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Russia As Empire : Past and Present by Kees Boterbloem is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Russia As Empire : Past and Present about?
Covering more than 1,000 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 to 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.
Who reads Russia As Empire : Past and Present?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kees Boterbloem
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, Limited
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781789142914
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Russian & Soviet History, Humanities
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