Name: provincial russia: the memoir of a priest's son
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Author: Rostislavov, Dmitrii Ivanovich ; Martin, Alexander M. ; Martin, Alexander M.
ISBN: 9780875802855

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provincial russia: the memoir of a priest's son

Type

Physical Book

Author

Dmitrii Ivanovich Rostislavov

Illustrated by

Alexander M. Martin

Translated by

Alexander M. Martin

Publisher

Northern Illinois University Press

Year

2002

Language

English

Pages

279

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.5 x 16.1 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.59 kg.

ISBN

0875802850

ISBN13

9780875802855

Synopsis "provincial russia: the memoir of a priest's son"

The memoir of Dmitrii Ivanovich Rostislavov--a mathematician, teacher, and social critic--offers a rare firsthand view of provincial Russia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Translated into English for the first time, these extraordinary observations reveal much about daily village life and the cultural milieu of the time. An acute observer, Rostislavov discusses social and ethnic relationships as well as matters pertaining to education, law enforcement, religious practice, and folk beliefs. Rostislavov's account of his own education is a harrowing description of coming of age in a Darwinian world of violence and cruelty. Coarse, impoverished schoolboys, brutal and corrupt teachers, and callous landlords formed a harsh environment characterized by sadistic corporal punishment and bitter class hatreds. Variously humorous, elegiac, and passionate, his narrative shows why even those from relatively privileged backgrounds came to detest the authoritarian order of the old regime. In a probing analysis of the Russian national order, Rostislavov found the twin evils facing Russia to be the coarseness of traditional society and the authoritarianism and corruption of the regime and its representatives. Russia's hope for the future, he believed, lay with cultural changes that would ultimately raise the society's moral level. Illustrations, maps, and an introduction illuminating the historical context accompany this remarkable account of life in provincial Russia.

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