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First Russian edition of Lennon's second book. 50000 copies were printed.The back cover contains information for the fundraising campaign for John Lennon's Temple in St. Petersburg. The advertising includes the slogan: "Let's do it before we kick-off." The Temple of Love, Peace, and Music was established in St. Petersburg in 1992 under the head of the prominent Beatles Russian fan Kolya Vasin. This temple-museum was located on "John Lennon street" (Pushkinskaya st., 10). There are some incredible decorations and paintings dedicated to the iconic singer and his group till nowadays.In Soviet Russia, public performance of foreign popular music was prohibited actually. Nevertheless, information about her spread through the Iron Curtain. The Beatles were incredibly popular in some Russian circles of young people; the sincere love of the fans for the Beatles' music mixed with the pleasure of participating in something forbidden. Lennon's anti-war philosophy was the reason for the importance of his figure in… Read More

Based on Pushkin's poem [Poltava].
Rare printed musical score.
Mazeppa (or Mazepa) is a three-act opera composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), based on Pushkin's Poltava and inspired by the cultural legacy of Ivan Mazeppa, the Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, and Vasyl Kochubey, a prosperous Ukrainian nobleman and statesman. The story takes place in Ukraine during the early 18th century. Tchaikovsky worked on the opera between June 1881 and April 1883, and he noted that it was one of the most challenging compositions he had ever undertaken. The opera bears many similarities to Tchaikovsky's other works, such as Eugene Onegin and Romeo and Juliet (as seen in the duet between Mazeppa and Mariya).
The libretto was written by Victor Burenin (1841–1926), a literary and theatre critic, writer, translator, and satirical poet. It was originally prepared for the 'czar of cellists', composer and director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory Karl Davydov, who worked on it in the middle of the 1870s but… Read More