ASSIGNMENT 1:

You have to read this article in order to do my essay"Caroline Brooke. City of Rich and Poor."

Please list and characterize the classes and social groups that were present in Russia before the Revolution of 1917.

ASSIGNMENT 2:

External link

City of Rich and Poor:

Please watch the clip of winter Moscow filmed in 1908.

a) What classes and groups of people you can spot?

b) What kind of activities are they involved with?

Read an article about Russian merchant Tretyakov.

How Russian merchant class was involved in production and preservation of cultural values?

Brief biography of the merchant Pavel Tretyakov, the founder of the world famous Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. We'll be talking about it soon while discussing Russian art. So far, I'd like you to see how this project came into being and how merchants were instrumental as beneficiaries.

http://www.russianpaintings.net/doc.vphp?id=137

A video clip "Moscow Clad in Snow" (1908)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPwxWQtRdo4