Essays on Russian history and Russian literature. Volkonsky S.M.

Before the reader, the book of an outstanding figure in the Russian abroad, theatrical director and critic S. M. Volkonsky, which is the text of lectures by him at various universities in the United States. These lectures were devoted to Russian history and literature, and the author’s goal was to primarily interest the American listener, show him in the creations of domestic) poets and writers the best aspects of the Russian folk soul. The book is recommended for historians, literary scholars, culturalists, social scholars, philosophers, as well as a wide circle of readers who are fond of the history of Russia and its classical literature.