Russia's French connection : a history of the lasting French imprint on Russian culture / Adam Coker.
"While it is generally acknowledged that Russia's culture has been influenced by France, the present study goes beyond the Francophile preferences of the noble elite and examines Russian society more broadly, exploring those elements of French cultural influence still relevant today. This...
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| Other title: | History of the lasting French imprint on Russian culture. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2020.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in cultural history.
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| Summary: | "While it is generally acknowledged that Russia's culture has been influenced by France, the present study goes beyond the Francophile preferences of the noble elite and examines Russian society more broadly, exploring those elements of French cultural influence still relevant today. This is done through an historical analysis of French loanwords in the Russian language from the time of Peter the Great to the present. The result of this lexical analysis and subsequent study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century archival, periodical, and memoir material is to empirically link Russia's present culture to two major Franco-Russian events: the wave of immigration to Russia following the French Revolution and Russia's war with Napoleon. This is primarily a book for those interested in European history, particularly imperial Russia, the French Revolution, and Napoleonic Wars. The study of Russian officer memoirs includes original campaign maps, which may be of interest to military historians. The analysis of periodical literature will likewise be a resource for those studying the history of printing, publishing, and journalism in Russia. The book's interdisciplinary nature, however, broadens its relevance to linguists, cultural historians, and those in the emerging field of Immigration Studies"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781000082647 1000082644 9781003011231 1003011233 9781000082623 1000082628 9781000082630 1000082636 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 15, 2020) |