Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Russian / Slavic Languages, grade: 96%, eqals 1,0, The University of Western Ontario, course: The bible and 20th century

Merezhkovsky's bold claim that "all Russian literature is, to a certain degree, a struggle with the temptation of demonism" is undoubtedly justified. And yet, d

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