Between East and West

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453265284

<DIV><b>An authoritative short history of Russia, from the mysterious origins of the nation-state to the death of Stalin</b></div><DIV><b>&#160;</b><BR></div><DIV>A classic work now back in print for the first time since 1956&mdash;and still regarded as one of the groundbreaking books on the subject&mdash;this narrative history of Russia was the first to encompass the myth-befogged beginnings of the nation-state, the rise and cataclysmic fall of tsarism, and the Spartan years of the U.S.S.R. </div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>Charques emphasizes three points of view: that autocracy has played a dominant role throughout all of Russian history; that serfdom is the fabric of Russia&rsquo;s social history; and that it is of paramount importance to recognize Russia&rsquo;s present regime under Putin and Medvedev as the latest phase in a long history of oppression.</div>