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Download full textMaeots, Olga – 2000
This paper provides historical background on the Jews in Russia and relates the development of children's literature to historical events and situations such as the discriminatory national policy of Tsarism, the fall of Tsarism and the abolishment of discrimination, the political repression of the 1930s, World War II, and Stalin's anti-Jewish…
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries, Jews
Brinkle, Lydle – 1989
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov spent 6 of the last 7 years of his life at Yalta (located on the Crimean Peninsula) where he had a house constructed in order that he might live in a climate favorable to his failing health. During these years Chekhov married the actress Olga Knipper and met Leo Tolstoy, who was near the end of his life. Chekhov also…
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Foreign Countries, Playwriting
