Founded as an ecclesiastical center trading hub and intended capital of a feud...Founded as an ecclesiastical center trading hub and intended capital of a feudal state Riga was Old Livonia s greatest city and its indispensable port. Because the city was situated in what was initially remote and inhospitable territory surrounded by...more
The Vortex That Unites Us is a study of totality in Russian literature from th...The Vortex That Unites Us is a study of totality in Russian literature from the foundation of the modern Russian state to the present day. Considering a diversity of texts that have in common chiefly their prominence in the Russian literary canon Jacob...more