6/24/2023 0 Comments Helen rappaport after the romanovs![]() ![]() Some, like Bunin, Chagall, and Stravinsky, encountered great success in the same Paris that welcomed Americans such as Fitzgerald and Hemingway. Talented intellectuals, artists, poets, philosophers, and writers struggled in exile, eking out a living at menial jobs. Arriving in Paris, former princes could be seen driving taxicabs, while their wives who could sew worked for the fashion houses, their unique Russian style serving as inspiration for designers such as Coco Chanel. But the brutality of the Bolshevik takeover forced Russians of all types to flee their homeland, sometimes leaving with only the clothes on their backs. It was a place of artistic experimentation, such as Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. For years, Russian aristocrats had enjoyed all that Belle Epoque Paris had to offer, spending lavishly when they visited. But it has also been a place of refuge for those fleeing persecution - never more so than before and after the Russian Revolution and the fall of the Romanov dynasty. Paris has always been a city of cultural excellence, fine wine and food, and the latest fashions. From the New York Timesbestselling author of The Romanov Sisterscomes the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light. ![]()
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