Russian Identities: A Historical Survey
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky
288 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0195156501
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Language: English
Publish: 1127977200000
This book investigates the question of Russian identity, looking at changes and continues over a huge territory, many centuries, and a variety of political, social, and economic structures. Its main emphases are on the struggle against the steppe peoples, Orthodox Christianity, autocratic monarchy, and Westernization.