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Author |
: Darius Staliūnas |
Publisher |
: Rodopi |
Total Pages |
: 481 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789042022676 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9042022671 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Making Russians by : Darius Staliūnas
Making Russians is a valuable and insightful examination, based on a solid archival foundation, of the nationalities policies in tsarist Russia's northwestern borderlands of Lithuania and Belarus. Making Russians explores the various strategies of Russification that the imperial government pursued largely unsuccessfully in this region. The book is essential reading for all students of imperial Russia. It has applications for the present as well, when issues of national identity continue to engage the citizens of both Russia and the states of the Former Soviet Union.John Klier, University College London
Author |
: John Strickland |
Publisher |
: Holy Trinity Seminary Press |
Total Pages |
: 356 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1942699271 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781942699279 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Making of Holy Russia by : John Strickland
This book is a critical study of the interaction between Russian Church and society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. At a time of rising nationalist movement throughout Europe, Orthodox patriots advocated for the place of the Church as a unifying force, central to the identity and purpose of the burgeoning, yet increasingly religiously diverse Russian Empire. Their views were articulated in a variety of ways. Bishops such as Metropolitan Antony Khrapovitsky - a founding hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia - and other members of the clergy expressed their vision of Russia through official publications (including ecclesiastical journals), sermons, the organization of pilgrimages and the canonization of saints. On the other hand, religious intellectuals (such as the famous philosopher Vladimir Soloviev and the controversial former-Marxist Sergey Bulgakov) promoted what was often a variant vision of the nation through the publication of books and articles. Even the once persecuted Old Believers, emboldened by a religious toleration edict of 1905, sought to claim a role in national leadership. And many - in particularly famous painter Mikhail Vasnetsov - looked to art and architecture as a way of defining the religious ideals of modern Russia. Whilst other studies exist that draw attention to the voices in the Church typified as "liberal" in the years leading up to the Revolution, this work introduces the reader to a wide range of "conservative" opinion that equally strove for spiritual renewal and the spread of the Gospel. Ultimately neither the "conservative" voices presented here nor those of their better-known "liberal" protagonists were able to prevent the calamity that befell Russia with the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Grounded in original research conducted in the newly accessible libraries and archives of post-Soviet Russia, this study is intended to reveal the wider relevance of its topic to an ongoing discussion of the relationship between national or ethnic identities on the one hand and the self-understanding of Orthodox Christianity as a universal and transformative Faith on the other.
Author |
: Brian James Baer |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2015-11-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781628927986 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1628927984 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Translation and the Making of Modern Russian Literature by : Brian James Baer
Explores the complex role played by translation in the development of modern Russian literature and Russian national identity.
Author |
: Vadim Volkov |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2016-03-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501703287 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1501703285 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Violent Entrepreneurs by : Vadim Volkov
Entering the shady world of what he calls "violent entrepreneurship," Vadim Volkov explores the economic uses of violence and coercion in Russia in the 1990s. Violence has played, he shows, a crucial role in creating the institutions of a new market economy. The core of his work is competition among so-called violence-managing agencies—criminal groups, private security services, private protection companies, and informal protective agencies associated with the state—which multiplied with the liberal reforms of the early 1990s. This competition provides an unusual window on the dynamics of state formation.Violent Entrepreneurs is remarkable for its research. Volkov conducted numerous interviews with members of criminal groups, heads of protection companies, law enforcement employees, and businesspeople. He bases his findings on journalistic and anecdotal evidence as well as on his own personal observation. Volkov investigates the making of violence-prone groups in sports clubs (particularly martial arts clubs), associations for veterans of the Soviet—Afghan war, ethnic gangs, and regionally based social groups, and he traces the changes in their activities across the decade. Some groups wore state uniforms and others did not, but all of their members spoke and acted essentially the same and were engaged in the same activities: intimidation, protection, information gathering, dispute management, contract enforcement, and taxation. Each group controlled the same resource—organized violence.
Author |
: Michael Khodarkovsky |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2004-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780253217707 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0253217709 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Russia's Steppe Frontier by : Michael Khodarkovsky
Drawing on sources and archival materials in Russian and Turkic languages, Russia's Steppe Frontier presents a complex picture of the encounter between indigenous peoples and the Russians. It is an original and invaluable resource for understanding Russia's imperial experience. Michael Khodarkovsky is Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago.
Author |
: Danila Bochkarev |
Publisher |
: Presses univ. de Louvain |
Total Pages |
: 82 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 2874630365 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9782874630361 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Russian Energy Strategy in Making: General Trends and Political Implications by : Danila Bochkarev
Russian energy policy is currently at an important watershed. on the one hand, Moscow is emerging as an alternative nonopec supplier of energy. on the other hand, however, there is notable concern that the russia energy strategy is coming closer to the 'energy capitalism model', where foreign energy companies are welcome to invest, but only on the Government’s terms and in partnership with a state-controlled national energy company. this paper discusses the main pillars of the russian energy policy: government control over the export energy infrastructure, major energy assets, decision- making process and use of energy as an instrument of ‘comparative advantage’ in global politics. these pillars fifit into a coherent, Kremlin-shaped energy strategy presently determining the russian foreign policy identity and affecting the global energy security framework.
Author |
: Anders Aslund |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2019-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300244861 |
ISBN-13 |
: 030024486X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Russia's Crony Capitalism by : Anders Aslund
A penetrating look into the extreme plutocracy Vladimir Putin has created and its implications for Russia’s future This insightful study explores how the economic system Vladimir Putin has developed in Russia works to consolidate control over the country. By appointing his close associates as heads of state enterprises and by giving control of the FSB and the judiciary to his friends from the KGB, he has enriched his business friends from Saint Petersburg with preferential government deals. Thus, Putin has created a super wealthy and loyal plutocracy that owes its existence to authoritarianism. Much of this wealth has been hidden in offshore havens in the United States and the United Kingdom, where companies with anonymous owners and black money transfers are allowed to thrive. Though beneficial to a select few, this system has left Russia’s economy in untenable stagnation, which Putin has tried to mask through military might.
Author |
: Serhii Plokhy |
Publisher |
: Basic Books |
Total Pages |
: 470 |
Release |
: 2017-10-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780465097395 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0465097391 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Kingdom by : Serhii Plokhy
From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine -- only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues that we can only understand the confluence of Russian imperialism and nationalism today by delving into the nation's history. Spanning over 500 years, from the end of the Mongol rule to the present day, Plokhy shows how leaders from Ivan the Terrible to Joseph Stalin to Vladimir Putin exploited existing forms of identity, warfare, and territorial expansion to achieve imperial supremacy. An authoritative and masterful account of Russian nationalism, Lost Kingdom chronicles the story behind Russia's belligerent empire-building quest.
Author |
: Christopher Buckley |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2021-06-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781982157470 |
ISBN-13 |
: 198215747X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Make Russia Great Again by : Christopher Buckley
Herb Nutterman, a long-time Trump Organization employee, unexpectedly becomes President Trump's White House chief of staff and finds himself entangled in Russian intrigue and leading the president's reelection campaign.
Author |
: Herbert George Wells |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 702 |
Release |
: 1921 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:B3317155 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The making of men by : Herbert George Wells