Entertaining tsarist Russia : tales, songs, plays, movies, jokes, ads, and images from Russian urban life, 1779-1917 / edited by James von Geldern and Louise McReynolds.

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Entertaining tsarist Russia : tales, songs, plays, movies, jokes, ads, and images from Russian urban life, 1779-1917 / edited by James von Geldern and Louise McReynolds.