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Historians don't doubt that Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay, but an upg bpic filmed his native untry will. Well, sorry Rsia, but Tchaikovsky — along wh dozens of other Rsian cultural ins — were gay.

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WAS GOGOL GAY?

Historians don't doubt that Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay, but an upg bpic filmed his native untry will.

SORRY, RSIA, BUT TCHAIKOVSKY WAS DEFELY GAY

Historians don't doubt that Peter Tchaikovsky was gay, but an upg bpic filmed his native untry will. Yuri Arabov told a Rsian newspaper that his adaptatn of the 19th century poser's life won't foc on his sexualy bee “ is far om a fact that Tchaikovsky was a homosexual, " The New York Tim also said that films that "advertise" homosexualy are "outsi the sphere of art, " and that only "philist" thk the poser was gay. In light of Rsia's recent anti-gay legislatn, this uld be seen as another effort to erase the untry's gay history.

Well, sorry Rsia, but Tchaikovsky — along wh dozens of other Rsian cultural ins — were gay, as many scholars would readily Tchaikovsky (poser)Tchaikovsky posed two of the most qutsentially Rsian ballets — Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.

GOGOL'S GAY TAL OF THE RSIAN UKRAE; EVENINGS ON A FARM NEAR DIKANKA. BY NIKOLAY GOGOL. TRANSLATED BY CONSTANCE GART. NEW YORK: ALED A. KNOPF. $2.50.

Harry wr (emphasis add): The history of Tchaikovsky's homosexualy was supprsed Rsia by the Soviets, and has only recently bee wily known post-Soviet Rsia. Tchaikovsky's letters and diari, as well as the letters of his brother Most, who was also gay, make clear his orientatn. ] Many of Tchaikovsky's most timate relatnships were homosexual: Tchaikovsky's servant Aleksey Soonov and his nephew, Vladimir “Bob” Davydov.

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For stance, Wiley pots out that Tchaikovsky was openly gay all his life, to the pot that he femised the nam of the young men he nsorted wh, and ed his own – signg a letter to his brother (who was also gay) "Petrola". Nikolai Gogol (thor)The 19th century novelist, bt known for Dead Souls and his short stori, was also homosexual. The Sexual Labyrth of Nikolai Gogol, by fellow gay Rsian Simon Karlsky, argued that evince of Gogol's homosexualy uld be found his works.

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