moscow metro station

[Andrew McKernan]

For those interested in seeing more images of the station under
construction, and some close-ups of the murals in question:

http://d0cent.livejournal.com/124730.html

Sincerely,

Andrew McKernan



On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Alexandra Smith
<Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk>wrote:

> 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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