{"product_id":"russia-and-the-russians-a-history-9780674004733","title":"Russia and the Russians: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Carpathians in the west to the Greater Khingan range in the east  a huge  flat expanse dominates the Eurasian continent. Here  over more than a thousand years  the history and destiny of Russia have unfolded. In a sweeping narrative  one of the English-speaking worlds leading historians of Russia follows this story from the first emergence of the Slavs in the historical record in the sixth century C.E. to the Russians persistent appearances in todays headlines. Hoskings is a monumental story of competing legacies  of an enormous power uneasily balanced between the ideas and realities of Asian empire  European culture  and Byzantine religion; of a constantly shifting identity  from Kievan Rus to Muscovy to Russian Empire to Soviet Union to Russian Federation  and of Tsars and leaders struggling to articulate that identity over the centuries. With particular attention to non-Russian regions and ethnic groups and to Russias relations with neighboring polities  Hosking lays out the links between political  economic  social  and cultural phenomena that have made Russia what it is--a world at once familiar and mysterious to Western observers. In a clear and engaging style  he conducts us through the Mongol invasions  the rise of autocracy  the reigns of Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great  the battle against Napoleon  the emancipation of the serfs  the Crimean War  the Bolshevik Revolution  Stalins reign of terror  the two World Wars  the end of the USSR  to todays war against Chechnya. Hoskings history is shot through with the understanding that becoming an empire has prevented Russia from becoming a nation and has perpetuated archaic personal forms of power. This book is the most penetrating and comprehensive account yet of what such a legacy has meant--to Russia  and to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279928025141,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674004736","price":26.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674004733.jpg?v=1780616063","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/russia-and-the-russians-a-history-9780674004733","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}