The Russia Reader: History, Culture, Politics

by Bruce Grant, Orin Starn, Robin Kirk

Book Overview

Letters recording the reactions of ordinary Russians to the Revolution as events unfolded in 1917, an account of the day-to-day scramble to make a living after the end of the Soviet Union, and excerpts from a sixteenth-century manual instructing elite Muscovites on proper household management--The Russia Reader brings these and many other selections together in this introduction to the history, culture, and politics of the world's largest country,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822346486
• ISBN13: 9780822346487
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"