Russians: The People Behind the Power

by Gregory Feifer

Book Overview

From former NPR Moscow correspondent Gregory Feifer comes an incisive portrait that draws on vivid personal stories to portray the forces that have shaped the Russian character for centuries-and continue to do so today.

Russians explores the seeming paradoxes of life in Russia by unraveling the nature of its people: what is it in their history, their desires, and their conception of themselves that makes them baffling to the West?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1455509639
• ISBN13: 9781455509638
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Twelve
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.0"