Entertaining Tsarist Russia
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In the texts within von Gildern’s and McReynolds Entertaining Tsarist Russia, we are treated to the experiences and makeup of Russian society and culture, particularly how they were impacted by the economic, technological, and political changes in Russia from the late 1700s through the Revolution of 1917. Many genres are represented in this anthology, from fortune-telling and etiquette manuals to thieves’ tales and vaudeville skits. In The Tale of Vanka Kain, we are treated to the exploits of a thief from Moscow whose adventures inspired the first “consciously popular” work of literature in Russia (23). Popular with readers but offensive to officials, whose efforts Kain often thwarted, the tales also demonstrate the problems urban officials would deal with throughout the nineteenth century as well as showing the rebellion against official control, which, of course, would culminate in the Revolution of 1917. We see that Kain’s adventures show us much about common thievery, government of
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Approximate Word count = 702
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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