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Russian Chronicles: A Thousand Years that Changed the World

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Publisher Comments:

The story of Russia, a vast empire straddling Europe and Asia, is enigmatic and tangled, rife with paradox and mystery. In The Russian Chronicles, the people themselves speak out and tell the story of their troubled land from its beginnings to the momentous upheaval of the Revolution in 1917. These first-hand accounts are complemented by vividly illustrated texts written by a team of eminent historians that unravel the complex political and social background the origins of the Slavic people, the horrors of serfdom, the life of the nomadic Cossacks, the Orthodox Church, and other aspects of Russian life through the ages.

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Includes bibliographical references (p.[380]-[383]) and index.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781858333977
Subtitle:
A Thousand Years That Changed the World
Foreword:
Stone, Norman
Publisher:
CLB ;
Location:
Surrey, England :
Subject:
History
Subject:
Russia (pre & post Soviet Union)
Subject:
Soviet Union
Subject:
Soviet Union History.
Edition Number:
Rev. ed.
Publication Date:
1998
Binding:
Trade Cloth
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
397 p.
Dimensions:
11.36x8.82x1.58 in. 3.81 lbs.
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