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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Leningrad"”.
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Developing a play: A dance for Leningrad
… the period of World War Two and the siege of Leningrad. It shows the courage of a gifted ballerina who endures a repressive regime, near starvation, and cultural detente. The play has at its centre the themes of repression, oppression and betrayal, and debates the question of power between the …
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Housing in Leningrad--the inefficiencies of the production process
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1990.
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The Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute and the birth of Russian physics
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 1987
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A look at privatization of housing in the Soviet Union : the Leningrad experience
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1990.
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"In the Scale of Nature Each Seed is Important." Social Transformation, Food, and the Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1942
The 900 day German blockade of Leningrad fostered an environment in which social relationships, which were pruned and altered during the 1930s, were reinvigorated and reinvented by Leningraders. By the outbreak of the war in the summer of 1941, Stalinist social engineering policies had eroded …
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The Independent Turn in Soviet-Era Russian Poetry: How Dmitry Bobyshev, Joseph Brodsky, Anatoly Naiman and Evgeny Rein Became the 'Avvakumites' of Leningrad
… up the challenge was a group of four friends in Leningrad: Dmitry Bobyshev, Joseph Brodsky, Anatoly Naiman, and Evgeny Rein. Because of the extreme position this group adopted regarding the use of language, I refer to them in this work not as "Akhmatova's Orphans"--a term commonly applied to the …
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Constructing the Soviet Hearth: Home, Citizenship and Socialism in Russia, 1956--1964
… the sources relate specifically to the city of Leningrad to provide a distinct local perspective.
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Odraz ideologie československo-sovětského přátelství na příkladu pražského metra
… on underground stations names in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and other Soviet cities. The paper goes on to a brief overview of the prehistory and history of the Prague underground and focuses on ideological moments during its construction. The thesis also analyses the background of the …
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Physical education for Soviet children and teacher and coach education. Physical education for children (to seventeen years). An historical overview and contemporary study of organisation and methods. An examination of the professional training of physical education teachers and sports coaches.
… 1981 - Two weeks sports study tour to Moscowt Leningrad and Minsk. 1983 - Four weeks in Leningrad. 1985 - Six weeks in Moscow, Leningrad and Brest on a British Council Travel Scholarship. USSR Ministry of Education Offices, teacher training institutions, schools, sports schools and other sports …
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Soviet religion policy through religious dissidents from Leonid Brezhnev to Mikhail Gorbachev : a comparative study of Aida Skripnikova and Valeri Barinov.
… his musical talent to evangelize the youth in Leningrad. Spanning nearly two decades, Skripnikova and Barinov witnessed four changes in Soviet leadership from Leonid Brezhnev to Mikhail Gorbachev. By examining Skripnikova's and Barinov's lives and trials, an understanding, and perhaps even a …
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"""The friendship of peoples"": Soviet ballet, nationalities policy, and the artistic media, 1953-1968"
… source of propaganda, not only to Moscow and Leningrad, but also abroad, emphasizing the Soviet Union's dedication to cultural development even in traditionally under-developed regions."
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Allegory and Metaphor: Soviet Productions of Shakespeare in the Post -Stalin Era
… of society. Georgi Tovstonogov's Henry IV at the Leningrad Bolshoi Dramatic Theatre (1969) explored the theme of the right to power and the means necessary to maintain it. Irina Anisimova-Vulf's King Lear at the Mossoviet Theatre (1958) reflected the thaw era's emphasis on the positive points of …
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The teaching and artistic legacy of Olga Samaroff Stokowski
… caused her to settle in St. Petersburg (now Leningrad). After leaving Loutzky in 1904, Samaroff returned to the US and began her concert career. The vicissitudes of her career presented her with first hand experience. Samaroff withdrew several times from the concert stage, retiring officially …
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The Russian judicial reform of 1864; its origins and development, 1825-1864
… in the Central State Historical Archives in Leningrad (<i>TsGIAL</i>) and are consequently inaccessible to this writer, it has been necessary to rely on published primary and secondary works, some of which contain fragments of these important documents.</p><p>Despite these limitations, it has …
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Composition and Dynamics of the Plasma Membrane of Entamoeba Histolytica
… Alaska, and surveys of persons passing cysts in Leningrad range from 14 to 25%. Estimates for the United States range from 1.5 to 33%, depending upon regions and populations surveyed. It should be noted that the true infection rate is probably higher than these estimates as a single stool …
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The Aesthetics of Censorship and the Russian Avant-Garde: Abstraction Beyond Art
This thesis reconsiders the art of the Russian avant-garde by exploring its engagement with, influence from and contribution towards an unconventional area of culture: censorship. Although extensive research has already considered the way artists such as Malevich, Rodchenko and Stepanova blurred …