Pushkin House Blog — Pushkin House

Exciting news: I wrote a piece for the Pushkin House blog! You can read it if you click on the link below.Russian Cultural centre in London. Politically independent, Registered UK
Charity, owned and run by the Pushkin House Trust. Pushkin House hosts a
varied programme of Russian literature, poetry, art, cinema, music, theatre
and dance, history, philosophy and current affairs.
— Read on www.pushkinhouse.org/blog/

37 thoughts on “Pushkin House Blog — Pushkin House”

  6. Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! Yes, I agree, and what’s not to like? Finland and the Finnish people are fantastic 🇫🇮 Of Course, I’m a bit biased 😉

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  7. Congratulations, Elisabeth, on the placement of your terrific piece! Fascinating how countries are viewed by writers — such as Pushkin — from other countries.

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  8. Thank you very much, Dave, I’m really excited about it! Yes, it’s an interesting subject. Of course Pushkin, having African and Swedish blood himself, was much more positive about foreigners than for instance Dostoevsky.

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  10. I am stunned by the visuals: the two illustrations (of Pushkin and the beautiful winter scene) at the beginning of your post, Elisabeth. You have the most visually appealing literary site it seems I have ever seen. I haven’t even read it yet!

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  11. “Yurko embodies the way in which Russia saw Finland: as a useful buffer between Russia and Sweden, the innocent bystander in Russia’s conflicts, and a potential ally in wartime, better as a friend than as an enemy.”

    This is a shrewd and clever insight, Elisabeth, and it is very well put or expressed.

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  12. Congratulations on this guest post, Elisabeth, which does you honor and credit. It’s full of pithy, intriguing insights: things I would have never known. Your sources look very interesting; you have made excellent use of them. I really enjoyed reading this post and it was well worth it.

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  17. Excellent article again, Elisabeth ✨ This time on a site with prestige, and I congratulate you heartily for it !
    ((Hugs and a Kiss and my very Best Wishes)) 💜 💋

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  18. Thank you, dear Li, for taking a look at it. I’m really happy that they published my article, it’s such an honour!
    All the best wishes to you too, hugs and kiss back 😘💛

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  19. Congratulations Elisabeth – a brilliant and fascinating article. I really must find time for more Pushkin. I have two copies of E&O on my shelf, so no excuse not to! 🙂

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  20. Thank you so much, Liz, for your wonderful comment! It means a lot to me. It’s very exciting to have my article on another blog 😊 So you have two copies of Eugene Onegin, as you say, no excuse 😉 I would recommend choosing the one that works the best for you, and use both copies for the notes. Happy reading 😊

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  22. Elizabeth, what a brilliant article! Congrats. I have never noticed the different national stereotypes, but will certainly do so next time I read Pushkin. And I hope you’re loving Finland.

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  23. Thank you so much! Yes, I’m loving Finland, no regrets at all! Of course it helps that we’re having fantastic summer weather here;-)

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  28. Thank you, Elena, I’m glad you found it interesting! As a matter of fact, I am thinking about writing more about the literary Finland- Russia connections. You did mention Baratynsky before, but I have yet to read and investigate him. So there’s still plenty to discover 😊

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  31. Thanks for your support and advice. I’m keeping this collection in mind, it looks interesting and I noticed that you gave it a good review.

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