Russia: People and Empire: 1552–1917 - Geoffrey Hosking
| Автор: | Geoffrey Hosking |
| Издательство: | HarperCollins |
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| Жанр произведения: | Историческая литература |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9780007396245 |
‘It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians’ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.’ Philip Marsden, SpectatorGeoffrey Hosking’s landmark book provides us with a new prism through which to view Russian history by posing the apparently simple question: what is Russia’s national identity?Hosking answers this with brilliant originality: his thesis is that the needs of Russia’s empire prevented the creation of a Russian nation. The Tsars, and before them the Grand Dukes of Moscow, were empire builders rather than nation builders and, as consequence, profoundly alienated ordinary Russians.