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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... German counterpart Adolf Hitler. But still the question arises: why does Russian history, so far, merit the characterization offered it in the book's title? One possible answer, or part of the answer, that occurs to this reader is that ...
... German counterpart Adolf Hitler. But still the question arises: why does Russian history, so far, merit the characterization offered it in the book's title? One possible answer, or part of the answer, that occurs to this reader is that ...
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... German scholar Gerhard Friedrich Miiller, who relied on the research of his German colleague Bayer. As Miiller spoke, his Russian colleague N.I. Popov interrupted to protest: “You, famous author, dishonor our nation.” A tumult arose ...
... German scholar Gerhard Friedrich Miiller, who relied on the research of his German colleague Bayer. As Miiller spoke, his Russian colleague N.I. Popov interrupted to protest: “You, famous author, dishonor our nation.” A tumult arose ...
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... Germans discovered ancient Teutons coming to the assistance of backward Russians —as the Teutons themselves were. If that attitude was a misinterpretation of what had happened in 860, by the year 1749 it had become a habit of thinking ...
... Germans discovered ancient Teutons coming to the assistance of backward Russians —as the Teutons themselves were. If that attitude was a misinterpretation of what had happened in 860, by the year 1749 it had become a habit of thinking ...
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... German and north Italian architecture. The style of Red Square is utterly, exotically different. In this sense, the Russians quite unconsciously laid the foundation of a kind of linguistic and cultural iron curtain a thousand years ago ...
... German and north Italian architecture. The style of Red Square is utterly, exotically different. In this sense, the Russians quite unconsciously laid the foundation of a kind of linguistic and cultural iron curtain a thousand years ago ...
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... German philosopher working in the British Museum. And so, for better or for worse, Western civilization remains culturally dominant. These considerations require some qualification. Thomas Sowell has observed that cultures are not ...
... German philosopher working in the British Museum. And so, for better or for worse, Western civilization remains culturally dominant. These considerations require some qualification. Thomas Sowell has observed that cultures are not ...
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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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