Transformations of Russian Classics

[ivan esaulov]

Dear colleagues, 

Several people have asked me to tell about how I was «purged» from the Russian State University for the Humanities. Since this story might have some public interest, I decided that it would not hurt to tell it in public. In some days I will place the material covering this story on my personal website. 

In the meantime, all those who are interested can familiarize themselves with my article «Whom does the homeland start with?» written in 1991 (www.jesaulov.narod.ru ). It seems like it explains quite well why even after 20 years that the USSR has been gone they keep talking about the “destalinization” in Kremlin (and not the “desovietization”). 

I invite you all to participate in the online discussion on the website, that is specifically dedicated to the history of research on Russian literature: http://transformations.russian-literature.com 

If you have interesting articles on this topic, even already published, we are – with the reference to the original publication, of course – gladly willing to publish those articles, or the most representative chapters from your books under the category «Sovremennost». So that your ideas, also ones that we do not agree with, will be known (or even better known) by the wide Russian reading audience. 

The polemics with the key directives of the project, that are represented on the first page of the website, is highly appreciated! 

The editor of the internet-project,

Prof. Dr. Ivan Esaulov 


      

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