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A short history of Russia : how the world's largest country invented itself, from the pagans to Putin Cover Image Book Book

A short history of Russia : how the world's largest country invented itself, from the pagans to Putin / Mark Galeotti.

Galeotti, Mark, (author.).

Summary:

"Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethnic group, no true central identity. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it has been subject to invasion by outsiders, from Vikings to Mongols, from Napoleon's French to Hitler's Germans. In order to forge an identity, it has mythologized its past to unite its people and to signal strength to outsiders. In a Short history of Russia, Mark Galeotti explores the history of this fascinating, glorious, desperate and exasperating country through two intertwined issues: the way successive influences from beyond its borders have shaped Russia, and the way Russians came to terms with this influence, writing and rewriting their past to understand their present and try to influence their future. In turn, this self-invented history has come to affect not just their constant nation-building project but also their relations with the world."--Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781335475213
  • ISBN: 1335475214
  • Physical Description: 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- "Let us seek a prince who may rule over us" -- "For our sins, there came an unknown tribe" -- "Autocracy, by God's will" -- "Money is the artery of war" -- "I shall be anautocrat: that's my trade" -- "Orthodoxy. Autocracy. Nationality" -- Life is getting better, comrades, life is getting brighter" -- "Russia has been lifted back off its knees".

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Subject: Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991-
Russia > History.
Soviet Union > History.
Russia (Federation) > History.
Genre: Informational works.

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Jefferson County Library-Arnold 947.086 GALEOTTI (Text) 30061100079629 Non-Fiction Available -
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