The Russian Tragedy: The Burden of History: The Burden of HistoryRoutledge, 16 sept 2016 - 322 páginas This work provides an interpretive history of Russia from earliest times to today, recounting the story of Russia's past. It discusses Russia's strengths and weaknesses as a civilization, and the challenges posed by the contemporary effort to remake Russia. |
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... began writing principally for each other—and that seems a long time ago now—we lost the large audience that was formerly ours. Too often we both choose a subject and use a language that condemn our work to academic oblivion. And so we ...
... began writing principally for each other—and that seems a long time ago now—we lost the large audience that was formerly ours. Too often we both choose a subject and use a language that condemn our work to academic oblivion. And so we ...
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... began to turn its self-confident sectarian virtue into a nationwide evil. Throughout all of this experience, Russia's trials were aggravated by its juxtaposition with that most brilliant of modern civilizations, Western Europe. The West ...
... began to turn its self-confident sectarian virtue into a nationwide evil. Throughout all of this experience, Russia's trials were aggravated by its juxtaposition with that most brilliant of modern civilizations, Western Europe. The West ...
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... began the first serious work on the history of Siberia. The Norman theory of the origins of Russia has always been controversial, and the significance of Norman influence has been much disputed. It appears that the cultural level of ...
... began the first serious work on the history of Siberia. The Norman theory of the origins of Russia has always been controversial, and the significance of Norman influence has been much disputed. It appears that the cultural level of ...
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... began in 1096. It is possible that they damaged the Kievan prosperity, as they opened an alternative route for mercantile traffic to the eastern Mediterranean. As Western Europe asserted itself and entered onto a course that would lead ...
... began in 1096. It is possible that they damaged the Kievan prosperity, as they opened an alternative route for mercantile traffic to the eastern Mediterranean. As Western Europe asserted itself and entered onto a course that would lead ...
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... Western civilization in the sixteenth century. By the seventeenth century, Western power was strong enough to advance farther afield, and the Turks, formerly the greatest military power in the European theater, began to yield to it.
... Western civilization in the sixteenth century. By the seventeenth century, Western power was strong enough to advance farther afield, and the Turks, formerly the greatest military power in the European theater, began to yield to it.
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Peter and Catherine | |
The Imperial Dead | |
A Literary Excursion | |
Reform or Revolution 19001917 | |
The Awkward World of Leninism 19171928 | |
The Brave New World of Stalinism 19281953 | |
Reform or RevolutionAgain 19531991 | |
A Cautious Prognosis | |
Notes | |
Index | |
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