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The Short History of Russia
- Returning to Another Country
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Short History of Russia af Jeremy Black, 9781398131064
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781398131064
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1398131067
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
15 jan 2026
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,6
Oplagsdato:
15 jan 2026
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The Short History of Russia

- Returning to Another Country
Engelsk
Hardback 2026
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The invasion of Ukraine in 2022 began a new episode in history and was surrounded by a miscellany of historical claims. This book is a succinct, up-to-date guide to the histories on offer about and from Russia, one that seeks to make sense of present issues and future prospects as well as of the past. There is a heavy emphasis on war and international relations, but that is appropriate not only for the past but also from a present in which both are to the fore.

Peter the Great (r. 1689-1725), an eager modernizer, was viewed as an un-Russian evil phenomenon in light of his denial of the divine identity of traditional Russian monarchy, his blasphemy, his theft of time from God when he changed the calendar, and his sacrilegious violation of the image of God in man when he forced men to cut off their beards. Vladimir Putin cuts off no beards, he is no moderniser; the fall of the Berlin Wall left him with an abiding mistrust of democracy and ''People''s Power''. At Davos in 2000, American journalist Trudy Rubin asked a panel of top Russian officials: ''Who is Mr Putin?'' None of them could answer, except to say: ''He is the president of Russia.'' How did this foreign intelligence officer of the KGB become Trump''s favourite running dog of capitalism? To answer the question, we have to understand what Russia was. There is a continuity that will give us a clue about what it is and will become.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781398131064
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1398131067
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
15 jan 2026
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,6
Oplagsdato:
15 jan 2026
Forfatter(e):
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