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Author : David G. Rowley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780130947024
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Exploring Russia's Past written by David G. Rowley and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David G. Rowley
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780130653635
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (536 download)
Download or read book Exploring Russia's Past: From prehistory to 1856 written by David G. Rowley and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive but concise book provides an introductory survey of Russian history that is inclusive in regard to subject, content, and usefulness for learning. Its global perspective views Russia in all its dimensions--as a nation, a civilization, and an empire; looks at all aspects of Russian society--politics, law, foreign affairs, social status, gender relations, religion, culture, and economy; and examines Russia from the vantage point of world history--continually situating Russia in the context of trends and developments across the Eurasian content. A well-rounded learning experience features a narrative history as well as an integrated and coherent collection of primary text and visual documents. A consistent chapter format introduces the key theme or an important development that sets the stage for the chapter; offers a concise summary of world trends and a thumbnail sketch of each of the major civilizations of Eurasia and of the countries on Russia's borders; assembles sections on government and foreign affairs, church and culture, the role and status of women, as well as society and economy; and concludes with a consideration of the non-Russian peoples of the empire (or Soviet Union, ) and summarizes key developments or anticipates the next period in Russian history. For individuals seeking a brief treatment but a complete understanding of Russian history.
Author : David G. Rowley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780130653635
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (536 download)
Download or read book Exploring Russia's Past written by David G. Rowley and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Herbert Bp. Bury
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Russian Life To-day written by Herbert Bp. Bury and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one can surmise from the title, 'Russian Life Today' is a book where the author gives a glimpse of what life was like in Russia—which in this particular case, is done through the perspective of an American Assistant Bishop to the Bishop of London, holding a commission as bishop in charge of Anglican work in North and Central Europe. He was on duty there during the late 19th and early 20th century.
Author : Brian Harvey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387463437
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Russian Planetary Exploration written by Brian Harvey and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with photographs from Soviet Venus and Mars probes, images of spacecraft, diagrams of flight paths and maps of landing sites, this book draws on published scientific papers, archives, memoirs and other material. The text reviews Soviet engineering techniques and science packages, as well the difficulties which ruined several missions. The program’s scientific and engineering legacy is also addressed, within the Soviet space effort as a whole.
Author : Adele Marie Barker
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822346486
Total Pages : 793 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book The Russia Reader written by Adele Marie Barker and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the history, culture, and politics of the worlds largest country, from the earliest written accounts of the Russian people to today.
Author : ChatStick Team
Publisher : ChatStick Team
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Kremlin's Legacy: Tracing Russia's Historical Path written by ChatStick Team and published by ChatStick Team. This book was released on 2023-08-06 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the captivating history of Russia with "The Kremlin's Legacy: Tracing Russia's Historical Path." Brought to you by the ChatStick Team, this detailed account sweeps from the formation of Kievan Rus' to the rise of Putin's Russia, painting a vivid picture of a nation's tumultuous journey. Uncover the trials and triumphs of Tsars and revolutionaries; delve into the chilling depths of the Cold War, and explore the complexities of Russia's post-Soviet transformation. This meticulously researched book offers a comprehensive understanding of Russia's past and present, revealing the indelible influence of the world's largest nation on global politics and culture. For history enthusiasts, students, or anyone seeking to understand Russia beyond the headlines, "The Kremlin's Legacy" is an essential read. Embark on this journey and unravel the enigma of Russia.
Author : Brian Bonhomme
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786489561
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Russian Exploration, from Siberia to Space written by Brian Bonhomme and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the history of geographical discovery and exploration, a well-known cast of European characters and events takes center stage. While the importance of achievements by Columbus, Cortes, Magellan, Cook, Lewis and Clark, and Neil Armstrong remains unassailable, the participation of Russia in the European era of exploration, conquest, expansion, and colonization deserves equal attention. This study provides a narrative survey and critical analysis of a rich but overlooked tradition of geographical exploration by Russians and others in Russian service since 1580. Following Russian pioneers across Siberia, Alaska, Brazil, Hawaii and the Pacific, Central Asia, Australasia, the Arctic and Antarctic, and into space, this work establishes Russia in the history of world exploration and connects the Russian experience of exploration to Russian national identity past and present.
Author : George V. Lantzeff
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773593187
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Eastward to Empire written by George V. Lantzeff and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian expansion across Siberia to the Far East.
