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On sale at IKEA
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Jenna Louie
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"Место под солнцем." Ikea Russia. Accessed May 5, 2014. http://www.ikea.com/ru/ru/.
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The items for sale in this photo are ones that portray an easy, affluent lifestyle – the garden chair, popsicle stick molds, fake fruit trees, glass Tupperware containers. The items are featured in bright colors and shining plastic and metals, signs of a bright modern household for the rising Russian middle class who aspires to this image of modernity. Russia’s negotiation with commercial goods from the West has a fascinating history, from the import of foodstuffs and cultural items in the Imperial era to the craze over Pepsi and blue jeans during the latter years of Soviet Rule. In the last twenty years since the fall of the Soviet Union goods have taken on a new importance as a sign of social status and the caché of new prosperity and generational change. A decade ago IKEA stepped into the void between the ostentatious purchases and extreme wealth of the New Russian oligarchs and the continued (supposedly) impoverished masses to provide goods for a rising class of people looking to define themselves anew through consumer goods. With clean, simple furniture that can be adapted in a multitude of ways to suit personal style and needs, IKEA has done just that.
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May 5, 2014
Commerce
Economy
IKEA
Lifestyle
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Niyaz Kaim. "The memoirs of former Ikea boss in Russia reveal an unusual truth." Image.
Part of article by Svetlana Smetanina. “Living in Russia as a Foreigner: The Memoirs of Former Ikea Boss Reveal an Unusual Truth.” Accessed May 5, 2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/rbth/opinion/8478418/Living-in-Russia-as-a-foreigner-the-memoirs-of-former-Ikea-boss-reveal-an-unusual-truth.html.
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The image here is an illustration for an article detailing the memoir published by the former head of IKEA’s Russian Operations, Lennart Dahlgren. Originally from Sweden, Ms. Dalhgren was tasked with the entry of the company into the Russian market in the early 1990s but was beset by misfortune (the collapse of the Soviet Union and the liquidation of the ruble when the government defaulted on payments) until finally opening at store, then the first MEGA mall, in 2000 and 2002 respectively. [1] He chronicles his experience of doing so in his book, and warns against buying into the myths or stereotypes that one may have heard about Russia. The reality, he says, is so much different than what you could have imagined. “Those who call themselves Russia experts usually don’t understand the first thing about it,” writes Dahlgren. “People who say they don’t know much about Russia come much closer to understanding it.” [2]
Fascinatingly, although the book has only been published in two languages (Russian and Swedish) it has been titled differently in each. In Russia, one finds “IKEA loves Russia: a story of leadership, passion and perseverance.” In Sweden one finds, “Despite Absurdity: How I Conquered Russia While It Conquered Me.”
[1] Dahlgren, Lennart, and 2010. “The Basics of Doing Business in Russia.” Harvard Business Review. Accessed May 5, 2014. http://blogs.hbr.org/2010/10/the-basics-of-doing-business-i/.
[2] Svetlana Smetanina. “Living in Russia as a Foreigner: The Memoirs of Former Ikea Boss Reveal an Unusual Truth.” Accessed May 5, 2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/rbth/opinion/8478418/Living-in-Russia-as-a-foreigner-the-memoirs-of-former-Ikea-boss-reveal-an-unusual-truth.html.
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2006
Commerce
Corruption
Economy
IKEA
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"Smiling makes the day go quicker"
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Jenna Louie
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Tankus the Henge. "IKEA advert Russia/Россия - Smiling Makes The Day Go Quicker." Youtube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8H5qwDOp7I.
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February 26, 2012.
