After reading Durnovo’s stunning foresight on the eve of World War I, I wanted to understand how the war was being conveyed to imperial subjects. After all, Durnovo believed that the war was hopeless. However, imperial subjects still went to … Read more

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/kidd/thesis/pdf/protocols.pdf “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” copy provided by American Studies at the University of Virginia.   Bob Weinberg’s article on popular antisemitism draws our attention to one more violent thread in turn-of-the-century Russia. Most importantly, Weinberg illustrates … Read more

The reading, “Home Was Never Where the Heart Was: Domestic Dystopias in Russia’s Silent Movie Melodramas” alludes to the melodramas of late imperial Russia as coming out of the tensions that were felt across Russian society as a result of … Read more

This image comes from Pchela, no. 4, 1906 and looks to satirize the relationship between Russian politicians and the working peasantry. Two officials in the distance, perhaps negotiating new policies and bills, while the peasant in the foreground picks up … Read more

The attached photos are satirical image of who I believe to be Sergei Witte. Throughout the satirical articles, a man with a full beard and slight balding kept reappearing. Because of his reappearances, I knew he was an important person … Read more

This image from Zritel’, vol 4, no 1, was published January 11th, 1908. On the surface, it depicts a rounded man sitting on a chair, with a large pair of scissors cutting a piece of paper with a man wrapped … Read more

Zritel’, vol.1, no.19, November 3, 1905   Satirikon, vol. 2, no. 45, November 7, 1909 I chose both of these images as they both emphasize the precarious nature of the government after 1905, and the ensuring governmental reforms. The first … Read more

This satirical illustration displays the events of January 9th, 1905 (old style) in which Imperial guards fired into a crowd of demonstrators marching toward the Winter Palace. This event is often referred to as Bloody/Red Sunday. This day was the … Read more

The image above shows the cover of Zritel’ from August 1905. It shows a group of people harvesting in Russian fields. Standing clear in the foreground is a man wearing a top hat and a white suit, this presumably is … Read more

Satirikon (1908-1914) was of many Russian satirical journals  that emerged after the 1905 Revolution. This illustration published on Satirikon’s cover in July 1908 depicts the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid. The caption says: “The birth of a new Constitutional Venus from the … Read more