Lost kingdom : the quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present Cover Image

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Lost kingdom : the quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present / Serhii Plokhy.

Plokhy, Serhii, 1957- (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780465098491
ISBN: 0465098495
Physical Description: xiii, 398 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-378) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

I: Inventing Russia. The birth of the Tsardom ; The third Rome ; The imperial nation -- II: The reunification of Rusʹ. The enlightened Empress ; The Polish challenge ; The battle for the borderlands -- III: The tripartite nation. The advent of Ukraine ; Great, Little, and White ; Killing the language -- IV: The revolution of nations. The people's song ; The fall of the monarchy ; The Russian revolution -- V: The unbreakable union. Lenin's victory ; National communism ; The return of Russia ; The great patriotic war ; The Soviet people -- VI: The new Russia. Red flag down ; The Russian world ; The Russian war -- Epilogue.