The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist.

Between 2022 and 2023 as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe.

Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bigger forces at work?

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251007-the-pushkin-job-unmasking-the-thieves-behind-an-international-rare-books-heist?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Books #Pushkin #Gogol #Ukraine #Russia #Poland #Latvia #Finland #Czechia #France #Germany #Switzerland #Estonia #Netherlands #Lithuania #Austria #Libraries #Europe #Literature #Longread

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist.

Between 2022 and 2023 as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe.

Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bigger forces at work?

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251007-the-pushkin-job-unmasking-the-thieves-behind-an-international-rare-books-heist?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Books #Pushkin #Gogol #Ukraine #Russia #Poland #Latvia #Finland #Czechia #France #Germany #Switzerland #Estonia #Netherlands #Lithuania #Austria #Libraries #Europe #Literature #Longread

Zarskoje-Sselo. Le Pavilion , ca. 1890-1906 Lakes & ponds,Landscape pavilions,Russia Pushkin

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Today in Writing History December 15, 1905: The Pushkin House was established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin, (6/6/1799–2/10/1837). Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He was influenced by Enlightenment writers and thinkers, like Diderot and Voltaire. He spoke out in support of social reform, and wrote poems, like “Ode to Liberty,” leading to the government exiling him from the capital. In 1920 the Pushkin House was renamed the Institute of New Russian Literature, with the main objective of preparing authoritative "academic" editions of works by Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and others.

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I like Dostoevsky the best. Then Gogol, Bulgakov & Chernyshevsky.

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