Courtly Feasts to Kremlin Banquets: A History of Celebration and Hospitality: Echoes of Russia's cuisine

Author:   Oksana Y Zakharova ,  Sergey N Pushkaryov ,  Marina George
Publisher:   Ozaru Books
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9780993158780


Pages:   204
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Courtly Feasts to Kremlin Banquets: A History of Celebration and Hospitality: Echoes of Russia's cuisine


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This is a book not only for lovers of food but also for those with an appetite for adventure and a thirst for the discovery of exciting gastronomic delights. Russian history presents us with a rich tapestry of extravagant ceremony, characterized not only by the magnificent grandeur of individual courtly feasts but also by successive generations of nobility actively vying with each other to surpass the splendour created by their predecessors. Russian hospitality has always exuded a special vitality and sense of warm-hearted sociability. In Old Russia there was also a significant link between hospitality and the teachings of the Orthodox Church. The political and social history of Russia has seen some very violent changes. The more shocking the political events of a country, the more brutal the cultural changes can be. At times, the differences between the past and the present are so extreme that one is faced with completely different worlds. Despite dramatic and often heart-breaking upheavals, we do surely have a duty to remember those distant roots that helped to nourish the present. ""Modern society contemptuously dismisses and sneers at the former way of life and deliberately breaks any connection with the past, which would always have been held to be so dear at the time."" These words of writer, historian and theatre critic Yevgeny Opochinin were published in 1909 before the full horror of the revolutionary upheaval. The relevance of such remarks is surely as valid now as then. Throughout history, special events have been an important way of imparting tradition from one generation to another, and symbolic meanings can still be found, if one knows the stories from the past. One just has to know where to look. So, it is time to raise a toast in memory of bygone custom and tradition and to celebrate that great warm-hearted generosity of the Russian people!

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Author:   Oksana Y Zakharova ,  Sergey N Pushkaryov ,  Marina George
Publisher:   Ozaru Books
Imprint:   Ozaru Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780993158780


ISBN 10:   0993158781
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Oksana Yurievna Zakharova is a Doctor of Historical Sciences and a Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University in Yerevan, Armenia. She is a renowned specialist in the ceremonial culture of Imperial Russia, having authored or coauthored 49 articles, 32 books, 14 conference reports, 11 dissertations and 7 training courses. Sergey Nikolayevich Pushkaryov was born in Moscow in 1954 and graduated from the Donetsk State University in 1976 with a degree in Philology. He has been actively involved in the establishment and work of a local history museum in the town of Chernomorskoye and the Association of Crimean Nature Reserves & Museums, and has authored over 60 academic articles on a variety of subjects, including the history of church buildings and old estates. Marina George was born in Voronezh in 1960. Following the completion of a Master's Degree in English Language and Literature at the Voronezh State University in 1986, Marina gained a Diploma in Translation and Interpreting and, after acquiring valuable working experience, went on to work as a freelance translator and interpreter. She is a fully qualified member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting and a member of the National Register of Public Service Interpreters.

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