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Russia: A History

by Gregory L. Freeze
RM42.75 MYR
Russia: A History - Thryft
Russia: A History - Thryft

Comprehensive historical journey through Russian extremes.

If you're intrigued by the grand tapestry of Russian history, this book is a treasure trove. It'll give you a panoramic view of how Russia evolved over centuries, blending political sagas, cultural transformations, and economic upheavals into one gripping narrative. With the dust of the Soviet Union settled, fresh perspectives using newly opened archives offer insights that are both revealing and captivating.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Russia: A History

by Gregory L. Freeze
RM42.75 MYR
ISBN: 9780198662525
Authors: Gregory L. Freeze
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication: 2000-04-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History
Related Topics: European History, Historical
Goodreads rating: 3.6
(rated by 247 readers)

Description

Since the coming of perestroika in 1985, scholars have had unprecedented access to Russian archives. In A History , editor Gregory Freeze and twelve other American and European historians have mined these newly opened archives and browsed through the best contemporary scholarship toprovide a major reinterpretation of the history of one of the world's great powers.Here is the first major history of Russia to appear since the fall of the Soviet Union, beginning in the 8th century and ranging across a thousand years to the recently established Commonwealth of Independent States. What emerges is a nation of extremes--of imperial opulence and abjectpoverty, tyrannical power and subversive resistance, artistic achievement and economic crisis, glittering cities and frozen steppes. The contributors capture a powerful sense of Russia's national destiny of repeated themes and unchanging conditions. We see, for instance, that time and again,all-powerful autocrats like Ivan the Terrible and Stalin employed brutality to eliminate any challenge to their authority. Yet their hold on power was always under attack, threatened by bureaucratic incompetence, pervasive corruption, and resistance from below. Russian rulers have also had tocontend with the same immense physical a huge and widely dispersed population, a perennial dearth of means and men to govern, a primitive infrastructure which, as the authors show, periodically dissolved into times of trouble, as in 1598, 1917, and 1991.Handsomely illustrated with nearly 170 illustrations, including 12 color plates, this landmark history cuts through the myths that have surrounded Russia to tell the absorbing story of one of the world's most powerful nations.
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Comprehensive historical journey through Russian extremes.

If you're intrigued by the grand tapestry of Russian history, this book is a treasure trove. It'll give you a panoramic view of how Russia evolved over centuries, blending political sagas, cultural transformations, and economic upheavals into one gripping narrative. With the dust of the Soviet Union settled, fresh perspectives using newly opened archives offer insights that are both revealing and captivating.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.