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Author Coker, Adam, 1975- author.

Title Russia's French connection : a history of the lasting French imprint on Russian culture / Adam Coker
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Routledge studies in cultural history
Routledge studies in cultural history.
Contents In Search of Russia's French Connection -- Lexical Analysis of French Influence in Russia -- French Immigration to Russia -- The Russian Army's Foreign Campaigns of 1813-1815 and French Cultural Influence -- Russian Periodical Literature and French Influence, 1788-
Summary "While it is generally acknowledged that Russia's culture has been influenced by France, the present study goes beyond the Francophile preferences of the noble elite and examines Russian society more broadly, exploring those elements of French cultural influence still relevant today. This is done through an historical analysis of French loanwords in the Russian language from the time of Peter the Great to the present. The result of this lexical analysis and subsequent study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century archival, periodical, and memoir material is to empirically link Russia's present culture to two major Franco-Russian events: the wave of immigration to Russia following the French Revolution and Russia's war with Napoleon. This is primarily a book for those interested in European history, particularly imperial Russia, the French Revolution, and Napoleonic Wars. The study of Russian officer memoirs includes original campaign maps, which may be of interest to military historians. The analysis of periodical literature will likewise be a resource for those studying the history of printing, publishing, and journalism in Russia. The book's interdisciplinary nature, however, broadens its relevance to linguists, cultural historians, and those in the emerging field of Immigration Studies"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 15, 2020)
Subject Russian language -- Foreign words and phrases -- French.
French -- Russia -- History -- 18th century
Russians -- France -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
HISTORY / Europe / France
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
French.
Intellectual life.
Intellectual life -- French influences.
Russian language -- Foreign words and phrases -- French.
Russians.
SUBJECT Russia -- Intellectual life -- French influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020000963
Russia -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004179
Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125825
Russia -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Subject France.
Russia.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020015956
ISBN 9781000082647
1000082644
9781003011231
1003011233
9781000082623
1000082628
9781000082630
1000082636
Other Titles History of the lasting French imprint on Russian culture