Author : George Gilbert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351184156
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Reading Russian Sources written by George Gilbert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Russian Sources is an accessible and comprehensive guide that introduces students to the wide range of sources that can be used to engage with Russian history from the early medieval to the late Soviet periods. Divided into two parts, the book begins by considering approaches that can be taken towards the study of Russian history using primary sources. It then moves on to assess both textual and visual sources, including memoirs, autobiographies, journals, newspapers, art, maps, film and TV, enabling the reader to engage with and make sense of the burgeoning number of different sources and the ways they are used. Contributors illuminate key issues in the study of different areas of Russia’s history through their analysis of source materials, exploring some of the major issues in using different source types and reflecting recent discoveries that are changing the field. In so doing, the book orientates students within the broader methodological and conceptual debates that are defining the field and shaping the way Russian history is studied. Chronologically wide-ranging and supported by further reading, along with suggestions to help students guide their own enquiries, Reading Russian Sources is the ideal resource for any student undertaking research on Russian history.
Author : James T. Andrews
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 082297746X
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Into the Cosmos written by James T. Andrews and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2011-09-25 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The launch of the Sputnik satellite in October 1957 changed the course of human history. In the span of a few years, Soviets sent the first animal into space, the first man, and the first woman. These events were a direct challenge to the United States and the capitalist model that claimed ownership of scientific aspiration and achievement. The success of the space program captured the hopes and dreams of nearly every Soviet citizen and became a critical cultural vehicle in the country's emergence from Stalinism and the devastation of World War II. It also proved to be an invaluable tool in a worldwide propaganda campaign for socialism, a political system that could now seemingly accomplish anything it set its mind to. Into the Cosmos shows us the fascinating interplay of Soviet politics, science, and culture during the Khrushchev era, and how the space program became a binding force between these elements. The chapters examine the ill-fitted use of cosmonauts as propaganda props, the manipulation of gender politics after Valentina Tereshkova's flight, and the use of public interest in cosmology as a tool for promoting atheism. Other chapters explore the dichotomy of promoting the space program while maintaining extreme secrecy over its operations, space animals as media darlings, the history of Russian space culture, and the popularity of space-themed memorabilia that celebrated Soviet achievement and planted the seeds of consumerism.
Author : Brian Harvey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387739769
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)
Download or read book Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration written by Brian Harvey and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-17 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme, from its origins to the present-day federal Russian space programme. Brian Harvey describes the techniques devised by the USSR for lunar landing, from the LK lunar module to the LOK lunar orbiter and versions tested in Earth’s orbit. He asks whether these systems would have worked and examines how well they were tested. He concludes that political mismanagement rather than technology prevented the Soviet Union from landing cosmonauts on the moon. The book is well timed for the return to the moon by the United States and the first missions there by China and India.
Author : Anatoly Zak
Publisher : Apogee Books
ISBN 13 : 9781926837253
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Russia in Space written by Anatoly Zak and published by Apogee Books. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique attempt to visualise space exploration¹s future through the eyes of Russian space engineers and to describe that nation¹s plans in space. Based on actual documents, rather than on guesswork, it is the first comprehensive illustrated book dedicated to the Russian vision for the future of manned spaceflight from the dawn of manned spaceflight until today. Lavishly illustrated with images of unparalleled artistic quality and technical accuracy, the book: puts the development of the Russian manned spacecraft into political and historical context; uniquely describes the future of space exploration through the eyes of Russian space engineers and planners; introduces hitherto unrevealed systems developed for the Russian space program; describes past events and future plans in the historical context of the fall and rise of the Russian space program.
Author : Masha Gessen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 159463453X
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (946 download)
Download or read book The Future Is History written by Masha Gessen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, BOSTON GLOBE, SEATTLE TIMES, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, NEWSWEEK, PASTE, and POP SUGAR The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy. Award-winning journalist Masha Gessen's understanding of the events and forces that have wracked Russia in recent times is unparalleled. In The Future Is History, Gessen follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each of them came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children and grandchildren of the very architects of the new Russia, each with newfound aspirations of their own--as entrepreneurs, activists, thinkers, and writers, sexual and social beings. Gessen charts their paths against the machinations of the regime that would crush them all, and against the war it waged on understanding itself, which ensured the unobstructed reemergence of the old Soviet order in the form of today's terrifying and seemingly unstoppable mafia state. Powerful and urgent, The Future Is History is a cautionary tale for our time and for all time.
