The significance of the Russian Orthodox diaspora and its effect on the Christian west

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ID12032867
AuthorsNicolas Zernov (University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year1976
Volume13
Pages307-327
Publication date1976-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Church History (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0424-2084 • E-ISSN: 2059-0644
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0424208400006768
OpenAlexW2325835111
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited3

The enforced emigrations caused by political or religious conflicts have often been an enriching and stimulating factor in the cultural history of mankind. Lenin’s dictatorship based on red terror forced more than a million Russians to flee from their own country and settle down in various parts of the world. The Russian diaspora included a great variety of people, among them many well-known men. It will suffice to mention a few names: Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), Dimitry Merezhkovsky (1865–1941) in literature; Sergy Rachmaninov (1873–1943) and Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) in music; Vasily Kandinsky (1866–1944) in painting; Fedor Chaliapin (1873–1938) and Anna Pavlova (1881–1931) in the theatre; Mikhail Rostovtsev (1870–1952) and Georgy Vernadsky (1887–1973) in history; Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972) in aviation; Nikolay Menschokov (b. 1900) in geology. All these people made a substantial contribution to the contemporary world of art and learning

Art · Art history · Diaspora · Dictatorship · Literature · Painting · Political science · Politics · Variety (cybernetics · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication · History · Law · Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia

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