The Old World Review
Eurasian Coverage – Essays on history and cultures of the Old World
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In this series we introduce somewhat randomly chosen online curiosities – historical documents or visual materials – that you may explore at your own leisure. These items tie into the themes previously discussed on the OWR, hopefully deepening perspectives and elevating immersion in the topics of the project. This is…
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Celluloid Union is an ongoing exploration of Soviet filmmaking as a practice of worldbuilding through mass-culture. For the toiling peoples of Moscow’s 20th-century empire and its worldwide admirers alike, the dream of utopian socialism was never realized; always “just beyond” the horizon. Celluloid Union demonstrates the roles that the Soviet…
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The following is a brief introduction to a Finnish politician of the Cold War era, who was known for his unusual experience during the Finnish Civil War, his esoteric theosophical worldview, and his commitment to pacifism. The biography below hopes to present a part of Northeastern European history that despite…
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European sciences, from natural sciences to humanities, developed comprehensively in the 19th century. These advancements were not only linked with socio-economic developments but also with colonialism, imperialism and war within and outside the continent. Natural sciences in particular influenced other studies in this century, both in substance and methodology, expanding…
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This is a guest article written by Jake Todd. Pictures added by M.A. The Gagauz of Moldova are one of Eastern Europe’s many forgotten minorities (although they themselves would most likely object to that term). Concentrated in an autonomous community of the southern Budjak region of modern Moldova known as…
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Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran (1911-1995), known for relatively pessimistic works of philosophy and lyrical aphorisms, spent decades pondering mortality and existence. Decay and futility, of both the individual and society, were prominent themes in Cioran’s literature. Simultaneously, his works reflected not only his own migrant’s struggle for identity and ‘metaphysical…
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First enter the ethereal sounds of post-industrial music – spacey textures of ambient synths and samples. Soon the storming drums make a resounding appearance. Finally appears the protagonist, the acoustic guitar accompanied by a melancholic, often low-toned voice, calmly giving out lyrics that may at first resemble a typical love…
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