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portret auguste blanqui 1805 1881 politicus man amelie suzanne serreReproductie Portret van Auguste Blanqui 1805 1881 politicus Amlie Suzanne Serre Boeiende introductie Het "Portret van Auguste Blanqui", gemaakt door Amlie Suzanne Serre, is een kunstwerk dat verder gaat dan de eenvoudige voorstelling. Door de essentie van een zo complexe en charismatische politicus als Blanqui vast te leggen, nodigt Serre ons uit om onder te dompelen in een tijdperk gekenmerkt door sociale en politieke onrust. Blanqui, een iconische
Reproductie Portret van Auguste Blanqui 1805-1881 politicus - Amélie-Suzanne Serre – Boeiende introductie Het "Portret van Auguste Blanqui", gemaakt door Amélie-Suzanne Serre, is een kunstwerk dat verder gaat dan de eenvoudige voorstelling. Door de essentie van een zo complexe en charismatische politicus als Blanqui vast te leggen, nodigt Serre ons uit om onder te dompelen in een tijdperk gekenmerkt door sociale en politieke onrust. Blanqui, een iconische figuur van het Franse socialisme, wordt hier afgebeeld met een intensiteit die niet alleen zijn karakter onthult, maar ook de passies die hem bezielden. Dit kunstwerk, door zijn realisme en diepgang, spreekt ons nog steeds aan, en herinnert ons aan het belang van historische herinnering en de rol van kunst in de weergave van menselijke strijd. Stijl en uniekheid van het werk De stijl van Amélie-Suzanne Serre onderscheidt zich door een benadering die zowel realistisch als expressief is. In dit portret worden de trekken van Blanqui weergegeven met minutieuze precisie, waarbij elk detail van zijn gezicht een verhaal vertelt. De schaduwen en lichten spelen een fundamentele rol, benadrukken de lijnen van zijn gezicht en geven zijn blik een verontrustende diepte. De kunstenaar slaagt erin niet alleen de fysieke verschijning van haar onderwerp vast te leggen, maar ook zijn aura, zijn charisma en betrokkenheid. Het kleurenpalet dat ze kiest, subtiel en genuanceerd, versterkt de sfeer van ernst en zwaarte die het personage omringt. Dit portret, zowel intiem als openbaar, roept de strijd op van een man die zijn leven wijdde aan de sociale zaak, terwijl het verankerd is in een artistieke traditie die het portret waardeert als een middel voor politieke en sociale expressie. De kunstenaar en haar invloed Amélie-Suzanne Serre, hoewel minder bekend dan sommige van haar tijdgenoten, speelt een belangrijke rol in het artistieke landschap van de 19e eeuw. Haar vermogen om techniek en emotie te combineren maakt haar tot een opvallende figuur van haar tijd. Ze sluit aan bij een artistieke stroming die het portret waardeert als een middel om ideeën en idealen uit te drukken. Door te kiezen voor het afbeelden van een politicus zoals Auguste Blanqui, toont Serre haar betrokkenheid bij de sociale en politieke vraagstukken van haar tijd. Haar werk maakt deel uit van een traditieShipping Notes
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★★★★★ 5
P O W E R F U L .
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The author summarized: "The ghost of the disappeared Soviet Union ... still haunts the imagination of contemporaries .... This amazing story teaches us not to trust in the seeming certainty of continuity and should help us prepare for sudden shocks in the future" (p. 439).
An engrossing in-depth eloquent analyses concerning the events and individuals affecting the 1991 demise of the Soviet Union. Moreover, the unforeseen Chernobyl nuclear disaster on April 26, 1986, crystallized the horrors of a possible nuclear war. Thus, a new orientation to end the exorbitant arms race with the United States.
Further, General Secretary Gorbachev promulgated new reforms, including, relaxing travel restrictions in 1989: "... [T]he shock that thousands of Soviet people experienced when they crossed Soviet borders and visited Western countries .... For first-time Soviet travelers to the West a visit to a supermarket produced the biggest effect. The contrast between half-empty, gloomy Soviet food stores and glittering Western palaces with an abundant selection of food was mind-boggling.... This experience changed Soviet travelers forever" (p. 82).