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This advertisement is at once bizarre and telling of Russian advertisements as we have experienced them throughout the course. While it begins with a young boy screaming at a poster in his room, it transforms into a cheerful family endeavor to redecorate (with items from IKEA, of course) in an image of what the happy, modern Russian family might look like. There is the quintessential grandmother, two parents, and two adorable children. (One of whom is going through a punk rock stage in her teens.) The use of Western music and clearly Western clothing choices as the teenager basks in the awesomeness of her wardrobe is a fantastic read into the lifestyle that IKEA wants to present to its Russian consumers – buy our wardrobes and fill them with plaid and jeans. This is hip, this is cool, this is modernity. Even the amount of actual stuff featured in the commercial – see the ending scene where the two children are surrounded by all the material comforts of their childhood – is telling for what it promotes as norms of this new consumer culture that the Russian middle class is now buying into.
Advertisement
Commerce
Economy
IKEA
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International Tchaikovsky Competition at the Moscow Conservatory
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The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a world-renowned music competition for singers, pianists, violinists and cellists held every four years at the Moscow Conservatory. The contest consists of several rounds of competition which are held in the performance halls of the Moscow Conservatory including the Great Hall. Winners of this prestigious musical contest can win up to 20,000 euros and often earn worldwide fame. Previous winners of the competition have included Van Cliburn and Deborah Voigt among others.
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1958-present (every four years)
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Arielle Rabinowitz
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The Moscow Conservatory
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1901-present
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Arielle Rabinowitz
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"Moscow Conservatory" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Conservatory
"Moscow State Conservatory: Grand Hall" <http://www.bolshoimoscow.com/theatre/conserv_gh/info/sid=GLE_1&play_date_from=01-May-2014&play_date_to=31-May-2014>
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The Moscow Conservatory contains three different performance halls, of which the most well-known is the "Great Hall." Opened in April 1901, the hall represents one of the most famous concerts venues throughout Russia and the world. In addition, students of the conservatory have also had the opportunity to perform here in performances open to the public. Thus, the "Great Hall" has served both amateur and professional musicians over the past century, a fundamental contributor to the spread of Russian classical music.
Culture
Music
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The Crimean War and Russo-American Relations
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<p> During the mid-1850s, the events of the Crimean War expanded what had been minimal interaction between the United States and Russia. Although the United States remained neutral during the war, the question of shipping neutrality first raised the notion that the United States and Russia could benefit from working in concert to resist British influence. The United States, throughout the war, made known to Britain and France its principle that “free ships make free goods” and that American trade, as a non-belligerent power, would not halt in Russia.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Crimean%20War%20Item.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a> Fortunately, the Crimean War passed without this becoming an active point of contention between Britain and the United States. The war still served as a hint that even before British and French involvement in the Civil War, the United States might be served by finding a counterbalance to those two countries in Russia.</p>
<p> The sudden flurry of diplomatic activity between the United States and Russia likewise helped to give American and Russian diplomats familiarity with each other. The Russian minister to the United States at this time, Eduard de Stoeckl, would later serve throughout the Civil War period.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Crimean%20War%20Item.docx#_ftn2">[2]</a> Stoeckl would prove to be a key intermediary between the two countries, and he did not hesitate to make public the diplomatic notes of friendship between his two countries.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Crimean%20War%20Item.docx#_ftn3">[3]</a> Given the positive state of relations between the two countries as a result of the Crimean War, in 1861 the United States and Russia were well-primed for further conciliation against potential British and French threats.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Crimean%20War%20Item.docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930), 112.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Crimean%20War%20Item.docx#_ftnref2">[2]</a> Frank A. Golder, “Russo-American Relations during the Crimean War.” <em>The American Historical Review</em>, 31 no. 3 (April 1926): 463.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Crimean%20War%20Item.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> Albert A. Woldman. <em>Lincoln and the Russians. </em>(Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1952), 130.</p>
