Russian Jew of Bloomsbury
Samuel Koteliansky (1880-1955) fled the pogroms of Russia in 1911 and established himself as a friend of many of Britain''s literati and intellectuals, who were fascinated by his homeland''s more civilized side: the Ballets Russes, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. Kot, as he was known, soon became an indispensable guide to Russian culture for England''s leading writers, artists, and intellectuals...
Samuel Koteliansky (1880-1955) fled the pogroms of Russia in 1911 and established himself as a friend of many of Britain''s literati and intellectuals, who were fascinated by his homeland''s more civilized side: the Ballets Russes, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. Kot, as he was known, soon became an indispensable guide to Russian culture for England''s leading writers, artists, and intellectuals...
