Lost kingdom : the quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present /
Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-
Lost kingdom : the quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present / Serhii Plokhy. - xiii, 398 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-378) and index.
"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, 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"--
9780465098491 (hardback)
2017021215
Nationalism--Russia.
Nationalism--Soviet Union.
Imperialism--History.
Russia--History.
Russia--Territorial expansion.
Soviet Union--History.
Soviet Union--Territorial expansion.
Ukraine--History.
Belarus--History.
DK43 / .P56 2017
947
Lost kingdom : the quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present / Serhii Plokhy. - xiii, 398 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-378) and index.
"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, 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"--
9780465098491 (hardback)
2017021215
Nationalism--Russia.
Nationalism--Soviet Union.
Imperialism--History.
Russia--History.
Russia--Territorial expansion.
Soviet Union--History.
Soviet Union--Territorial expansion.
Ukraine--History.
Belarus--History.
DK43 / .P56 2017
947