{"product_id":"the-story-of-russia-paperback","title":"The Story of Russia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOrlando Figes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern Russia and its wars with Ukraine, with its neighbors, with America, and with the West.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Anne Applebaum, author of \u003ci\u003eTwilight of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Famine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \"the great storyteller of Russian history\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e), a brilliant account of the national mythologies and imperial ideologies that have shaped Russia's past and politics--essential reading for understanding the country today \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of Russia\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh approach to the thousand years of Russia's history, concerned as much with the ideas that have shaped how Russians think about their past as it is with the events and personalities comprising it. No other country has reimagined its own story so often, in a perpetual effort to stay in step with the shifts of ruling ideologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the founding of Kievan Rus in the first millennium to Putin's war against Ukraine, Orlando Figes explores the ideas that have guided Russia's actions throughout its long and troubled existence. Whether he's describing the crowning of Ivan the Terrible in a candlelit cathedral or the dramatic upheaval of the peasant revolution, he reveals the impulses, often unappreciated or misunderstood by foreigners, that have driven Russian history: the medieval myth of Mother Russia's holy mission to the world; the imperial tendency toward autocratic rule; the popular belief in a paternal tsar dispensing truth and justice; the cult of sacrifice rooted in the idea of the \"Russian soul\"; and always, the nationalist myth of Russia's unjust treatment by the West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow the Russians came to tell their story and to revise it so often as they went along is not only a vital aspect of their history; it is also our best means of understanding how the country thinks and acts today. Based on a lifetime of scholarship and enthrallingly written, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Russia \u003c\/i\u003eis quintessential Figes: sweeping, revelatory, and masterful.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460620697778,"sku":"9781250871398","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0a609d2c1bb26a9fe1cf8b3afde48f1e.webp?v=1778926672","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-story-of-russia-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}