Russian Berlin of the 20s
Description:
Literary walk. Berlin-Charlottengrad
Russian writers of the 20s in Berlin.
For some time, the capital of Germany became, in the words of V. Khodasevich: “stepmother of Russian cities.”
Shelter for 400,000 immigrants from Russia.
After 1923, most of them moved on to Prague and Paris, but from 1921 to 1923 almost all the most famous cultural figures and especially writers of the time visited Berlin.
The island of Russian emigration becomes the area between Kurfürstendam, Zoo and Prager Place.
Our route:
1. Uhlandstrasse und Fasanenstrasse
ZOO und Gedächtniskirche. Augsburgerstrasse.
3. KaDeWe-Passauerstrasse-Viktoria-Luise Platz
4. Motzstrasse-Pragerplatz-Nikolsburger Platz
During the tour you will get acquainted with addresses that are associated with such names as:
V. Nabokov, M. Tsvetaeva, B. Pasternak, V. Shklovsky, V. Mayakovsky, S. Yesenin, N. Berberova and V. Khodasevich, A. Bely and I. Ehrenburg.