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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... Empire Aggressive Westernization Age of Palace Revolutions (1725–62) Catherine II the Great (1762–96) Conquests in Poland and Turkey Deliberate Westernization Cultural advancement, Age of Enlightenment Paul (1796–1801) Napoleonic wars ...
... Empire Aggressive Westernization Age of Palace Revolutions (1725–62) Catherine II the Great (1762–96) Conquests in Poland and Turkey Deliberate Westernization Cultural advancement, Age of Enlightenment Paul (1796–1801) Napoleonic wars ...
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... Empire in Constantinople. The rivers of European Russia run north into the Baltic—the Lovat, the Volkhov, and the Western Dvina—and south into the Black Sea and the Caspian—the Dnieper, the Don, and the Volga. Short overland portages ...
... Empire in Constantinople. The rivers of European Russia run north into the Baltic—the Lovat, the Volkhov, and the Western Dvina—and south into the Black Sea and the Caspian—the Dnieper, the Don, and the Volga. Short overland portages ...
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... empire the sun never set and the self-anointed guardian of the new world order are less sensitive to questions of cultural derivation and dependence than modern Russians are. Most of the experience of Kiev was far happier than the story ...
... empire the sun never set and the self-anointed guardian of the new world order are less sensitive to questions of cultural derivation and dependence than modern Russians are. Most of the experience of Kiev was far happier than the story ...
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... Empire. Moreover, Poland exhibited graphically the Russian problem of the cultural challenge of Renaissance Europe. It is illustrated in the life of Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikotaj Kopernik, Niklas Koppernigk), born in Toruń, Poland, in ...
... Empire. Moreover, Poland exhibited graphically the Russian problem of the cultural challenge of Renaissance Europe. It is illustrated in the life of Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikotaj Kopernik, Niklas Koppernigk), born in Toruń, Poland, in ...
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... event, it disappeared—no Parliament, no Estates General, no Diet of Poland or the Holy Roman Empire. Its appearance is intriguing, but its significance is not clear. By the end of the seventeenth century, Russian absolutism, straining.
... event, it disappeared—no Parliament, no Estates General, no Diet of Poland or the Holy Roman Empire. Its appearance is intriguing, but its significance is not clear. By the end of the seventeenth century, Russian absolutism, straining.
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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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