Famous and productive families in Russian and Czech histories

[Ivan S. Eubanks]

PS

I forgot to mention Dziga Vertov (pseudonym for D. Kaufman), Mikhail 
Kaufman, and Elizaveta Svilova (married to D. Kaufman).

And having thought of this example, I've now some questions.  The 
Kaufman brothers were born in Poland, but they spent their adult lives 
living and working in the USSR, in Russia and Ukraine.  So we can't say 
they're Czech, but should they join the Russian list?

Also, is the list supposed to include culturally productive people who 
share genetic material, or culturally productive people who together 
populate a social institution called "family?"  In other words, does E. 
Svilova, who was a great film editor, count as a Kaufman or a Svilova? 
Does Sophia Tolstaya count as a Tolstoy or a Behrs? (And back to my 
previous tongue-in-cheek comment, does Catherine II count as a Romanov 
or a von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg?)

If we're counting spouses as members of the same family, then Zinaida 
Gippius and Dmitri Merezhkovsky should go on this list for Russia (but 
under which surname?).  As should, of course, Nadezhda and Osip 
Mandelstam and Lilia and Osip Brik.

And what of Liubov' Mendeleeva?  A mark for Mendeleev or Blok?

On that subject, we could include Andrei Bely (pseudonym for Boris 
Bugaev) and his father, Nikolai Bugaev.

Let's not forget the Bulgakovs.

Some more filmmakers:  Sergei Bondarchuk, Fedor Bondarchuk, Natalya 
Bondarchuk.

Sergei Bodrov, Sergei Bodrov Jr.

As for infamous, some of the Tolstoys should count (I'm thinking of Ivan 
the American), and do the Ul'ianov brothers count?  And if we're 
considering family a social institution instead of shared genetic 
material, then under the infamous we could perhaps list the Baron van 
Heeckeren and his adopted son Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthes, 
although "culturally destructive" might apply better to the latter than 
"culturally productive."

Ivan S. Eubanks, Ph. D.
Editor, Pushkin Review
www.pushkiniana.org
Director, Center for Writing and Communication
New Economic School, Moscow
www.nes.ru

On 11/06/14 10:16, Anna Giust wrote:
> What about Glinka on the Russian side?
>
> Anna Giust
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> Il giorno 11/giu/2014, alle ore 03:26, Mila Saskova-Pierce ha scritto:
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>> Dear SEELANGERS, I am looking for the names of famous and culturally 
>> productive Russian and Czech families, such as Pushkin family, 
>> Mikhalkov, Tolstoy, on the Russian side, and Dvorak, Capek, Masaryk, 
>> and Benes on the Czech side.  Do you have any other names you could 
>> suggest?  And if you know of some infamous family, that might be 
>> interesting as well. Thank you very much.  Mila Saskova-Pierce
>> Dr. Mila Saskova-Pierce
>> Department of Modern Languages
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