ISBN:
9780367819927
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 360 Seiten
,
Karten, 1 Diagramm
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in cultural history vol. 87
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in cultural history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Coker, Adam, 1975 - Russia's French connection
DDC:
303.48/247044
Keywords:
Russian language Foreign words and phrases
;
French
;
French History 18th century
;
Russians History 19th century
;
Russia Intellectual life
;
French influences
;
Russia Intellectual life 18th century
;
Russia Intellectual life 1801-1917
;
Russia Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
;
Russland
;
Frankreich
;
Geschichte
;
Russisch
;
Französisch
Abstract:
In Search of Russia's French Connection -- Lexical Analysis of French Influence in Russia -- French Immigration to Russia -- The Russian Army's Foreign Campaigns of 1813-1815 and French Cultural Influence -- Russian Periodical Literature and French Influence, 1788-
Abstract:
"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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