Borrowed culture, without full cognizance of origin, is still pervasive in much of the hipster culture of Russia.
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Harry LeedsIf Russian literature is a history of Pushkin imitators, then Lermontov came first, and he’s still the best. Many have tried imitate Pushkin’s style, but few went as far to write tragic poems about his hero’s death in a duel, and proceed to, years later, perish in a duel himself. People just aren’t committed to their writing like that anymore.
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