Since we have discussed Russification in class, I wanted to touch on some themes that I discussed in one of my earlier posts. In my earlier post on Leskov, I discussed how Russian authors saw themselves as Russian – an … Read more

In Weeks’ article on Russification, he mentions the character Tuzenbach in Checkhov’s play Three Sisters to exemplify the difficulty of answering the question: What is Russian? Three Sisters was written in 1900 and first performed in 1901. It takes place in its contemporaneous … Read more

Assassination Report in Australia March 15th, 1881. This article’s way of reporting the events of March 13th, 1881 tends somewhat more toward sensationalism than modern objectivity, focusing on the explosion of the bombs and providing a vivid description of the … Read more

This edit was pretty simple. All I did was I took a map of Bulgaria and added it onto this painting. Then, I found an outline of Shipka Pass and laid that over the map of Bulgaria. My hope for … Read more

The Argus was a daily newspaper with a conservative lean from Melbourne, Australia between 1848 and 1957, and was viewed as the general newspaper of Australia during that time. In their article on the assassination of Tsar Alexander II from … Read more

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6255221/czar_alexander_ii_of_russia/ Attached is a link to the article by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle about the assassination of Alexander II. In the article, the author struggles to balance a critique of Russia’s government while remaining sensitive to the tragic event. While … Read more

The Sentinel, a Californian newspaper, reports on the death of the Tsar on the 19th of March, 1881. The article takes in quotes from the assassins, justifying the killings. The quotes suggest the rejection of a constitution of Poland and … Read more

This 1881 newspaper from Wheeling, West Virginia, announces the death of the “Russian emperor Alexander II” on March 18. I found this announcement really interesting because while I assume this is basically a second printing of whatever article the Washington … Read more