A short history of Russia : from the Pagans to Putin
Galeotti, Mark2020
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Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethnos, no true central identity. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it is everyone's 'other'. And yet it is one of the most powerful nations on earth, a master game-player on the global stage with a rich history of war and peace, poets and revolutionaries. In this essential whistle-stop tour of the world's most misunderstood nation, Mark Galeotti takes us behind the myths to the heart of the Russian story: from the formation of a nation to its early legends - including Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the Great - to the rise and fall of the Romanovs, the Russian Revolution, the Cold War, Chernobyl and the end of the Soviet Union - plus the arrival of an obscure politician named Vladimir Putin.
Main title:
A short history of Russia : from the Pagans to Putin / Mark Galeotti.
Author:
Galeotti, Mark, author
Imprint:
London : Ebury Press, 2020.
Collation:
xvi, 190 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781529106381 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
947947 GALE947 GAL
Language:
English
BRN:
288145
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