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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... fact that, more than once in its history, the seemingly all-powerful Russian state structure has crumbled and collapsed. This first happened following the end of a ruling dynasty in 1598, and the ensuing fifteen years of semi-stateless ...
... fact that, more than once in its history, the seemingly all-powerful Russian state structure has crumbled and collapsed. This first happened following the end of a ruling dynasty in 1598, and the ensuing fifteen years of semi-stateless ...
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... fact in the evolution of Russia is one of the most sensitive: it was founded by aliens. The story of Russia is above all the story of the state. The Slavs who became Russians had been where they were for generations. Their organization ...
... fact in the evolution of Russia is one of the most sensitive: it was founded by aliens. The story of Russia is above all the story of the state. The Slavs who became Russians had been where they were for generations. Their organization ...
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... fact gave birth to the “Norman theory” of the origins of the first Russian state, Kievan Rus. Its consequences for the self-esteem of a major modern nation are easily imagined. Analogous insults would torment the Russian psyche like an ...
... fact gave birth to the “Norman theory” of the origins of the first Russian state, Kievan Rus. Its consequences for the self-esteem of a major modern nation are easily imagined. Analogous insults would torment the Russian psyche like an ...
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... fact that both Westerners and Russians, however offensive it is to the latter, find in it a kind of familiar description of the cultural relations between them. The civilization of modern England—and of the United States—owes something ...
... fact that both Westerners and Russians, however offensive it is to the latter, find in it a kind of familiar description of the cultural relations between them. The civilization of modern England—and of the United States—owes something ...
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... fact and fiction, like the Russians of our own time, that they were “going to Europe.” What impact on Russia, then, did the Mongol dominion have? The Mongols required two items of the Russians. They required an annual delivery of ...
... fact and fiction, like the Russians of our own time, that they were “going to Europe.” What impact on Russia, then, did the Mongol dominion have? The Mongols required two items of the Russians. They required an annual delivery of ...
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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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