Russian journalists have written to Medvedev

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear SEELANGSers,

Just in case, if you haven't seen the open letter addressed to  
Medvedev  that was written by Russian journalists in relation to the  
attack on Kashin on 5.11.2010, the address of the site is here:
http://www.openspace.ru/society/russia/details/18543/
The authors of this letter are collecting more signatures today.

All best,
Alexandra





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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Reader in Russian Studies
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
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e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk


Quoting Katya Jordan <yvj2p at VIRGINIA.EDU>:

> Dear Michael,
>
> Those are some interesting questions.  The first tricolor flag appeared in
> Peter’s time—I believe there is no argument about that among  
> historians.  I do
> not pretend to know the mind of those who decided to use a tricolor in the
> production in question, but I would suppose that it was done deliberately.
> Here is why.  I remember in the early 1990s, soon after the Coup, an actor
> Gennady Khazanov doing a stage performance—something like a one-man
> comedy routine—where he made fun of politicians of the time, likening the
> time after the coup of 1991 to the Time of Troubles.  Moreover, he  
> specifically
> described “narod” chanting “Borisku na tsarstvo!  Borisku na tsarstvo!”  Of
> course, in the 1990s that meant Boris Yeltsin, but the historical  
> parallel that
> Khazanov was making was quite apparent to those familiar with the Russian
> history.  Besides, I can personally attest that the 1990s did indeed  
> feel like
> the Time of Troubles in many ways.
>
> --Katya
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