Russian History A Very Short Introduction

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Russian History  A Very Short Introduction
Author : Geoffrey Hosking
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 29 March 2012
ISBN : 9780199580989
Pages : 177 pages
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A leading international authority discusses all aspects of Russian history, from the struggle by the state to control society to the transformation of the nation into a multi-ethnic empire, Russia's relations with the West and the post-Soviet era. Original.

Russian History  A Very Short Introduction

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