Книга: Russia and Russians (Россия и русские)

Geoffrey Hosking has been one of the foremost historians of Russia and her Empire for more than twenty years. He traces Russias history from the settlement of Kiev through to the present day. He argues that two nation-building movements, one based on a messianic vision of Russias destiny as Gods people, the other a modernising and expansive imperial project of administration and assimilation, have clashed since the rise of Tsarism. These two nascent national identities offer a chance to compare & trace continuities in Tsarist and Soviet Russia & allow us to appreciate more fully the recurrent themes that have at times, and not least this century, appeared wholly without precedent in the history of the world. Traces Russia's history from the settlement of Kiev through to the present day. The author argues that two nation-building movements have clashed since the rise of Tsarism and that these two nascent identities offer a chance to compare and trace continuities in Tsarist and Soviet Russia.