The common thread in the criticism of Isaac Babel's Red Calvary is obvious. In a single article, the critic describes the collection as "a vision of polarity and paradox", "a tangle of insoluble ambiguities" and "a paradoxical world in which irreconcilable polarities are at its basis" (Luplow 216, 223, 230). In the article "The Red Cavalry of Babel: Epic and Pathos, History and Culture," Milton includes a tedious list of contradictions for the reader to explore: "the path of violence versus the path of peace, the Cossacks versus the Jews, the revolutionary new order versus traditional society, noble savage versus civilized man, and a pair that can encompass it all: nature versus culture” (Milton 231). With so many contradictions and polarities to explore, it's easy to see how many aspects of the story remain intact. Since its publication in 1926, scholars have studied Babel's masterful prose in The Red Calvary and have tirelessly searched for unifying elements, meaning, and structure, but they have failed to fully examine the cultural influences of the artistic movements modern Europeans, mainly expressionism. of the present: the red ordeal of Isaac Babel", the author emphasizes that the story of Babel cannot be separated from the revolution in which he lived, and that his modern experiences did not have time to reflect and resolve : Living during the Russian Revolution, Babel was writing history rather than recalling a safely past era. Under the pressure of events, memory was unable to do its healing work, sometimes letting experience disintegrate into a kaleidoscope of contradictions between what should be and what is, between past and present, Jewish and Cossack, poet and curator. (Klotz 160)This kaleidoscope is...... middle of paper ......rint.Clyman, Toby W. "Babel' as Colorist." The Slavic and East European Journal 21.3 (1977): 332-43. Internet. January 29, 2010. Ehre, Milton. "The Red Cavalry of Babel: epic and pathos, history and culture." SlavicReview 40.2 (1981): 228-40. Internet. January 29, 2010. Kandinsky, Wassily. Spiritual in art. Trans. Michael TH Sadler. 1914 .Minnesota State University: Copyright Theodore Gracyk, 2002. Web. Internet. January 29, 2010. Koltz, Martin B. “Poetry of the Present: The Red Cavalry of Issak Babel.” 1974): 160-69. Internet January 28, 2010. Luplow, Carol. “Paradox and the search for value in the Red Calvary of Babel.” The Slavicand East European Journal 23.2 (1979): 216-32. Internet. Vinokur, Val. “Morality and Orality in the Red Calvary of Isaac Babel.” 95. Internet January 29.. 2010.