This novel tells the story of Yedigei, a worker at a remote railway junction in the middle of the Kazakh steppes. There’s a refrain which is repeated at intervals throughout the book:
Trains in these parts went from East to West, and from West to East . . .
On either side of the railway lines lay [...]
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‘The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years’ by Chingiz Aitmatov
3 November 2008 – 12:44 pm
‘Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar’ by Simon Sebag Montefiore
3 March 2008 – 12:33 pm
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar is a biography of Stalin, focussed on his domestic life and the tightly-knit group of people around him: his own family, and politicians, bodyguards, and their families.
As a piece of history, it’s very impressive. It’s clearly the result of a huge amount of research by Montefiore: he [...]
‘Alexander Rodchenko’ & ‘Laughing in a Foreign Language’ at the Hayward
18 February 2008 – 10:01 pm
I went to the Hayward today to see an exhibition of the photography of Alexander Rodchenko; the price of the ticket included entry to a show called ‘Laughing in a Foreign Language’, a exhibition which “investigates the whole spectrum of humour, from jokes, gags and slapstick to irony, wit and satire.”
It was a pleasure to [...]
FSotW: My Happy Soviet Childhood
3 February 2007 – 1:00 pm
Flickr set of the week is My Happy Soviet Childhood by Freedom Toast.
EDIT: Oh crap, there’s always something, isn’t there. Why can’t any two browsers render the same bit of code in the same way? I don’t want borders under my linked images, you stupid machine.
EDIT LATER: Well, I’ve come up with a solution that [...]
FSotW: USSR Posters
21 October 2006 – 12:24 pm
Flickr set of the week is USSR Posters, an absolutely staggering collection of 1,469 “Russian and/or Soviet propaganda & advert posters [1917-1991]” put on Flickr by bpx. I’ve only had a chance to dip into them, but here’s a few to give you a taste:
The same person has an even larger selection of WWII posters [...]