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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... 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 their traditions. And however burdensome their ...
... 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 their traditions. And however burdensome their ...
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... tradition of political authoritarianism—the hitherto unique agency of progress, strength, and security. It was an ugly dilemma, but the Soviet experiment promised delivery from the problem. In Marxism Russia presumed for a time to have ...
... tradition of political authoritarianism—the hitherto unique agency of progress, strength, and security. It was an ugly dilemma, but the Soviet experiment promised delivery from the problem. In Marxism Russia presumed for a time to have ...
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... tradition of political theory by recommending a mixture of Aristotle's three good forms of government, and he illustrated the prudence of his principle in the institutions of the Roman Republic. In pursuit of the same concept ...
... tradition of political theory by recommending a mixture of Aristotle's three good forms of government, and he illustrated the prudence of his principle in the institutions of the Roman Republic. In pursuit of the same concept ...
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... tradition, consisting, as the contemporary phrase put it, of “those who work, those who fight, and those who pray,” that is, of peasant serfs, aristocratic warriors, and the Christian clergy. Each category enjoyed clear prescriptive ...
... tradition, consisting, as the contemporary phrase put it, of “those who work, those who fight, and those who pray,” that is, of peasant serfs, aristocratic warriors, and the Christian clergy. Each category enjoyed clear prescriptive ...
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... tradition, he sent missions to examine Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Islam was rejected because, in the words of the Chronicle, “drink is the joy of the Russes.” Christianity made a particularly favorable impression: the Russian ...
... tradition, he sent missions to examine Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Islam was rejected because, in the words of the Chronicle, “drink is the joy of the Russes.” Christianity made a particularly favorable impression: the Russian ...
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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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