Russias People of Empire : Life Stories from Eurasia, 1500 to the Present

English

ISBN: 0253001838

EAN: 9780253001832

Category: Social Science / Sociology / General/Biography & Autobiography / General/

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release Date: 07/31/2012

Synopsis: 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. Russias People of Empireexplores 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 micro-histories shed new light on the multicultural character of the Russian Empire, which both shaped individuals lives and in turn was shaped by them.

Russias People of Empire : Life Stories from Eurasia, 1500 to the Present

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 20.04 oz

Pages: 384