At times, repetitive and somewhat confusing. For instance, U.S. President Bush needed Gorbachev's approval for his Iraq offense, which was initially described on Page 143, then inexplicably again, on Page 172. On another occasion, the author indicated that Yeltsin was influenced by Alexander Solzhenitsyn's brochure "How To Rebuild Russia," on Page 150, which is again repeated, on Page 173. Scrupulous editing needed.
Notwithstanding such glitches, nonetheless, a fascinating detailed portrayal of the unexpected implosion of a superpower. Having read other books on the subject, if I had to select only ONE about the USSR collapse, I would choose this as the best.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Thought Provoking
Format: Kindle
I bought this book after I heard the author on a podcast. Growing up in the US we have been inundated with the story that the collapse of the Soviet Union was an inevitable triumph of liberal, Western values. I had my doubts. Even poorly run dictatorships can muddle along for years. What the author did was center Gorbachev in the story. He was the eye of the storm. It was the terrible combination of Gorbachev’s ambitious idealism and gross ineptitude that led to the dismantling of the Soviet Union. Unlike much of Marxist historical narratives which emphasize the forces of history; the author shows that it’s individuals who shape events and are shaped by them. A different person than Gorbachev could have turned the tide in a different direction and left us a different world than we have today. This is a history book that teaches lessons not just about the Soviet Union but about human history in general.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2025
★★★★★ 5
A compelling account of the fall of the USSR
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Zubok describes blow by blow the series of decisions that sent the USSR towards disaster. Gorbachev, widely hated in Russia, comes across as principled but indecisive, ignorant of economics, and incapable of translating his worship of Lenin into coherent action. The book reads like a thriller despite the density of facts. Zubok is a pessimist, but his thesis is convincing.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Fascinating, an against the grain account of the perestroika era
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Gorbachev is hailed as a hero in the West but the book tells the story of a meek, naive individual that precipitated the fall of the Soviet Union creating suffering and an a!most unprecedented calamity.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2025
★★★★★ 2
A masterfully falsified history of the late Soviet developments
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This book represents academic propaganda, providing some interesting insights into important events. Some details are true, but some crucial details are omitted. It represents a sanitized version of Russia's modern history. It provides misleading information about Gorbachev's constitutional reforms, aimed at partitioning of 15 republics into 53 confederation entities. Originally, the targeted republics were Kazakhstan, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, etc. Those conflicts were manufactured by the Soviet center to discredit "nationalists," facilitate the partition of national republics, and grant Moscow right to protect ethnic minorities. According to Starovoitova, Bakatin, Yakovlev, and a few other primary sources, the Soviet security services led special operations in the Caucasus and Central Asia to provoke those conflicts. Zubok avoids citing those parts. Using the imperial approach of "divide and rule," Moscow attempted to become a peacekeeper in the conflicts it created between different ethnicity.
In addition to fragmenting the republics with well-developed national identities, Gorbachev's new constitution would revoke their right to leave the USSR, written in Lenin's 1922 Constitution (Shakhnazarov, 1992). Zubok does not explain any of it. His book is an effort to protect the truth and conceal facts with Russian myths and lies about nationalism (also referred to as Nazism). Notably, Zubok does not recognize non-Russian republics and describes them as "territories." He mentions Pitsunda as a resort on the Black Sea, not as Georgia. For lying about the genocidal ethnic cleansing conducted by the Russian military against the Georgian population of Abkhazia, Zubok owes apology to the victims of conflicts and wars initiated by Gorbachev and carried on by Yeltsin.
The story about "the hardliners coup against Gorbachev" is also a big fat lie. American scholars, Amy Knight, John Dunlop, and William Odom provide more accurate insights. For Russian sources, read Marshal Shaposhnikov or Aleksandr Lebed's memoirs (1995) and listen to Gennady Yanaev's interview (2009). According to Mitrokhin archives (original), the August 1991 coup was an active measure the KGB developed per Gorbachev's request. The so-called coup was part of Gorbachev's constitutional reform, which would lead to the removal of unfriendly leaders (including Yeltsin) from the republics. It failed because the Soviet military brass, foremost Pavel Grachev, had defected to Yeltsin earlier in 1991. When you read a book by a seasoned Russian propagandist, like Zubok or Trenin, take it with a grain of salt, because it will always contain a mix of lies and truth.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2023