Russia The Once and Future Empire from Pre-History to Putin

Name: Russia The Once and Future Empire from Pre-History to Putin
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ISBN: 9780312360412

ISBN-10: 031236041X

ISBN-13: 9780312360412

Edition: 2006

Authors: Philip Longworth

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Russia's Empiresexplores 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. The narrative takes in the magnficent, 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. The book asks such tantalizing questions as: Who are the Russians and what is the source of their imperialistic culture? Why was Russia so driven to colonize and conquer? From Kievan…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 11/28/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English

Philip Longworth is the author of several books including The Cossacks, The Making of Eastern Europe and Russia's Empires. He was educated by the army and at the University of Oxford and was Professor of History at McGill University for over twenty years



Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Maps


Introduction



The Russians: Who are They?



The First Russian State



Reincarnation



The Foundation of an Empire



Ivan IV and the First Imperial Expansion



The Crash



Recovery



Peter the Great and the Breakthrough to the West



Glorious Expansion



The Romantic Age of Empire



Descent to Destruction



The Construction of a Juggernaut



The High Tide of Soviet Imperialism



Autopsy on a Deceased Empire



Reinventing Russia


Conclusion


Chronology


Notes


Bibliography


Index