Russia: People & Empire
Author: Hosking, Geoffrey
ISBN: 9780006383727
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 1998
Pages: 576
Dimensions: 121mm x 200mm x 34mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
‘It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians’ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.’ Philip Marsden, Spectator
Geoffrey Hosking’s landmark book provides us with a new prism through which to view Russian history by posing the apparently simple question: what is Russia’s national identity?
Hosking answers this with brilliant originality: his thesis is that the needs of Russia’s empire prevented the creation of a Russian nation. The Tsars, and before them the Grand Dukes of Moscow, were empire builders rather than nation builders and, as consequence, profoundly alienated ordinary Russians.
ISBN: 9780006383727
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 1998
Pages: 576
Dimensions: 121mm x 200mm x 34mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
‘It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians’ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.’ Philip Marsden, Spectator
Geoffrey Hosking’s landmark book provides us with a new prism through which to view Russian history by posing the apparently simple question: what is Russia’s national identity?
Hosking answers this with brilliant originality: his thesis is that the needs of Russia’s empire prevented the creation of a Russian nation. The Tsars, and before them the Grand Dukes of Moscow, were empire builders rather than nation builders and, as consequence, profoundly alienated ordinary Russians.
