Russia People and Empire, 1552-1917, Enlarged Edition

Name: Russia People and Empire, 1552-1917, Enlarged Edition
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ISBN: 9780674781191

ISBN-10: 0674781198

ISBN-13: 9780674781191

Edition: 1997 (Enlarged)

Authors: Geoffrey Hosking

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The Soviet Union crumbles and Russia rises from the rubble, once again the great nation--a perfect scenario, but for one point: Russia was never a nation. And this, says the eminent historian Geoffrey Hosking, is at the heart of the Russians' dilemma today, as they grapple with the rudiments of nationhood. His book is about the Russia that never was, a three-hundred-year history of empire building at the expense of national identity. Russia begins in the sixteenth century, with the inception of one of the most extensive and diverse empires in history. Hosking shows how this undertaking, the effort of conquering, defending, and administering such a huge mixture of territories and peoples,…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Geoffrey Hosking is retired Professor of Russian History at the University College London.



Maps


The Expansion of Muscovy in the 16th and 17th Centuries


The Expansion of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century


Russian Expansion under Catherine the Great


Russia at its Greatest Extent Acknowledgements


Introduction The Russian Empire: How and Why State-Building


The First Crises of Empire


The Secular State of Peter the Great


Assimilating Peter's Heritage


The Apogee of the Secular State Social Classes, Religion and Culture in Imperial Russia


The Nobility


The Army


The Peasantry


The Orthodox Church


Towns and the Missing Bourgeoisie


The Birth of the Intelligentsia


Literature as 'Nation-Builder' Imperial Russia under Pressure


The Reforms of Alexander II


Russian Socialism


Russification


The Revolution of 1905-7


The Duma Monarchy Conclusions


Afterthoughts on the Soviet Experience


Chronology


Notes


Index