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Russia's people of empire : life stories from Eurasia, 1500 to the present /
"A fundamental dimension of the Russian historical experience has been the diversity of its people and cultures, religions and languages, landscapes and economies. For six centuries this diversity was contained within the sprawling territories of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and it...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "A fundamental dimension of the Russian historical experience has been the diversity of its people and cultures, religions and languages, landscapes and economies. For six centuries this diversity was contained within the sprawling territories of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and it persists today in the entwined states and societies of the former USSR. Russia's People of Empire explores this enduring multicultural world through life stories of 31 individuals--famous and obscure, high born and low, men and women--that illuminate the cross-cultural exchanges at work from the late 1500s to post-Soviet Russia. Working on the scale of a single life, these microhistories shed new light on the multicultural character of the Russian Empire, which both shaped individuals' lives and in turn was shaped by them."--Project Muse. |
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| Notas: | "One of the fundamental dimensions of the Russian experience has been the diversity of people and cultures, religions and languages, landscapes and economies -- often stitched together in incongruous ways. For centuries this diversity was contained within the sprawling territories of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union, the empire's twentieth-century successor. Today we find it in the still densely interconnected states and societies of the former USSR. In this volume, we set out to explore this enduring world of diversity through life stories. To guide us, we have selected thirty-one individuals. Some, such as the Empress Alexandra and Stalin, are well known; others are more obscure. Each shows us the terrain in new and thought-provoking ways."--Introduction. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 365 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253001849 0253001846 0253001765 9780253001764 9786613673428 6613673420 |