“Deathly” silence fails to bury Tolstoy centenary
The Russian Orthodox Church refused to rehabilitate him and the state chose to ignore him, but the official silence surrounding the 100th anniversary of Leo Tolstoy’s death has not muffled praise or quelled debate.
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Armenian history reinterpreted
BEIRUT: It isn’t easy to narrate the story of a people that dates back over 2,000 years. This is what Serge Momjian has attempted to do, in a slim 190 pages, with “Memories of the Past.” This mix of history and fiction sets out to inform the reader about Armenian history and culture within the frame of the story of one survivor of the Armenian genocide.
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