Download or read book Russia s Sisters of Mercy and the Great War written by Laurie S. Stoff and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are war stories, filled with danger and deprivation, excitement and opportunity, sorrow and trauma, scandal and controversy—and because they are the war stories of nurses, they remain largely untold. Laurie Stoff's pioneering work brings the wartime experiences of Russia's "Sisters of Mercy" out of the shadows to show how these nurses of the Great War, far from merely binding wounds, provided vital services that put them squarely in traditionally "masculine" territory, both literally and figuratively While Russian nursing shared many features of women's medical service in other nations, it was in some ways profoundly different. Like soldiers and doctors, the nurses, especially those at the frontlines, experienced extreme cold, constant fatigue, infectious diseases, deadly artillery fire, and aerial bombardment. They also assumed public leadership roles and were often in command of men. The nurses operated in a sphere traditionally considered exclusively masculine and challenged social conventions surrounding gender and war by engaging in activities considered inappropriate for women. Filled with compelling eyewitness accounts of women who stepped outside their assigned roles in Russian society, this book gives us our first clear view of what wartime service was like for these nurses in the Great War. We learn firsthand—from memoirs and diaries, contemporary periodicals and reminiscences—about these women's motivations, the nature and specifics of their work, the cultural stereotypes and conventions that shaped their experiences, and their interactions with the men they cared for and served with. Stoff also explores the cultural and social implications of the Sisters' service—in relation to the government, the military, and the church—both immediate and long-term. The first up-close and in-depth study of Russia's nurses in the Great War, Stoff’s work restores a critical chapter to the historical narrative of the war, and to the larger history of gender and culture in early twentieth-century Russia.
Download or read book Current List of Medical Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section, "Recent book acquisitions" (varies: Recent United States publications) formerly published separately by the U.S. Army Medical Library.
Download or read book The Chekhov Theatre written by Laurence Senelick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many now consider Chekhov a playwright equal to Shakespeare. Senelick studies how his reputation evolved, and how the presentation of his plays varied and altered from their initial productions in Russia to recent postmodern deconstructions.
Download or read book Czech for English Speakers written by Jana Hejtmánková and published by Edika. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The textbook is meant for English speaking persons that want to reach A1 level according to the Common European Framework within quite a short time, preferably with the help of a teacher. The aim is to help students to acquire basic language competence and an ability to communicate in common everyday situations. The textbook consists of • six lessons ordered topically according to the real life situations that foreign students may experience at the beginning of their stay abroad • a key to the exercises • Czech-English and English-Czech dictionaries • an overview of basic grammar phenomena In the lessons, all four skills – listening, reading, speaking and writing are developed. Each lesson includes • phrases related to the given topic • exercises • summaries of vocabulary • tests The pictures and illustrations function as illustrative material, or they can help in the motivation or inspiration for further discussions. The textbook is accompanied by a CD with listening exercises, texts, dialogues, phrases, and vocabulary. About the author: Jana Hejtmánková completed her degree at a Pedagogical faculty in the field of Czech and English. She undertook her postgradual studies in English philology at a Faculty of Arts. She works as a teacher of English and Czech as a foreign language at the School of Business Administration, Silesian University, Karviná. You will reach knowledge of Czech at level A1 within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Download or read book Russian Literature Modernism and the Visual Arts written by Catriona Kelly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-03-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Russian modernist era, literature threw itself open to influences from other art forms, most particularly the visual arts. Collaborations between writers, artists, designers, and theatre and cinema directors took place more intensively and productively than ever before or since. Equally striking was the incursion of spatial and visual motifs and structures into verbal texts. Verbal and visual principles of creation joined forces in an attempt to transform and surpass life through art. Yet willed transcendence of the boundaries between art forms gave rise to confrontation and creative tension as well as to harmonious co-operation. This collection of essays by leading British, American and Russian scholars, first published in 2000, draws on a rich variety of material - from Dostoevskii to Siniavskii, from writers' doodles to cabarets, from well-known modernists such as Akhmatova, Malevich, Platonov and Olesha to less well-known figures - to demonstrate the creative power and dynamism of Russian culture 'on the boundaries'.
