Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Soviet Union

by Robin R. Milner-Gulland and Nikolai Dejevski

Book Overview

A revised edition of this history of Russia and the former Soviet Union. The CULTURAL ATLAS series aims to evoke the spirit and vitality of the world's great civilisations, past and present, through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816022070
• ISBN13: 9780816022076
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.7" x 12.2"

Customer Reviews

outstanding work

This is a spectacular book. The historical coverage is broad and reasonably deep; the illustrations and explanatory sidebars are fun and well constructed; and the maps are a wonderful complement to the text. It was just so complete! Glorious period photos on every page: Trotsky, Stalin, Lenin, Alexander II. Stunning works of medieval and modern art. Unfortunately, the trailing atlas-style section was a bit weaker than the rest of the book, even if the photos were excellent. Albeit, I still think the photographic characterization of Moscow was trite: enough photos of the Kremlin and St. Basil's!

An Interesting, Easy-To-Read Overview

Loaded with pictures and maps, this cultural atlas of Russia is an excellent quick reference. Written concisely, it recounts major events/rulers in Russian history, putting them in perspective with regards to European history and, at least for me, clarifying some confusing areas (e.g. "The Time Of Troubles"). As a history major in college, I studied Russian history, but had forgotten many details. Was most pleased to discover this atlas and the easy-to-follow, refresher course it provided. Atlas is written in a reader-friendly fashion, easy to pick up after an interruption, and I expect it would be as interesting to a first time student of Russian history as it was to me.