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Title: Russian History: A Very Short Introduction
Author: HOSKING GEOFFREY
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 29/03/2012
Imprint: OXFORD UNI PRESS
Price: $21.95
Publishing status: Active
Spanning the divide between Europe and Asia, Russia is a multi-ethnic empire with a huge territory, strategically placed and abundantly provided with natural resources. But Russia’s territory has a harsh climate, is cut off from most maritime contact with the outside world, and has open and vulnerable land frontiers. It has therefore had to devote much of its wealth to the armed forces, and the sheer size of the empire has made it difficult to mobilise resources and to govern effectively, especially given the diversity of its people. In this Very Short Introduction, Geoffrey Hosking discusses all aspects of Russian history, from the struggle by the state to control society, the transformation of the empire into a multi-ethnic empire, Russia’s relationship with the West/Europe, the Soviet experience, and the post-Soviet era.
Series: Very Short Introductions
ISBN: 9780199580989
Dimension: 174mm X 111mm
Pages: 176
Edition: 01