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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... Elected by plebs and merchant oligarchs, it was a semirepublican, semidemocratic town council reminiscent of the city-states of the Hanseatic League and the Italian Renaissance. Last was a peculiar custom of legal inheritance known as ...
... Elected by plebs and merchant oligarchs, it was a semirepublican, semidemocratic town council reminiscent of the city-states of the Hanseatic League and the Italian Renaissance. Last was a peculiar custom of legal inheritance known as ...
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... elected Ivan IV's brother-in-law, Boris Godunov, to the throne, and the Time of Troubles (1598–1613) began. The remaining boyar aristocracy fought Boris and each other, the gentry fought the boyars, the peasant serfs fought both of them ...
... elected Ivan IV's brother-in-law, Boris Godunov, to the throne, and the Time of Troubles (1598–1613) began. The remaining boyar aristocracy fought Boris and each other, the gentry fought the boyars, the peasant serfs fought both of them ...
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... elect a dynasty. It included peasants, and it functioned continuously until 1622, presumably in an advisory capacity. It was convoked again, in what configuration is not clear, in 1632 to consult on an approaching war with Poland and in ...
... elect a dynasty. It included peasants, and it functioned continuously until 1622, presumably in an advisory capacity. It was convoked again, in what configuration is not clear, in 1632 to consult on an approaching war with Poland and in ...
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... elected, and they swore to respect the traditional socialpolitical contracts of the lands where they reigned. They governed with representative assemblies, the Diets, which had ideas of legislative prerogative and the control of ...
... elected, and they swore to respect the traditional socialpolitical contracts of the lands where they reigned. They governed with representative assemblies, the Diets, which had ideas of legislative prerogative and the control of ...
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Índice
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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