Lost Kingdom

From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe, a new history of Russian imperialismIn 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine While the world watched in outrage, this blatant violation of national sovereignty was only the latest iteration of a centuries long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan Russian nation.In Lost Kingdom, award winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues that we can only understand the confluence of Russian imperialism and nationalism today by delving into the nation s history Spanning over 2,000 years, from the end of the Mongol rule to the present day, Plokhy shows how leaders from Ivan the Terrible to Joseph Stalin to Vladimir Putin exploited existing forms of identity, warfare, and territorial expansion to achieve imperial supremacy.An authoritative and masterful account of Russian imperialism, Lost Kingdom chronicles the story behind Russia s belligerent nation building quest. Best Read Lost Kingdom by Serhii Plokhy For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Russian history viewed through the prism of Nationalism Slight Leftist bent but still quite good Rating 4 out of 5 StarsThis book looks at a particular aspect of Russian history one with plenty of relevance for the present day It looks at how Russia interacts with neighboring lands and or internal minorities Russia often pushes itself toward empire, an empire usually justified on a sense of ethnic identity but gaining any empire typically results in adding non Russians to the mix The key tricky spot is the Ukraine, with a long tradition of association with Russia, but still distinct from Russians The boo...This was an excellent book Plokhy does a great job of balancing between the historical narrative and the development of Russian identity He tracks well the various developments that have influenced the changing associations between all the different branches of eastern slavedom Plokhy also does an good job of presenting things without any cultural biases, which allows the different viewpoints to hang in tension with each other Having read numerous books on Russia and the eastern orthodox chu This was an excellent book Plokhy does a great job of balancing between the historical narrative and the development of Russian identity He tracks well the various developments that have influenced the changing associations between all the different branches of eastern slavedom Plokhy also does an good job of presenting things without any cultural biase...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here It s a great introduction to Russia s relationships with national groups within the body of the state, as well as the Soviet Union Because it s primarily an intellectual history, it delves deeply into matters of historiography and their relationship to political power It has shortcomings it leaves out Russo Finnish relationships as well as those involving Central Asian and Sibe...Very good.

• 11 October 2018
Serhii Plokhy
• Hardcover
• 400 pages
• 0465098495
• Serhii Plokhy
• Lost Kingdom