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After the Deluge: Russian Ark and the Abuses of History

The critical and commercial success of Russian Ark (2002), Aleksandr Sokurov's most recent effort in historical docudrama, necessitates a thoughtful response from anyone seriously interested in Russian history, and most especially from American Slavic studies professionals. After all, any movie that features cameos by Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Pushkin, Nicholas II, and Alexandra, and that enlists the Russophobic Marquis de Custine as the official tour guide to 300 years of history and more than thirty rooms of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, simply cries out for a discussion of its historical and ideo-