| A Short History of Russia Contributor(s): Parmele, Mary Platt (Author) |
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ISBN: 1502398826 ISBN-13: 9781502398826 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Europe - General - History | Revolutionary |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 6" W x 9" (0.29 lbs) 90 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mary Platt Parmele was a historian who wrote short histories of various European nations during the late 19th century. From the preface: "If this book seems to have departed from the proper ideal of historic narrative-if it is the history of a Power, and not of a People-it is because the Russian people have had no history yet. There has been no evolution of a Russian nation, but only of a vast governing system; and the words "Russian Empire" stand for a majestic world-power in which the mass of its people have no part. A splendidly embroidered robe of Europeanism is worn over a chaotic, undeveloped mass of semi-barbarism. The reasons for this incongruity-the natural obstacles with which Russia has had to contend; the strange ethnic problems with which it has had to deal; its triumphant entry into the family of great nations; and the circumstances leading to the disastrous conflict recently concluded, and the changed conditions resulting from it-such is the story this book has tried to tell." |