Soviet emigré artists : life and work in the USSR and the United States

Excerpt From: Marilyn Rueschemeyer. “Soviet Emigre Artists.” “This book could not have been written without the interest and generosity of the Soviet emigré artists, art historians, and critics who agreed to be interviewed. With warmth and courteousness, they spent hours answering questions, assessing their experiences in the Soviet Union and recalling the chaos, tribulations, and excitement of their first years in the United States.” The blind mendicant in Ukrainian folk tradition is a little-known social order, but an important one. The singers of Ukrainian epics, these minstrels were organized into professional guilds that set standards for training and performance. Repressed during the Stalin era, this is their story.