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Russia and the Russians: From Earliest Times to 21: From Earliest Times to 2001
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Geoffrey Hosking has been one of the foremost historians of Russia and her Empire for more than twenty years. He traces Russia's history from the settlement of Kiev through to the present day. He argues that two nation-building movements, one based on a messianic vision of Russia's destiny as God's people, the other a modernising and expansive imperial project of administration and assimilation, have clashed since the rise of Tsarism. These two nascent national identities offer a chance to compare & trace continuities in Tsarist and Soviet Russia & allow us to appreciate more fully the recurrent themes that have at times, and not least this century, appeared wholly without precedent in the history of the world.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #22067 in Books
- Published on: 2002-07-25
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 736 pages
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About the Author
Geoffrey Hosking is Professor of Russian History at University College London. His previous books include the best-selling Russia: People and Empire, 1552-1917 and History of the Soviet Union Russia: People and Empire, 1552-1917 - 48,000 sales in the UK and Commonwealth.
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Concise, informative and very readable
If you are looking for a concise history of russia, you cant go wrong with this book. I bought it as an introduction to Russia and Russian culture before i went to live in moscow for 6 months and found it to be a highly informative and entertaining work on what can appear to be an intimidating topic. You can't help but feel you're learning something new with every page turned, and personaly i found the subject fascinating. Even if you never intend to visit Russia, I feel this book is well worth a read for anyone with an interest in history as this sprawling country and its eventful past is so little-known to outsiders. A minor disappointment on my part, was the superficial coverage of individual characters and personalities bar the tsars and post revolution leaders (Rasputin for example gets barely a mention). This is not a critisism however, the books purpose is to give the reader a broad overview of 1000 years of history in 700-odd pages, which it does admirably.
