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Tag Archives: Joseph Stalin
1920: Drag
Afanasy Shaur, a member of the Russian Baltic Fleet, organized this gay wedding in Petrograd in 1921. The event featured elements of a traditional Russian wedding, such as a special bread presented with a dish of salt for the betrothed … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Books, Dan Healey, Joseph Stalin, LGBTQ, Marriage, Medicine, Psychology, Revolution, Socialism & Communism, Soviet Union
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1933: Osip Mandlestam Writes his Last Poem
And I was alive in the blizzard of the blossoming pear And I was alive in the blizzard of the blossoming pear, Myself I stood in the storm of the bird-cherry tree. It was all leaflife and starshower, unerring, self-shattering … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Christian Wiman, Joseph Stalin, Osip Mandlestam, Poetry, Russia, Soviet Union
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