Serebrennikov’s arrest is another step in the erosion of Russia’s cultural freedom
The detained director is widely known for challenging more conservative forms of theatre.
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Moscow, my family and me
To grow up in the Communist Party of Great Britain was to be on the side of the future . .…
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“It gets people killed”: Osip Mandelstam and the perils of writing poetry under Stalin
The cat-and-mouse game between the poet Osip Mandelstam and the Soviet dictator could only end in death.
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Living, eating and dreaming revolution
The Soviet state was born in violence and shaped with merciless determination. Lenin played a central role in its creation.
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The conflicted legacy of Karl Marx
A century and a half ago, Das Kapital, the bible of 20th-century revolutionaries, predicted the overthrow of capitalism – but also the rise…
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From the archive: Russia and the Bolsheviks
De Tocqueville, in explaining the origin of the French Revolution, lays emphasis on the equality of condition, education and manners…
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From the 1917 Revolution archive: Russia’s New Holy Alliance
On 15 March 1917, after months of strikes and unrest, Tsar Nicholas II stepped down as supreme ruler of the Russian…
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From the 1917 Revolution archive: A Petrograd Diary
Julius West's reports for the New Statesman offer a first hand account of the uneasy beginnings of Bolshevik rule.
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From the 1917 Revolution archive: The Bolshevik Revolution
This New Statesman report by the historian Julius West gives an eye-witness account of the start of Bolshevik rule in…
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What caused the Russian revolution? Look to the powder keg of Petrograd
How unrest exploded in 1917 – with help from Russia’s Terrible Twins.
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Barack Obama’s message to Russia has 22 days to play out
President Barack Obama’s order to expel 35 diplomats and send them back to Russia without love seems decisive, especially compared to…
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