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Cultural
Atl/
RUSSiA
AND
THE
FORMER
Ri
v
Soviet
Union
bed
Edition
214
in
46
maps;
295
illustrations;
color
The
publication
of
reminder
that
this
important
book
at
is
a
timely
its
now.
more
than
any
time
since
revolution
in
1917.
Russian
culture
has
captured
the
attention
of
the
rest
of
the
world.
This
interest
the
policies
of
perestroika
began
w
ith
and
glasnost
in
the
early
in
the
1980s
and
has
reached
an
unprecedented
pitch
wake
of
the
peaceful
dismantling
of
the
Soviet
Union.
The
Russian
Orthodox
Church
documented
history
history
of
Russia
political
is
currently
celebrating
its
millennium,
one
that
coincides
approximately
with
the
itself.
That
1000-year
is
—
both
and
cultural
—
the
principal
subject
of
this
volume.
After
due
Hellenistic.
Slav,
Viking
historical
acknow
ledgment
of
the
and
Byzantine
backgrounds,
the
account
opens
with
the
conversion
of
Rus
to
Christianity
in
the
10th
century
and
with
the
early
centers
of
civilization
at
Kiev.
Novgorod
and
Vladimir.
Two
fall
centuries
of
Tatar
rule
divide
the
of
Kievan
Russia
from
the
rise
of
Muscovy,
but
the
medieval
period
of
until
after
the
Russian
history
does
not
fully
end
accession
of
Peter
the
Great
in
1682.
Peter's
reforms
and
extrovert
policies,
precursors
of
late
20th-century
development,
suddenly
projected
Russia
onto
the
center
stage
of
world
politics
for
worse,
it
—
a
position
which,
for better
or
has
never
relinquished.
An
opening
section
of
the
atlas
provides
the
geographical
and
ethnic
context
for
the
cultural
history
that
follows.
The
book
ends
with
Union
today.
a
spectacular
portrait
in
maps,
text
and
pictures
of
each
country
within
the
former
Soviet
Throughout
the
book
specially
draw
n
maps
present
concise
but
graphic
description
of
the
historical
a
development
of
Russian
culture
and
authoritative
text
is
society.
A
lively
and
complemented
by
high-quality
of
it
photography,
much
never
before
published
in
the
West.
Special
feature
spreads
are
devoted
to
such
topics
as the
Great
Age
of
Russian
Painting.
Peasant
Life
before
the
Revolution,
the
Art
of
Propaganda,
and
Religion
in
the
Soviet
Union.
Unfamiliar
terms
are
explained
ice
value
of
the
in
a
glossary,
and
the
Russia,
a
book
is
enhanced
by
the
inclusion
of
a
chronological
table,
a
table
of
the
bibliography,
gazetteer
and
index.
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the
revised
edition,
text,
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;sary.
and
the
bibliography
have been
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