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<p>Frank A. Golder, “Russo-American Relations during the Crimean War.” <em>The American Historical Review</em>, 31 no. 3 (April 1926): 462-476.<br /><br />Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930.</p>
<p>Albert A. Woldman. <em>Lincoln and the Russians. </em>Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1952.</p>
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1854-1856
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Samuel Coffin
Crimean War
Diplomacy
Military conflict
Russia
United States
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Alexander II, Tsar and Emancipator
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<p> Alexander II, as the Tsar-Emancipator, provided ideological abolitionists with a new face of Russia that could dispel the previous notions of Russian autocracy and despotism. As noted in the exhibit, Alexander II signed a declaration of emancipation on March 3, 1861. The emancipation of the serfs played a great role in boosting esteem of him among abolitionist Americans as a fellow reformer against forces supporting the regressive Confederacy. Thus, Edward Everett, a Massachusetts politician (and president of Harvard University),<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alexander%20II%20Item.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a> wrote in glowing terms of the “enlightened Prince” who gave his support to the Union against a Confederacy openly avowing its foundation on “the cornerstone of Slavery.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alexander%20II%20Item.docx#_ftn2">[2]</a> Cassius Clay would echo such praise after his own personal encounters with the Tsar. He told one American audience in 1862 that “not only Alexander, but <em>his whole family are with you</em>, men, women, and children.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alexander%20II%20Item.docx#_ftn3">[3]</a> Even if much of the Russo-American alignment had been built on resisting Britain and France, American abolitionists saw Alexander II as a personal friend and one of the few world leaders advocating a process of reform similar to that of American emancipation.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alexander%20II%20Item.docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> “Everett, Edward.” <em>Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</em>. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000264</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alexander%20II%20Item.docx#_ftnref2">[2]</a> Edward Everett. “The Sympathy of Russia with the United States, Views of Edward Everett,” <em>New York Herald, </em> reprinted in <em>New York Times, </em>October 15, 1861.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alexander%20II%20Item.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930)<em>, </em>129.</p>
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Samuel Coffin
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<div>
<p>Edward Everett. “The Sympathy of Russia with the United States, Views of Edward Everett,” <em>New York Herald, </em> reprinted in <em>New York Times, </em>October 15, 1861.<br /><br />"Everett, Edward.” <em>Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</em>. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000264</p>
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<p>Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930.</p>
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March 3, 1861
Alexander II
Russia
Serfdom
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Trent Affair
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<p> Although the “Trent Affair” did not directly involve Russia, the affair demonstrated the need for the United States to bolster its diplomatic presence against British and French interests. In November 1861, the British government reacted angrily to news that an American ship had intercepted the British ship <em>Trent</em>. An American warship stopped the <em>Trent,</em> in international waters, in order to intercept “John Slidell and James Mason, Confederate emissaries to Paris and London, respectively.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Trent%20Affair%20Item.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a> Britain demanded recompense for what it considered an illegal seizure of a British ship, and ultimately the United States released Slidell and Mason on the basis that “one war at a time” was a prudent measure.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Trent%20Affair%20Item.docx#_ftn2">[2]</a> Even with the peaceful resolution, the incident highlighted the extent of Confederate efforts to sway European powers and the less-than-favorable position that the United States held in British opinion.</p>
<p> Since the Russian government had already extended its first words of support by 1861, Russia was certainly pleased to see the United States avoid open war with Britain. The Russian minister to the United States passed along a note of congratulations and reassurance “of the cordial sympathy which united the two countries.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Trent%20Affair%20Item.docx#_ftn3">[3]</a> To emphasize this point on the world stage, the Russian government likewise sought permission from Cassius Clay to “have [the congratulations] printed in the Journal de St Petersbourg in order that it might exercise a favorable influence on European opinion.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Trent%20Affair%20Item.docx#_ftn4">[4]</a> In going to such public lengths to emphasize Russo-American friendship, the Russian government gave its reassurance that it supported the United States against British and French enmity.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Trent%20Affair%20Item.docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> Albert A. Woldman. <em>Lincoln and the Russians. </em>(Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1952), 92.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Trent%20Affair%20Item.docx#_ftnref2">[2]</a> <em>Ibid</em>, 93.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Trent%20Affair%20Item.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930), 126.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Trent%20Affair%20Item.docx#_ftnref4">[4]</a> <em>Ibid</em>.</p>
