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Informationen zum Autor Adele Barker is Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at the University of Arizona. She is the editor of Consuming Russia: Popular Culture, Sex, and Society since Gorbachev, also published by Duke University Press; co-editor of The History of Women’s Writing in Russia; and author of Not Quite Paradise: An American Sojourn in Sri Lanka.Bruce Grant is Associate Professor of Anthropology at New York University. He is the author of The Captive and the Gift: Cultural Histories of Sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus and In the Soviet House of Culture: A Century of Perestroikas. Klappentext ""The Russia Reader" provides a wonderful overview of Russian life and culture across the centuries, from the emergence of Muscovy and Russian Orthodoxy to the present day. The editors have done a remarkable job in selecting a range of texts that offer a sweeping overview of the complexity and passion of Russian life, and their brief introductions helpfully situate the texts. Whether readers follow the fate of Russia chronologically or use the book as a kaleidoscope to explore different facets of Russian life and culture, they will find a treasure trove of beautiful, dramatic, and tragic readings for exploring Russian history and culture across the ages."--Peter Holquist, University of Pennsylvania Zusammenfassung An introduction to the history, culture, and politics of the world s largest country, from the earliest written accounts of the Russian people to today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xi General Introduction 1 I. Icons and Archetypes 13 II. From Kyiv through Moscovy 61 III. Reform to Revolution 97 IV. Far Pavilions: Siberia 151 V. A Changing Countryside 201 VI. Near Pavilions: The Caucasus 257 VII. Revolution 305 VIII. Building a New World from Old 351 IX. Rising Stalinism 401 X. The Great Terror 447 XI. The War Years 493 XII. the Thaw 537 XIII. Russians Abroad, Near and Far 573 XIV. Life under Advanced Socialism 615 XV. Things Fall Apart 667 XVI. Building a New World, Again 701 Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources 743 Suggestions for Further Reader 753 Index 765...
