Georgij Pobedonosec V Russkoj Kulture Stranicy Istorii Georgii Pobedonosec V Russkoi Kulture

by Savelii Senderovich

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Bern et al. Peter Lang, 1994 . 8vo, pp. 2 , 169, 5 ; text in Russian; brown printed boards; fine. Inscribed on endpaper to Russian-American linguist, etymologist, and poet Anatoly Liberman. St. George is one of the most productive leitmotives in European, especially Russian, culture. The early medieval cult of the saint fell on fertile soil; resulting in hagiography, iconography, religious and state symbolism, and finding its way into folklore, literature,

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