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A Small Country Lasha Bugadze's A Small Country , which won the Saba, IliaUni, and Writers’ House Litera prizes in Georgia––all for novel of the year in 2018––is based on the real scandal surrounding the publication of the author's 2001 short story “The First Russian.” The story outraged some MPs and clergy with its satirical allusions to the wedding night of Georgia’s revered medieval Queen Tamar, whose first husband was a Russian prince. The author found himself censured in parliament and threatened with excommunication.   I remember the man sitting at an oak table took...

The First Russian Parliament DR. RAPPOPORT IN FORTNIGUTLY REVIEW Much has been spoken and written about the Russian Duma but, to many, this new Parliament is still something about which they have little real knowledge. In the following extract some light is thrown on the organization of the Duma. It is shown how diverse are the various elements of which it is composed and how impossible it is to expect far-reaching results from its meeting IN the first instance the Duma can have no deep nor far-reaching influence, as it can hardly be called a truly representative national assembly, impersonat...