A History of Russia: Peoples, Legends, Events, Forces: Since 1800
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A History of Russia: Peoples, Legends, Events, Forces: Since 1800

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J**E

Big book, lot of info

Had to read for school. A BIG book with a lot of information that will satisfy all your Russian history needs.

E**H

Very useful

The book is very good overview and look at Russian History. It approaches the topic we all know and love such as the Napoleonic War or Russian Revolution with the depth and understand needed to know the reality of the what occurred and why. Beyond that it touches on some lesser know events in Russian history and does character analysis of each Tsar of Russia, from the "good" Alexander II to the "poor" Peter III. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to get to know Russia and Russian history better.

C**Y

Excellent book about Russia - and I’ve read many.

A really good book. I read a lot about Russia and study the Russian language. This book is excellent.

C**T

Best for Romanov Russia and Later

This is a very interesting and (overall) well written textbook which I used in Russian history. It should be noted that the book is written by four separate individuals, each of whom has a very different writing style. The early chapters (from Riyurik to the beginning of Muscovy) can be difficult to understand (upon meeting their author, I understand completely), but the book hits its stride with "Part II" and the advent of Lindsey Hughes's much clearer writing. Stites and Evtuhov are also easy to understand, but Goldfrank requires a rereading (or two) before you realize what he's saying.

D**V

Balanced history of Russia

I was very interested in History when I was at school and used to read a lot about ancient Greece, Rome and Middle Ages. This was greatly accessible in USSR. A few years ago I started reading history books again and was looking for a general Russia history book. I bought this one and recently started reading a few months ago, reading 10-25 pages every week now. A bit dry sometimes but really good in explaining various forces and pressures, cultural aspects and with plenty of maps and pictures. You may wonder why I, a native Russian, read in English? The reason is that I write books in English myself and voracious reading in English helps me to attain native fluency in written English.Thanks,Dmitry VostokovFounder of Literate Scientist Blog

A**P

A History of Russia: Peoples, Legends, Events, Forces

Absolute garbage. This book has nothing to do with history or Russia, let alone Russian history. It is full of garbage, beginning with the title itself. If you are interested to learn about Russian history, this is book NOT TO BUY, EVER!

M**R

No pass on Evtuhov

Having read through Evtuhov, Goldfrank, Hughes and Stites' "A History of Russia", and having used it for a Russian history survey course at my community college, I can not really recommend it for similar introductory-survey courses,or for any use by beginner audiences in general. The narrative throughout the text is both meticulous and leadenly verbose, treating the issues, trends, forces and dynamics of Russian history in great. wearying detail, thus destroying the interest in the subject by beginning students. The book is further weakened by being written by four authors, each of them sometimes taking time to treat the same material, and altering their spelling, and of course their interpretation, of the people and events of this quite complex historical narrative. Perhaps the book would be useful for more advanced readers, but again, few beyond the tyro level would need the methodical laying out of their argument which the four authors seem to feel themselves obligated to make. The book's chapters are also too long in general, an abiding sin for even survey History texts nowadays.Many problems in the text might have been resolved by compressing everything in Kievan Rus and Russian history proper prior to Peter I in a long first chapter. Though I find the details of Kievan Rus and the rise to prominence of the principlaity of Moscow to imperial strength fascinating, few non-specialists would likewise share my interest. More generally, the above-noted stylistic weaknesses might be addressed with better writing by the authors. I can never quite fathom why accomplished published scholarly authors find it so difficult to write well, to make their textbooks memorable.Mark SeifterLehigh Carbon Community College

A**A

I am happy with it

The book was in great condition!The shipping took a bit longer, but it made it and I am overall very glad with my purchase.Now, I may start reading... :)

J**N

Five Stars

Excellent overview

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