![]() ![]() In The Story of Russia, Orlando Figes brings into sharp relief the vibrant characters that comprise Russia's rich history, and whose stories remain so important in making sense of the world's largest nation today - from the crowning of sixteen-year-old Ivan the Terrible in a candlelit cathedral, to Catherine the Great, riding out in a green uniform to arrest her husband at his palace, to the bitter last days of the Romanovs.īeautifully written and based on a lifetime of scholarship, The Story of Russia is a major and definitive work from the great storyteller of Russian history: sweeping, suspenseful, masterful. ![]() To understand what Russia's future holds - to grasp what Putin's regime means for Russia and the world - we need to unravel the ideas and meanings of that history. How the Russians came to tell their story, and to reinvent it as they went along, is a vital aspect of their history, their culture and beliefs. No other country has been so divided over its own past as Russia. Lees een deel van de inleiding in vertaling én in het oorspronkelijke Engels.įrom the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country's past - and how they can inform its present. Nu in onze boekhandels: Orlando Figes’ The Story of Russia én de Nederlandse vertaling door Frank Lekens en Toon Dohmen, Het verhaal van Rusland. ![]()
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