Download or read book Sailing Directions for the East Coast of Siberia Mys Otto Shmidta to Sakhalinskiy Zaliv Including Ostrov Vrangelya written by United States. Naval Oceanographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Work of Fedor Abramov written by David C. Gillespie and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fedor Aleksandrovich Abramov (1920-83) was one of the leading representatives of the Russian village prose movement of the 1960s and 1970s. In The Life and Work of Fedor Abramov, scholars from the United States and abroad draw on Abramov's works, his diaries, and his private writings as sources for examining his place within the village prose movement and within Anglo-American theories of cultural reception.
Download or read book Sailing Directions Enroute for the East Coast of the U S S R written by United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One Hundred Years of the C S A written by Josef Martínek and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sailing Directions for the East Coast of Siberia written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Russian Symbolism written by Avril Pyman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first detailed history of the Russian Symbolist movement, from its initial hostile reception as a symptom of European decadence to its absorption into the mainstream of Russian literature, and eventual disintegration. It focuses on the two generations of writers whose work served as the seedbed of Existentialism in thought and of Modernism in prose and the performing arts, and reassesses their achievements in the light of modern research. At the centre of the study are the texts themselves, with prose quoted in English translation and poetry given in the original Russian with prose translations. There is a valuable bibliography of primary sources and an extensive chronological appendix. This book will fill a long-felt gap, and will be invaluable to students and teachers of Russian and comparative literature, Symbolism, modernism, and pre-revolutionary Russian culture.
Download or read book Mothers and Daughters written by Barbara Alpern Engel and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first psychosocial study of the female intelligentsia in Russia, Mothers and Daughters explains how and why women radicals of the nineteenth century diverged from their male counterparts, describes the forces that led women to rebel, and discusses their mixed legacy to future generations. Barbara Alpern Engel examines her subject on three levels: the traditional family system; early feminism and women's rebellion against the family; and the causes and consequences of women's revolutionary activity. She describes the impact this revolt had on the family and the lives of radical women and the movement's role in inspiring a new feminine mythology. Throughout, Engel brings nineteenth-century women to life, humanizing history as she presents a case study of how the personal became political in a time and place very different from our own." --Book Jacket.
Download or read book Soviet Nightingales written by Susan Grant and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Soviet Nightingales, Susan Grant tracks nursing care in the Soviet Union from its nineteenth-century origins in Russia through the end of the Soviet state. With the advent of the USSR, nurses were instrumental in helping to build the New Soviet Person and in constructing a socialist society. Disease and illness were rampant in the early 1920s after years of war, revolution, and famine. The demand for nurses was great, but how might these workers best serve the country's needs? By examining living and working conditions, nurse-patient relations, education, and attempts at international nursing cooperation, Grant recounts the history of the Bolshevik effort to define the "Soviet" nurse and organize a new system of socialist care for the masses. Although the Bolsheviks aimed to transform healthcare along socialist lines, they ultimately failed as the struggle to train skilled medical workers became entangled in politics. Soviet Nightingales draws on rich archival research from Russia, the United States, and Britain to describe how ideology reinvented the role of the nurse and shaped the profession.
Download or read book Basic Slovak written by Jozef Mistrík and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Workshop on Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics written by Jindřich Toman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pub155 2004 Sailing Directions Enroute written by and published by ProStar Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailing Directions 155 (Enroute) covers the East Coast of Russia from the Bering Strait, through the Sea of Okhotsk, to the coast of Korea in the Sea of Japan. It is issued for use in conjunction with Sailing Directions 120 (Planning Guide) Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. Companion volumes are Sailing Directions 153, 154, 157, 158, and 159.
Download or read book Russian History through the Senses written by Matthew P. Romaniello and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together an impressive cast of well-respected scholars in the field of modern Russian studies, Russian History through the Senses investigates life in Russia from 1700 to the present day via the senses. It examines past experiences of taste, touch, smell, sight and sound to capture a vivid impression of what it was to have lived in the Russian world, so uniquely placed as it is between East and West, during the last three hundred years. The book discusses the significance of sensory history in relation to modern Russia and covers a range of exciting case studies, rich with primary source material, that provide a stimulating way of understanding modern Russia at a visceral level. Russian History through the Senses is a novel text that is of great value to scholars and students interested in modern Russian studies.
