Sixsmith, Martin. <br/><br/>
Russia :  a 1,000-year chronicle of the wild east / 
Martin Sixsmith. 
 - New York :  Overlook,  2012. 
 - xi, 611 p., [24] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [575]-588) and index. 
<br/><br/> Russia is a country of contradictions: a nation of cultural refinement and artistic originality and yet also a country that rules by 'the iron fist', with an ingrained eagerness to sacrifice the individual for the collectivist cause. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781590207239 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012358861 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Russia--History.<br/>Soviet Union--History.<br/>Russia (Federation)--History--1991-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DK40  / .S36 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>947