The Russians: The People of Europe

by Robin Milner-Gulland

Overview

This book examines the history of the Russian peoples from the time of the first inhabitants of "Old Russia", or "Rus", up to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780631188056
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/09/1997
Series:	The Peoples of Europe
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Robin Milner-Gulland is Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Sussex. His previous works include Cultural Atlas of Russia (1985), An Introduction to Russian Art and Architecture with J. E. Bowlt, (1980), Russian Writing Today edited with M. Durhirst, (1974), as well as many translations and articles on literary and artistic topics.

Table of Contents

List of Plates.

List of Figures.

Acknow;edgements.

Introduction: Aims and Methods of the Book.

1. Rus as Land and People.

2. Rus as People and as State.

3. Belief Systems.

4. Let us Join Word to Word.

5. Iconic Russia.

Conclusion.

Selective Bibliography.

Chronological Table to 1917.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

"Milner-Gulland's strength lies in his ability to write with equal facility and conviction about literature and the visual arts, about the fourteenth or the twentieth century, a strength underpinned by a reluctance to compartmentalize the arts with conventional historical periodization ... I can think of few better books for opening doors into a fascinating but often misunderstood world." Seer

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