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Samuel Coffin
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<p>Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930.<br /><br />Albert A. Woldman. <em>Lincoln and the Russians. </em>Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1952.</p>
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November 1861
Confederacy
Diplomacy
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
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Cassius Clay, Minister to Russia
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An account of the resource
<p> Cassius Marcellus Clay served as minister to Russia for two terms: first from July 14, 1861 to June 25, 1862, and again from May 7, 1863 to October 1, 1869. His tenure as minister was marked by a successful alignment of Russia with American interests during the Civil War. Clay himself seemed an unusual choice for the ministry to Russia, and it seems that his appointment to a diplomatic position was a political reward for his loyal campaigning for Lincoln.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Cassius%20Clay%20Item.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a> Clay himself was unique as a Kentucky Republican and abolitionist, and he was also known as a “firebrand” who carried “a bowie knife and two pistols” for his own defense.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Cassius%20Clay%20Item.docx#_ftn2">[2]</a></p>
<p> However, these attributes seem not to have impaired his mission or the general state of Russo-American relations. Clay in fact was one of the most ideological supporters of Russia, and he never hesitated to tell both Americans and Russians that the two nations were united by more than diplomatic necessity. Upon the return of the Russian fleet from the United States, Clay explained the warm welcome given to them as American recognition of the “common cause in the advancement of humanity.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Cassius%20Clay%20Item.docx#_ftn3">[3]</a> Although the natural alignment of Russia and the United States against Britain and France meant that good relations were bound to occur, Clay’s efforts went beyond not doing anything to impair that friendship. The gun-toting Kentuckian’s high praise of Russia provided the most forceful defense of Russo-American friendship in the Lincoln administration.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Cassius%20Clay%20Item.docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> John Kuhn Bliemaier, “Cassius Marcellus Clay in St. Petersburg.” <em>The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society</em> 73, no. 3 (July, 1975): 264.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Cassius%20Clay%20Item.docx#_ftnref2">[2]</a> Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930)<em>, </em>104.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Cassius%20Clay%20Item.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> Alexander Tarsaidze, <em>Czars and Presidents. </em>(New York: Mcdowell Obolensky, 1958), 222.</p>
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Samuel Coffin
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<div>
<p>John Kuhn Bliemaier, “Cassius Marcellus Clay in St. Petersburg.” <em>The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society</em> 73, no. 3 (July, 1975): 263-287.</p>
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<p>Alexander Tarsaidze, <em>Czars and Presidents. </em>New York: Mcdowell Obolensky, 1958.<br /><br />Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930.</p>
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1861-1862, 1863-1869
Cassius Clay
Civil War
Diplomacy
Military conflict
Russia
United States
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Tamara: The Blokadnitsy Project
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This portrait was one of many featured in The Blokadnitsy Project, a photo exhibit put on in CGIS South this past fall semester. The Blokadnitsy Project aimed to document the experiences of those women who survived the Siege of Leningrad in WWII. Under Tamara's story is the caption "Мы никогда не будем говорить на одном языке“ or “We will never speak the same language.” Tamara tells Bough these words at the very beginning of her story, expressing that her experiences in the blockade cannot be understood by those who have not had this experience. Despite this warning, Bough still forcibly tells Tamara's story in a neat and orderly fashion. This forced attempt to depict and understand Russia tension between translatability and untranslatability of Russian experience. Perhaps, its better to leave some aspects of another country, person, experience as a mystery.
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Linda Buehler
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Bough, Jill. "Tamara: The Blokadnitsy Project." Jill Bough Photography. Accessed on May 5, 2014. <http://jillboughphoto.com/projects/blokadnitsy-project/tamara/>
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11/7/2013-12/16/2013
Blokadnitsy Project
Harvard
Military conflict
Siege of Leningrad
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"Reactionary, Catholic and Despotic Poland."
