When researching the history of Russians in London, Alexander Herzen presents a considerable problem. He is without doubt the most significant of all the writers and activists who visited London in the nineteenth century, not only because he settled in the capital for some years (1852-64), but also because many of his compatriots — Turgenev, […]
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Russians in London: Alexander Herzen, with a note on Nikolai Ogarev
Posted by Sarah Young on November 28, 2010
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2010/11/28/russians-in-london-alexander-herzen-with-a-note-on-nikolai-ogarev/
Russians in London: Peter the Great
For such a famous visit, Peter the Great’s stay in London in 1698 seems to be surrounded by confusion and apocryphal tales (this article from the Torygraph retails its fair share of them), from the misplaced plaque that once adorned 15 Buckingham Street, several streets away from where he actually stayed on his arrival, to […]
Posted by Sarah Young on November 23, 2010
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2010/11/23/russians-in-london-peter-the-great/
Map: Russians in London
View Russians in London in a larger map Markers with a dot show precise locations. Plain markers are used where there is uncertainty about the exact location or other details of a visit. Blue markers refer to Peter the Great’s visit. Yellow markers are used for Herzen and his entourage. Green markers indicate Herzen’s visitors. […]
Posted by admin on November 23, 2010
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/map-russians-in-london/
Russians in London: Introduction
Over the next few weeks, I will be publishing a series of posts entitled ‘Russians in London’. The project came to mind when I was researching Dostoevsky and the Crystal Palace earlier this year. I started thinking about his description of Whitechapel and the Haymarket in Winter Notes on Summer Impressions, and imagined him haunting […]
Posted by Sarah Young on November 21, 2010
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2010/11/21/russians-in-london-introduction/
“Russians” in Lewes
Last weekend I visited Lewes to give a lecture on Crime and Punishment at the Lewes Little Theatre, ahead of their forthcoming production of the novel, which opens on 12 October. I had a wonderful time, with a very appreciative and knowledgeable audience, and really interesting discussions with the cast and production team, whose perspectives on Crime […]
Posted by Sarah Young on September 29, 2013
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2013/09/29/russians-in-lewes/
The Free Russian Press in London
When I wrote a post on Herzen in London, my focus was primarily on the man himself, rather than his publishing activities. But much of the discussion generated by the post recently has focused on the Free Russian Press (Вольная русская типография), leading me to conduct some further research, supported significantly by the contributions of three readers: […]
Posted by Sarah Young on April 6, 2012
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2012/04/06/the-free-russian-press-in-london/
Lenin in London: A Reply to Helen Rappaport
I recently received a comment from Helen Rappaport, responding to the criticisms I made of of her book Conspirator: Lenin in Exile (New York: Perseus, 2010) in my post on Lenin in London. You can read her comments on my Contact Me page, but I have decided to reply here rather than there, as I […]
Posted by Sarah Young on February 27, 2011
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2011/02/27/lenin-in-london-a-reply-to-helen-rappaport/
Discovering Ivy Litvinov
A post for Women’s History Month A few weeks ago whilst preparing for my final-year undergraduate Dostoevsky class I plucked an old translation from my shelf that I’d bought a couple of years previously at the Amnesty shop in Shoreditch boxpark. I’d barely looked at it before – I tend to collect old Dostoevsky translations […]
Posted by Sarah Young on March 3, 2014
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2014/03/03/discovering-ivy-litvinov/
Herzen’s Free Russian Press: plaque unveiled on Judd Street
It’s not often in my line of work that research has a concrete, physical and permanent (as far as anything can be) public outcome, so it was with great pleasure yesterday that I attended the unveiling of a new plaque commemorating the work of the Free Russian Press at 61 Judd Street in London. I […]
Posted by Sarah Young on June 27, 2013
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2013/06/27/herzens-free-russian-press-plaque-unveiled-on-judd-street/
Russian thought lecture 8: Vladimir Solov’ev: Godmanhood, Sophia, and erotic utopianism
Readings: Solov’ev, “The Meaning of Love” Vladimir Solov’ev (1853-1900) is a very significant figure in the history of Russian thought as well as being a very prominent poet, but in terms of his ideas, he is also a very challenging figure, whose work many people find difficult to understand.The text on which we are going […]
Posted by Sarah Young on February 18, 2013
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2013/02/18/russian-thought-lecture-8-vladimir-solovev-godmanhood-sophia-and-erotic-utopianism/