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Tamara Eidelman

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Tamara EidelmanTamara Eidelman teaches history at one of Moscow’s finest high schools. She is a member of the Moscow and European Associations of History Teachers and works as a radio host on Mayak-24, where she writes the history program, Conjunctive Mood. She has been the magazine's History Editor since 2003. She compiles the Calendar section and regularly contributes, vetts and edits articles on historical themes.

Izmail Ivanovich Sreznevsky
Russian Life: May/June 2012
A pathbreaking scientific investigator of Slavic linguistics, Sreznevsky nonetheless helped fan the flames of nationalism and pan-Slavism.
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
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Nixon Visits Moscow
Russian Life: May/June 2012
In 1972, Richard Nixon became the first sitting president to visit the Soviet Union. Another decade of Brezhnevian decline was to follow...
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
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Yevgeny Vakhtangov
Russian Life: May/June 2012
A noted actor, writer and director, Yevgeny Vakhtangov led a very strange and extraordinary life indeed.
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
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Kornei Chukovsky
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2012
It is difficult to imagine anyone in Russia (or the former USSR) who does now know who Kornei Chukovsky is.
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
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The Outcasts Join Forces
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2012
Pariahs Germany and Soviet Russia make a pact in 1922 that sets the stage for decades of suffering.
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
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Vasily Bazhenov
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2012
Of all the figures that have risen to prominence throughout the history of Russian culture, few have been so plagued by misfortune as architect Vasily Bazhenov.
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
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Alexander Scriabin
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2012
A short consideration of the life and work of Alexander Scriabin, born on Jan. 6, 1872, a composer whose life was cut tragically short, but who nonetheless set the stage for much that was to come.
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
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Paranoia Trumps True Love
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2012
A look back at the law of February 15, 1947, that outlawed Soviets' marriage to foreigners, and a marvelous 1967 play that wonderfully dramatized the sad situation.
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
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Peter's Table of Ranks
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2012
How the introduction of Peter I's merit-based system of ranks changed Russian society after its introduction in 1722.
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
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The Thrill of Sport
Chtenia: Winter 2012

Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Paul E. Richardson
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