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<p> The Polish Insurrection demonstrates the extent to which American diplomacy prioritized a strong relationship with Russia during the Civil War. In January 1863, protests against conscription in Poland exploded into a general rebellion against Russian rule.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Polish%20Item.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a> The official diplomatic response of the United States reveals both the geopolitical conception of Russia as an unofficial ally and the perception of Alexander II as a respectable and just ruler.</p>
<p> Since the <em>realpolitik</em> of European relations in the mid-19<sup>th</sup> century had already shaped the progression of Russo-American relations, unsurprisingly the relationships between Britain, France, the United States, and Russia would shape American policy regarding Poland. In May, Britain and France requested that the United States join an official statement of disapproval.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Polish%20Item.docx#_ftn2">[2]</a> As discussed, Britain and France had become the unofficial counterbalance to the <em>de facto</em> alignment of the United States and Russia, and therefore the American refusal to intervene reinforced this friendship.</p>
<p> The language of American diplomats at that time, however, reveals that American unity was not simply a practical response to geopolitics. In his official response to the French, Secretary of State William Seward referenced the “enlightened and humane character” of Alexander II, so described for his emancipation of the serfs and “effective administration of justice.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Polish%20Item.docx#_ftn3">[3]</a> Such high language demonstrated the respect for Russia that the American government openly espoused, especially in light of its own recent emancipation. Somewhat less appealing was the private comment of Cassius Clay, minister to Russia. In a reply to Seward in June 1863, Clay contrasted “<em>liberal </em>Russia” with “<em>reactionary</em>, Catholic and despotic Poland.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Polish%20Item.docx#_ftn4">[4]</a> At least privately, enthusiasm for Russia both as an ally and a fellow emancipator could lead American diplomats to criticize the Polish insurrection as the enemy of progressive Russian rule.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Polish%20Item.docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> Joseph Wieczerzak, “American Reactions to the Polish Insurrection.” <em>Polish-American Studies</em> 22, no. 2. (Jul.-Dec., 1965): 92.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Polish%20Item.docx#_ftnref2">[2]</a> Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930)<em>, </em>136-137.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Polish%20Item.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> <em>Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs</em>. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864), 667.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Polish%20Item.docx#_ftnref4">[4]</a> “American Reactions to the Polish Insurrection,” 94.</p>
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Samuel Coffin
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<p><em>Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs</em>. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864.</p>
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<p>Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930.<br /><br />Joseph Wieczerzak, “American Reactions to the Polish Insurrection.” <em>Polish-American Studies</em> 22, no. 2. (Jul.-Dec., 1965): 90-98.</p>
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January 1863-1864
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France
Poland
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
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The Russian Fleet Comes to America
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<p> On September 24, 1863, Russian ships suddenly appeared off the coast of New York City. Although the appearance of a foreign navy during the Civil War might seem to have been menacing, both the American government and private society welcomed the presence of the Russian fleet.</p>
<p> Both the diplomatic reception to an unexpected naval visit and the lavish private receptions in New York City demonstrate the extent to which Russia had been established as a friendly power. One reception for the Russian officers served “twelve thousand oysters, twelve hundred game birds, and three thousand five hundred bottles of wine.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Russian%20Fleet%20Item.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a> The official receptions were no less dramatic, and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles gave the Russians open access to visit the Brooklyn navy yard.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Russian%20Fleet%20Item.docx#_ftn2">[2]</a> In December, Secretary Seward received the Russians in Washington, D.C., and Mary Todd Lincoln herself gave “a toast to the health of the Czar.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Russian%20Fleet%20Item.docx#_ftn3">[3]</a> The warm reception reiterated the level of friendship between the two countries, such that a Russian fleet could suddenly arrive on the East Coast and be feted.</p>
