The story of Russia--a vast empire straddling Europe and Asia across a never-ending plain--is dark, enigmatic, and tangled; and also rife with paradox and mystery. As barrier to the advancing Mongol hordes of Asia, Russia paid a heavy price helping to keep Europe free; as loyal friend of the collapsing Byzantine Empire, it was divorced from Western rule and religion. In "The Russian Chronicles, " the people themselves speak out and tell the story of this troubled land from its beginnings to the 1917 Revolution, which marked ...
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The story of Russia--a vast empire straddling Europe and Asia across a never-ending plain--is dark, enigmatic, and tangled; and also rife with paradox and mystery. As barrier to the advancing Mongol hordes of Asia, Russia paid a heavy price helping to keep Europe free; as loyal friend of the collapsing Byzantine Empire, it was divorced from Western rule and religion. In "The Russian Chronicles, " the people themselves speak out and tell the story of this troubled land from its beginnings to the 1917 Revolution, which marked the birth of the Soviet state. Their voices are recorded in chronicles etched on parchment in distant monasteries, and in the hidden wisdom of folksong; in private letters from refugees and immigrants, as well as official reports from far-flung governors seeking to bring Russian ways to eastern provinces; and in letters and notes from writers who brought their culture from the past into the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Forewird by Norman Stone; preface by Dimitri Obolensky. Many illustrations throughout, some in color. 400 pages. 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. (Godalming: CLB, 1998). Fine in near fine dust wrapper From the Beginnings of the Land of Rus to the October Revolution.
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