Russia under Western Eyes : From the Bronze Horseman to the Lenin Mausoleum.
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Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: in scythia -- Introduction: the russian riddle -- 1. Russia as enlightened despotism: 1700-1815 -- 2. Russia as oriental despotism: 1815-1855 -- 3. Russia as europe regained: 1855-1914 -- 4. War and revolution: 1914-1917 -- 5. Through the soviet-russian looking-glass, and what the west found there: 1917-1991 -- Prologue: In the Eye of the Beholder -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
A dazzling work of intellectual history by a world-renowned scholar, spanning the years from Peter the Great to the fall of the Soviet Union, this book gives us a clear and sweeping view of Russia not as an eternal barbarian menace but as an outermost, if laggard, member in the continuum of European nations.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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