<p> Russia’s dispatch of ships to New York, and later San Francisco, came not necessarily as a show of support for the Union, but rather out of fear of British and French intervention in Poland. Since the United States had declined interest in intervention on behalf of the Polish rebels, the Russian fleet seemed much safer near American waters than directly facing British and French navies.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Russian%20Fleet%20Item.docx#_ftn4">[4]</a> For the Russians, fostering a sense of good will was important, but secondary to their goal of keeping their navy intact in case of a war with Britain and France.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Russian%20Fleet%20Item.docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> Albert A. Woldman. <em>Lincoln and the Russians. </em>(Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1952), 146.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Russian%20Fleet%20Item.docx#_ftnref2">[2]</a> <em>Ibid</em>, 141.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Russian%20Fleet%20Item.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> <em>Ibid</em>, 147.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Russian%20Fleet%20Item.docx#_ftnref4">[4]</a> Benjamin F. Gilbert, “Welcome to the Czar’s Fleet.” <em>California Historical Society Quarterly</em> 26, no. 1 (Mar. 1947): 13.</p>
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Samuel Coffin
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<p>Benjamin F. Gilbert, “Welcome to the Czar’s Fleet.” <em>California Historical Society Quarterly</em> 26, no. 1 (Mar. 1947): 13-19</p>
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<p>Albert A. Woldman. <em>Lincoln and the Russians. </em>Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1952.</p>
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September 1863-April 1864
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Navy
Russia
United States
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The Purchase of Russian Alaska
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<p>Although the American purchase of Alaska occurred after the Civil War, the treaty came about as a result of the same diplomatic circumstances that brought about Russo-American cooperation during the Civil War. The antagonism between Russia and Britain had played a significant role in fostering Russia’s open diplomatic support for the Union, and fears of war over Poland had driven Russia to send its fleet on their 1863 visit to the United States.</p>
<p>In fact, Russia had been hoping to dispose of Alaska in some way even before the Civil War, out of fear that the United Kingdom could easily seize it.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alaska%20Item.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a> Selling the territory to the United States, according to both Clay and the Russian minister to the United States, would in fact play a dual role in countering British power on the Pacific. In addition to keeping Alaska out of the hands of the British, the sale of Alaska may have been driven by the hope of “expulsion of England from the whole Pacific coast of North America.”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alaska%20Item.docx#_ftn2">[2]</a> As with Russian alignment against Britain and France during the Civil War, the exigencies of geopolitics played a significant role in fostering this agreement over Alaska.</p>
<p>Famously, the purchase of Alaska by the United States was greeted with much derision at the time. Despite some public outcry over purchasing the “Russian Fairyland,”<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alaska%20Item.docx#_ftn3">[3]</a> the annexation of Alaska was indeed secured in 1867 for the sum of $7.2 million.<a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alaska%20Item.docx#_ftn4">[4]</a></p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alaska%20Item.docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930), 145.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alaska%20Item.docx#_ftnref2">[2]</a> <em>Ibid</em>, 165n66.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alaska%20Item.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> Thomas A. Bailey. <em>America Faces Russia </em>(Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1950)<em>, </em>103.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="file:///C:/Users/Samuel/Dropbox/Harvard/SW%2052/Final%20Project/Alaska%20Item.docx#_ftnref4">[4]</a> <em>Ibid¸ </em>102.</p>
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Samuel Coffin
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<p>Thomas A. Bailey. <em>America Faces Russia. </em>Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1950.<br /><br />Benjamin Platt Thomas, <em>Russo-American Relations, 1815-1867</em>. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930.</p>
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1867
Alaska
Diplomacy
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Russia
United States
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Crimea Google Maps
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March 2014 and Putin's signing of the treaty annexing Crimea
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Crimea is portrayed differently on Google Maps depending on whether you are in Russia or not.
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“Google Maps Marks Crimea as Russia...But Only in Russia,” RT, April 11, 2014, accessed May 4, 2014, http://rt.com/news/google-maps-crimea-russian-924/.
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Crimea
Google Maps
Places
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Google Doodle
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The Google Doodle supporting Gay Rights Sochi Olympics
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Claire Carter, “Olympic Charter: Google Doodle Enters Sochi Gay Rights Debate,” Telegraph, February 7, 2914, accessed May 4, 2014, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/10623519/Olympic-Charter-Google-Doodle-enters-Sochi-gay-rights-debate.html.
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February 2014
Borders
Gay Rights
Google Doodle
Sochi