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008 170501s2017 nyubf b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2017021215
020 _a9780465098491 (hardback)
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_beng
_erda
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_aHIS032000
_2bisacsh
100 1 _aPlokhy, Serhii,
_d1957-
245 1 0 _aLost kingdom :
_bthe quest for empire and the making of the Russian nation, from 1470 to the present /
_cSerhii Plokhy.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c[2017]
300 _axiii, 398 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :
_bmaps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 355-378) and index.
650 0 _aNationalism
_zRussia.
650 0 _aNationalism
_zSoviet Union.
651 0 _aRussia
_xHistory.
651 0 _aRussia
_xTerritorial expansion.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xHistory.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xTerritorial expansion.
651 0 _aUkraine
_xHistory.
651 0 _aBelarus
_xHistory.
650 0 _aImperialism
_xHistory.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aPlokhy, Serhii, 1957- author.
_tLost kingdom
_dNew York : Basic Books, 2017
_z9780465097395
_w(DLC) 2017021309
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