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Lost kingdom the quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present

"In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine. While the world watched in outrage, this blatant violation of national sovereignty was only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom,...

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Main Author: Plokhy, Serhii, 1957- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Nationalism > Russia.
Nationalism > Soviet Union.
Russia > History.
Russia > Territorial expansion.
Soviet Union > History.
Soviet Union > Territorial expansion.
Ukraine > History.
Belarus > History.
Imperialism > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Inventing Russia
  • The birth of the Tsardom
  • The third Rome
  • The imperial nation
  • II. The reunification of Rusʹ
  • The enlightened Empress
  • The Polish challenge
  • The battle for the borderlands
  • III. The tripartite nation
  • The advent of Ukraine
  • Great, little, and white
  • Killing the language
  • IV. The revolution of nations
  • The people's song
  • The fall of the monarchy
  • The Russian revolution
  • V. The unbreakable union
  • Lenin's victory
  • National communism
  • The return of Russia
  • The great patriotic war
  • The Soviet people
  • VI. The new Russia
  • Red flag down
  • The Russian world
  • The Russian war
  • Epilogue.

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