Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Former Soviet Union

248 Pages·1998·61.87 MB·English

by  Robin Milner-Gulland, Nikolai Dejevsky

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Cultural Atl/
RUSSiA
AND THE FORMER
Soviet Union
RivbedEdition
46maps;295illustrations; 214 incolor
Thepublicationofthisimportantbookisatimely
reminderthatnow.morethanatanytimesinceits
revolutionin 1917.Russianculturehascapturedthe
attentionoftherestoftheworld.Thisinterestbeganwith
thepoliciesofperestroikaandglasnostintheearly 1980s
andhasreachedanunprecedentedpitchinthewakeof
thepeacefuldismantlingoftheSovietUnion.
TheRussianOrthodoxChurchiscurrentlycelebratingits
millennium,onethatcoincidesapproximatelywiththe
docume—ntedhistoryofRussiaitself.—That 1000-year
history bothpoliticalandcultural istheprincipal
subjectofthisvolume.Afterdueacknowledgmentofthe
Hellenistic.Slav,VikingandByzantinebackgrounds,the
historicalaccountopenswiththeconversionofRusto
Christianityinthe 10thcentury andwiththeearlycenters
ofcivilizationatKiev.NovgorodandVladimir.Two
centuriesofTatarruledividethefallofKievanRussia
fromtheriseofMuscovy,butthemedievalperiodof
Russianhistorydoesnotfullyenduntilafterthe
accessionofPetertheGreatin 1682.Peter'sreformsand
extrovertpolicies,precursorsoflate20th-century
development,suddenly—projectedRussiaontothecenter
stageofworldpolitics apositionwhich,forbetteror
forworse,ithasneverrelinquished.
Anopeningsectionoftheatlasprovidesthegeographical
andethniccontextfortheculturalhistorythatfollows.
Thebookendswithaspectacularportraitinmaps,text
andpicturesofeachcountrywithintheformerSoviet
Uniontoday.
Throughoutthebookspeciallydrawnmapspresenta
concisebutgraphicdescriptionofthehistorical
developmentofRussiancultureandsociety.Alivelyand
authoritativetextiscomplementedbyhigh-quality
photography,muchofitneverbeforepublishedinthe
West.Specialfeaturespreadsaredevotedtosuchtopics
astheGreatAgeofRussianPainting.PeasantLifebefore
theRevolution,theArtofPropaganda,andReligionin
theSovietUnion.
Unfamiliartermsareexplainedinaglossary,andthe
icevalueofthebookisenhancedbytheinclusion
ofachronologicaltable,atableofthen Russia,a
bibliography,gazetteerandindex.
Throughouttherevisededition,text,m; ^graphs
andthebibliographyhavebeenupdatec ;sary.
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Cultural Atlas of
RUSSIA
and the Former Soviet Union
by Robin Milner-Gulland
with Nikolai Dejevsky
Revised Edition
ArchbishopMrttyHighSctool
Library
5000MrttyWay
SanJose,CA.95129
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CONTENTS
8 ChronologicalTable
10 TheRulersofRussiaandtheformerSovietUnion
14 Preface
Part One: The Geographical Background
16 TheLandandthePeople
Part Two: History
34 Rus
50 Muscovy
74 TheLastCenturyofOldRussia
88 PetertheGreat
100 TheEmpireafterPeter
107 TheFloweringofImperialRussia
120 TheLastFourEmperors
142 RevolutionandtheBuildingoftheCommunistState
172 FromStalintoYeltsin
Part Three: Regions and Countries ofthe
former Soviet Union
186 Belarus,MoldovaandUkraine
192 TheBalticRepublics
198 Transcaucasia
204 Russia
216 CentralAsia
225 Bibliography
228 Glossary
230 ListofIllustrations
232 Gazetteer
235 Index