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Author : Kees Boterbloem
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 178914292X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia as Empire written by Kees Boterbloem and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering more than one thousand years of tumultuous history, Russia as Empire shows how the medieval empire of Kyivan Rus’ metamorphosed into today’s Russian Federation. Kees Boterbloem vividly and lucidly describes Russia’s various incarnations and considers how the concept of empire evolved from tsarist Russia to the Soviet Union, and how and why it survives today. He discusses the ideological architects of these empires and the ideas of their political leaders—the tsars, Lenin, Stalin, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. Russia as Empire considers the role of the various empires’ inhabitants, from nobility to clergy and communist party members, revealing how and why they adhered to, or believed in, their country’s imperial mission. What emerges is a highly original overview that illuminates the continuities and discontinuities in Russian history.

Author : Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Empire of the Tsars and the Russians written by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Longworth
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429916869
Total Pages : 886 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia written by Philip Longworth and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the centuries, Russia has swung sharply between successful expansionism, catastrophic collapse, and spectacular recovery. This illuminating history traces these dramatic cycles of boom and bust from the late Neolithic age to Ivan the Terrible, and from the height of Communism to the truncated Russia of today. Philip Longworth explores the dynamics of Russia's past through time and space, from the nameless adventurers who first penetrated this vast, inhospitable terrain to a cast of dynamic characters that includes Ivan the Terrible, Catherine the Great, and Stalin. His narrative takes in the magnificent, historic cities of Kiev, Moscow, and St. Petersburg; it stretches to Alaska in the east, to the Black Sea and the Ottoman Empire to the south, to the Baltic in the west and to Archangel and the Artic Ocean to the north. Who are the Russians and what is the source of their imperialistic culture? Why was Russia so driven to colonize and conquer? From Kievan Rus'---the first-ever Russian state, which collapsed with the invasion of the Mongols in the thirteenth century---to ruthless Muscovy, the Russian Empire of the eighteenth century and finally the Soviet period, this groundbreaking study analyses the growth and dissolution of each vast empire as it gives way to the next. Refreshing in its insight and drawing on a vast range of scholarship, this book also explicitly addresses the question of what the future holds for Russia and her neighbors, and asks whether her sphere of influence is growing.

Author : Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Empire of the Tsars and the Russians written by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : ANATOLE. LEROY-BEAULIEU
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033651285
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book EMPIRE OF THE TSARS, written by ANATOLE. LEROY-BEAULIEU and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Russell Trenton
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1680480324
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Russian Revolution written by Russell Trenton and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gripping historical narrative relates the circumstances that led to the end of the Romanov Dynasty and the Russian aristocracy, the heartrending struggles of the peasants, the violence and bloodshed of the revolution, and the rise of the new social order and its far-reaching consequences that continue to be felt in Russia today. In addition to the causes of the Russian revolution and the events that led to civil war, the narrative delves into the mindset of the Bolshevik leadership and recounts the profound transformation and industrialization of the economy in the Soviet era.

Author : Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781340323318
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Empire of the Tsars and the Russians; written by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Alexander Chubarov
Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum
ISBN 13 : 9780826413086
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fragile Empire written by Alexander Chubarov and published by Bloomsbury Continuum. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the fall of communism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the tsarist past has caught up with Russia's present with a vengeance. Whether in reviving the name St. Petersburg, or reestablishing tsarist state symbols, or resurrecting a national assembly under the old name of State Duma, or arguing how best to honor the remains of the last tsarist family, the old regime is still very much with us. The process of rethinking the past is not without its pitfalls: the negative evaluations of tsarist Russia, obligatory in the former Soviet Union, have given way to uncritical romanticizing. There has never been a greater need for a fair, balanced interpretation of the tsarist record.This book reexamines Russia's imperial past from the reign of Peter the Great to the collapse of tsarism in 1917. It presents pre-revolutionary Russia as an empire of great internal contradictions. A colossus that extended over one-sixth the earth's landmass, it was ever vulnerable to foreign invasion. It possessed one of the world's largest populations, the majority of whom lived in poverty and discontent. It commanded the world's richest natural resources, yet its productive forces were constricted by the remnants of feudalism. It strove to cement its multiethnic population by systematic Russification, which only stimulated nationalist movements. It gloried in being a "people's autocracy" at a time when the regime was increasingly detached from its people. The empire of the tsars was becoming ever more vulnerable until it was shattered to pieces in the turmoil of war and revolution. Using the most recent Russian and Western research, the book provides the reader with a good historical basis on which tojudge Russia's Soviet experience and her current turbulent transition to democracy.

Author : Russell E. Martin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501754858
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tsar's Happy Occasion written by Russell E. Martin and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tsar's Happy Occasion shows how the vast, ornate affairs that were royal weddings in early modern Russia were choreographed to broadcast powerful images of monarchy and dynasty. Processions and speeches emphasized dynastic continuity and legitimacy. Fertility rites blended Christian and pre-Christian symbols to assure the birth of heirs. Gift exchanges created and affirmed social solidarity among the elite. The bride performed rituals that integrated herself and her family into the inner circle of the court. Using an array of archival sources, Russell E. Martin demonstrates how royal weddings reflected and shaped court politics during a time of dramatic cultural and dynastic change. As Martin shows, the rites of passage in these ceremonies were dazzling displays of monarchical power unlike any other ritual at the Muscovite court. And as dynasties came and went and the political culture evolved, so too did wedding rituals. Martin relates how Peter the Great first mocked, then remade wedding rituals to symbolize and empower his efforts to westernize Russia. After Peter, the two branches of the Romanov dynasty used weddings to solidify their claims to the throne. The Tsar's Happy Occasion offers a sweeping, yet penetrating cultural history of the power of rituals and the rituals of power in early modern Russia.

Author : Geoffrey Hosking
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199580987
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russian History: A Very Short Introduction written by Geoffrey Hosking and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading international authority discusses all aspects of Russian history, from the struggle by the state to control society to the transformation of the nation into a multi-ethnic empire, Russia's relations with the West and the post-Soviet era. Original.