The Cherry Orchard (Context and Introduction) 1 of 2

[@imsunoklemtur545]

Have been watching alot of video on KZbin about The Cherry Orchard. Watched only half of it as of writing this comment because I wanted to take time out from it to say that this is by far the best video out there regarding this play. Thank you😄

[@Русскийязыкснуля-о4ь]

Its so great to see Americans reading the stories our country's author wrote. Chekov was indeed a master of short stories. Everything is absolutely well delivered Thank you

[@Noorjahan-ep3iz]

It's interesting

[@علاءعبدالله-ر8ل]

I have had a problem with characters and names before I watched this video , thanks a lot❤❤

[@ryansutherland_]

thank you SO SO MUCH . awesome video

[@vivianshipman5693]

Great overview! So helpful and enjoyable to listen to

[@balgrantango460]

Excellent and well delivered. So enjoyable to listen to.

[@nesly795]

I have an literature exam in 2 days and i havent read this yet but your video helped me a lot thank u😊

[@DennisGJerzSHU]

I think you should still read it! You can put on a KZbin recording while you fold laundry or go for a walk.

[@nesly795]

@@DennisGJerzSHU thank u so much i dicovered your channel with this video i am studying American Culture and Literature actually i think your videos will be a huge help:")

[@vaibhavkumartak]

Thank you ..this is a great help

[@ice_grey]

Thank you

[@michaelprieto9774]

beautiful video, thank you

[@DennisGJerzSHU]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Noorjahan-ep3iz]

Love from Pakistan ❤❤❤thank you so much

[@emrebugday4559]

Thank you, sir.

[@sruthyprakash9206]

thank you sir

[@DennisGJerzSHU]

Most welcome

[@Achrononmaster]

@1:40 the provisional government was not the peasants, it was a mix of the old royalists (pro-war right-wingers) and some mensheviks (democratic socialists) and SR (socialist revolutionaries, a bourgeois party aligned with the bolsheviks and mensheviks). The workers with help from the soldiers deserting from the war front and some Cossacks who supported the bolsheviks did most of the overthrowing before October. Point is, for Chekov's backdrop, the Tsar and the rentier landed aristocracy was so badly loathed a total shambles of a coalition could take the aristocracy down even when right-wing proto-fascist nationalists tried to stop them.

[@DennisGJerzSHU]

Thank you. To help students understand the context of the play, the main ideas I wanted to get across were that an 1) uprising took the aristocracy down, and 2) the peasants didn't wind up in control. In my attempts to boil a complex issue down into a few bullet points, I -- who profess no expertise in Russian history -- didn't do the topic justice.