Author : Binish Shah
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (846 download)
Download or read book Russia written by Binish Shah and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description of the book: "Russia: A Journey Through Time, Tradition, and Terrain" is a comprehensive exploration of Russia's rich history, vibrant culture, and diverse landscapes. The book takes readers on a captivating journey through the centuries, from the early origins of Russia to the modern day, tracing the country's evolution from a collection of tribes to a vast empire and, later, to a modern nation. Each chapter of the book delves into a different aspect of Russia's history and culture, offering in-depth insights and fascinating anecdotes. From the rise of the Russian Empire and the Bolshevik Revolution to the formation of the Soviet Union and the challenges of the modern era, the book provides a nuanced understanding of Russia's complex past and present. The book also explores Russia's cultural heritage, including its classical music and literature, folk traditions, and iconic ballet. Readers will discover the beauty of Russian landscapes, from the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains to the endless expanse of the Siberian taiga, and learn about the unique flora and fauna that inhabit these diverse environments. With stunning photographs, detailed maps, and engaging storytelling, "Russia: A Journey Through Time, Tradition, and Terrain" offers readers a comprehensive and immersive experience of one of the world's most fascinating countries. Whether you're a history buff, a culture enthusiast, or an adventurous traveler, this book is sure to inspire and captivate.
Author : Alekseĭ Vladimirovich Postnikov
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602232512
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Exploring and Mapping Alaska written by Alekseĭ Vladimirovich Postnikov and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia first encountered Alaska in 1741 as part of the most ambitious and expensive expedition of the entire 18th century. During the next 126 years the struggle to develop and refine geographic knowledge of the vast region comprising northeastern Asia, the North Pacific, and Alaska met with many obstacles, including inclement weather, the chain of supply over great distances, the need to train expert navigators and cartographers, and false leads due to spurious voyage accounts. For much of this era, critical geographic knowledge was kept as a state secret in Russia and not shared, even with the very navigators and cartographers who were developing much needed maps and navigational aids. Despite this, a rich cartographic heritage developed to be carried forward into the American era. The traditional Russian cartographic methods were applied to new discoveries in Siberia and beyond. Early fur traders and explorers utilized this system which for a time co-existed with the new cartographic methodology utilized in Europe and adopted for use by the Russia of Peter the Great. It became an age of scientific exploration. Great Britain, France, Spain, but especially Russia, sent expeditions. An increasingly complete knowledge of the coasts of North America, with forays into the interior, emerged. Postnikov describes the explorations and richly illustrates how the resulting maps evolved and contributed to the world’s knowledge of one of the last great regions of the world to be explored.
Author : Saki
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The History of the Russian Empire written by Saki and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the Russian Empire, curated with stories by Saki (H. H. Munro), presents a fascinating exploration of the grandeur and the tumultuous events that have shaped one of the world's most enigmatic empires. This anthology stitches together a diverse tapestry of narratives, ranging from the sharply satirical to the deeply introspective, effectively capturing the essence of the Russian Empires complex socio-political landscape. The collection stands out for its literary diversity, showcasing a brilliant blend of historical analysis and imaginative storytelling. Through its varied literary styles, the compilation offers readers a comprehensive and nuanced perspective of Russia's past, making it a significant contribution to the understanding of Eastern European history. The contributing editor, known for his acute wit and incisive social commentary, brings a unique voice that threads through the anthology, uniting the diverse works into a coherent and compelling narrative. The backgrounds of the contributing editor, Saki (H. H. Munro), profoundly enrich the anthologys exploration of the Russian Empire. Munros own experiences and his keen observations of the socio-political dynamics of his time imbue the collection with a depth of understanding and a perceptiveness that is rare. The anthology aligns itself with broader literary and historical movements, drawing on the rich tradition of European satirical writing while addressing pivotal moments in Russian history. The collective contributions of the editor, coupled with his literary acumen, allow the collection to traverse a wide range of themes, from the extravagances of the Russian aristocracy to the strife of its common folk, offering a multifaceted portrayal of empire. This anthology is recommended not only for its historical insights but also for its literary artistry. Readers will find themselves immersed in a world that, though no longer extant, continues to fascinate and inform the contemporary moment. The History of the Russian Empire provides a unique opportunity to engage with the past through the lens of one of the early twentieth century's most astute observers of society. It is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of Russian history and the power of literary expression in shaping our comprehension of the past.
