Vestnik

These articles were all published as part of Vestnik, a scholarly journal for student research concerning all aspects of the Eurasian space. The journal, run by SRAS, accepts student research on any subject related to this geographic area from any historical period. The work is published across the SRAS Family of Sites, which itself covers a wide range of subjects. The works below cover specifically topics related to museums, art, theater, and literature.

The Call for Papers and other information about the journal can be found on GeoHistory. Any interested students, or professors interesting in incorporating student publication into capstone projects, are encouraged to contact us.

June 26, 2024

Immorality and “General Hypnotism” in Chekhov’s “Gooseberries”

In Anton Chekhov’s short story “Gooseberries,” the societal diagnosis of general hypnotism is developed through carefully manipulated and positioned detail. This general hypnotism is defined as when a person is happy only because they have apparently been blinded to the suffering of others. As the character Nikolay Ivanovitch becomes consumed by his desire for wealth […]

Vestnik

Immorality and “General Hypnotism” in Chekhov’s “Gooseberries”

“Healthy Body, Healthy Mind”: the visual propaganda of personal care during the Cultural Revolution in the Stalinist State

Photography in the Late Soviet Period: Ogonek, the SSOD, and Official Photo Exchanges

A Conflict of Traditions: Caucasian Cultural Barriers in 19th Century Russian Literature

The Hero of Cana: Alyosha’s Ode to Joy in The Brothers Karamazov

Suicide as a Final Reconciliation of Conflicting Identities in The Brothers Karamazov

Worlds within Words: A Translation of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s ‘The Rosary’

Accessible Art and Dialectic Potential: The Soviet Legacy in the Art community of Kyrgyzstan

Competing Conceptions of the Good Life in Anna Karenina