![]() ![]() Beautifully 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. 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. Orlando Figes The Story of Russia: 'An excellent short study' Hardcover 29 November 2022 by Orlando Figes (Author) 367 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 15.85 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 33.10 11 New from 33.10 Paperback 17.93 1 New from 17.93 Audio CD 49.99 1 New from 49. 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. Spanning the medieval myths of Russias holy mission, the popular belief in a paternal tsar and the notion of the Russian soul, Orlando Figes explores the. No other country has been so divided over its own past as Russia. From 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. ![]()
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