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Russia: People and Empire: 1552-1917
12,99 € |
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Verlag: | Harper Collins |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 15.07.2010 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9780007396245 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 576 |
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Beschreibungen
'It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians' extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.' Philip Marsden, SpectatorGeoffrey Hosking's landmark book provides us with a new prism through which to view Russian history by posing the apparently simple question: what is Russia's national identity?Hosking answers this with brilliant originality: his thesis is that the needs of Russia's empire prevented the creation of a Russian nation. The Tsars, and before them the Grand Dukes of Moscow, were empire builders rather than nation builders and, as consequence, profoundly alienated ordinary Russians.