Ernest A Zitser
Biographic Data
| ID | 8486282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ernest A Zitser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ernest A |
| FAMILY NAME | Zitser |
| SIGNATURE | ZITSER E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Slavic and European Studies, Duke University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Barber-Surgeon and the Schismatic
This article presents a new reading of one of the most famous images of Russian visual culture: the anonymous, untitled, eighteenth-century popular print ( lubok ) known as “The Barber Wants to Cut the Beard of the Old Believer.” After reviewing the existing historiography and offering evidence for an alternative dating, I argue that this xylograph is less a folksy illustration of Peter I’s “cultural revolution” than a manifestation of the tastes…
The Difference that Peter I Made
Arguing that the modernity, rationality and secularity of Peter the Great’s project have been generally over-emphasized, this chapter contends that the Tsar’s drive to transform his vast realm into a wealthy, powerful and well-regulated Empire derived less from his fondness for things foreign or from the constant demands of warfare than from his sense of divine election for his imperial vocation and his unswerving belief—nurtured by his intimates…
On the Cusp
the Russian governor-general of the swath of territory formerly known as Swedish Livonia, commissioned the construction and interpretation of two natal horoscopes, one for himself and one for his eldest son, Petr Grigor'evich (1712-1773). 1 (See Figures 3 and4.)Preserved within the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art in Moscow (RGALI), together with the "judgments" that comment on them, these "genethlialogical" charts constitute a rare ea…
A Full‐Frontal History of the Romanov Dynasty
This profusely illustrated article expands the chronological and evidentiary basis of Boris Kolonitskii's argument about the role of scurrilous rumors and sexual innuendo in the desacralization of the Russian monarchy and demonstrates the complexity of the processes of reception, re‐appropriation, and subversion of imperial “scenarios of power.” It does so by offering a close reading of what is arguably the earliest‐known example of the genre of …
Post-Soviet Peter
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 625 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 USA [email protected]
Post-Soviet Peter
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 625 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 USA [email protected]
Post-Soviet Peter
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 625 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 USA [email protected]
A Full‐Frontal History of the Romanov Dynasty
This profusely illustrated article expands the chronological and evidentiary basis of Boris Kolonitskii's argument about the role of scurrilous rumors and sexual innuendo in the desacralization of the Russian monarchy and demonstrates the complexity of the processes of reception, re‐appropriation, and subversion of imperial “scenarios of power.” It does so by offering a close reading of what is arguably the earliest‐known example of the genre of …
On the Cusp
the Russian governor-general of the swath of territory formerly known as Swedish Livonia, commissioned the construction and interpretation of two natal horoscopes, one for himself and one for his eldest son, Petr Grigor'evich (1712-1773). 1 (See Figures 3 and4.)Preserved within the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art in Moscow (RGALI), together with the "judgments" that comment on them, these "genethlialogical" charts constitute a rare ea…
The Difference that Peter I Made
Arguing that the modernity, rationality and secularity of Peter the Great’s project have been generally over-emphasized, this chapter contends that the Tsar’s drive to transform his vast realm into a wealthy, powerful and well-regulated Empire derived less from his fondness for things foreign or from the constant demands of warfare than from his sense of divine election for his imperial vocation and his unswerving belief—nurtured by his intimates…
The Barber-Surgeon and the Schismatic
This article presents a new reading of one of the most famous images of Russian visual culture: the anonymous, untitled, eighteenth-century popular print ( lubok ) known as “The Barber Wants to Cut the Beard of the Old Believer.” After reviewing the existing historiography and offering evidence for an alternative dating, I argue that this xylograph is less a folksy illustration of Peter I’s “cultural revolution” than a manifestation of the tastes…
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