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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... natural functions of the tortured historical traditions of Russia. The Russians set out under Gorbachev, as they had under Lenin and Peter I, to break away from their traditions. But nations do not suddenly liberate themselves from ...
... natural functions of the tortured historical traditions of Russia. The Russians set out under Gorbachev, as they had under Lenin and Peter I, to break away from their traditions. But nations do not suddenly liberate themselves from ...
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... natural counterpart of the overdeveloped growth of the state. By the nineteenth century, a more important—because more articulate—mode of self-expression arose: classical Russian literature. It reflects especially well the ideas of a ...
... natural counterpart of the overdeveloped growth of the state. By the nineteenth century, a more important—because more articulate—mode of self-expression arose: classical Russian literature. It reflects especially well the ideas of a ...
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... natural economy, the great contraction of long-distance trade. The Russians drew their prosperity from two sources. The first was trade. It was the search for trade that had brought the Varangians to Russia, and they were thus ...
... natural economy, the great contraction of long-distance trade. The Russians drew their prosperity from two sources. The first was trade. It was the search for trade that had brought the Varangians to Russia, and they were thus ...
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... nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity: and therefore no simple disposition or direction of power can be suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs.” 2 Kiev did ...
... nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity: and therefore no simple disposition or direction of power can be suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs.” 2 Kiev did ...
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... natural rights. Neither was Kievan freedom like that of medieval Western Europe, where individual rights derived from the legal status of the individual. Western Europe was a society of corporate orders, recognized by law and tradition ...
... natural rights. Neither was Kievan freedom like that of medieval Western Europe, where individual rights derived from the legal status of the individual. Western Europe was a society of corporate orders, recognized by law and tradition ...
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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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