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Myths About Russia
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Author : Vladimir Medinskiĭ
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Myths About Russia written by Vladimir Medinskiĭ and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with National characteristics, Russian categories.
Myths About Russia
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Author : Vladimir Medinskiy
language : en
Publisher: Glagoslav Publications
Release Date : 2018-01-01
Myths About Russia written by Vladimir Medinskiy and has been published by Glagoslav Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-01 with History categories.
Russia’s rich history is full of secrets: there’s not another country in the world with so many skeletons in its closet. Vladimir Medinskiy’s new book offers the reader the opportunity to get better acquainted with some myths about Russia in an quick, easy and entertaining way. The book covers some of the most interesting, colourful and controversial debates in Russian history and the most popular myths about Russia: vodka and its role in some incredible adventures, Russia’s problems (apart from the roads and having too many fools), some lessons from the Bastille and the Civil War, the last testament of Peter the Great, amongst many others. In his book the author tackles some of the most pressing questions about Russia: whether you can trust Russians, the meaning of progress in Russian terms, who really won at the Battle of Borodino two hundred years ago, why Russians call Napoleon ‘the consummate liar’, and also whether Russians are the true originators of petrol, mobile phones and the cinema. Myths About Russia is Medinskiy’s original and humorous take on the subject: in this book, he diligently unravels the myths surrounding this vast and complex nation, picking them apart to uncover the truth about Russia and her fascinating history. *** Vladimir Medinskiy is a Russian statesman, professor, essayist and novelist. Since May 2012 he has held the post of Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation. Although he is the author of several popular books on advertising, PR and history, his Myths About Russia series is Medinskiy’s most famous, having been the bestselling Russian popular history series of recent years. In 2012 he published his first work of fiction, The Wall, which critics have called one of the best examples of the revival of the historical novel in Russia today. Medinskiy studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and graduated with honours from the Faculty of International Journalism. During his university years, he also participated in the activities of student journalist associations, worked as a press service intern at the Soviet (and then Russian) Embassy in Washington, D.C. From 1992 to 1998 he was head of the PR agency Ya Corporation. After gaining his degree at the Moscow State Institute in 1997, Vladimir Medinskiy began his teaching career in the university’s Faculty of Journalism. He gained his doctorate in 1999 and since then has taught as a professor at the same university. From 2010 to its liquidation in 2012, Medinskiy was appointed as a member of the Presidential Commission to Counter Attempts to Falsify History to the Detriment of Russia's Interests. In July 2011, he became a member of the board of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, which aims to promote Russian language and culture through various programs internationally.
Mother Russia
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Author : Joanna Hubbs
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1993-09-22
Mother Russia written by Joanna Hubbs and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-09-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Joanna Hubbs has found the trace of Baba Yaga and the rusalki and Moist Mother Earth and other fascinating feminine myths in Russian culture, and has added richly to the growing interest in popular culture." -- New York Times Book Review "... brave... fascinating... immensely enjoyable... " -- Times Higher Education Supplement "... a stimulating and original study... vivid and readable." -- Russian Review "An immensely stimulating, beautifully written work of scholarship." -- Francine du Plessix Gray "Joanna Hubbs has provided scholars... with a wealth of significant interpretive material to inform if not reform views of both Russian and women's cultures." -- Journal of American Folklore A ground-breaking interpretation of Russian culture from prehistory to the present, dealing with the feminine myth as a central cultural force.
Russia
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Author : Rodric Braithwaite
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2022-08-25
Russia written by Rodric Braithwaite and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-25 with History categories.
'Wise and thorough' Spectator 'Brisk and readable ... very valuable' Financial Times 'He is an engaging guide ... and writes with the same flair demonstrated in his previous bestseller Afgantsy' Sunday Telegraph 'A scholarly yet highly readable gallop through the last 1000 years of Russian history ... To understand this tormented nation, you can do no better than read this illuminating portrait' Jonathan Dimbleby With its attack on Ukraine, Russia's future seems almost as uncertain as its past. The largest country in the world - with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons - has been known over the past thousand years as Rus, Muscovy, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Thirty years ago it was reinvented as the Russian Federation. Russia is not an enigma but its past is violent, tragic, sometimes glorious, and certainly complicated. Like the rest of us, the Russians constantly rewrite their history. They too omit episodes of national disgrace in favour of patriotic anecdotes, sometimes more rooted in myth than reality. Expert and former ambassador Rodric Braithwaite unpicks fact from fiction to discover what lies at the root of the Russian story, more relevant to the rest of the world now than ever before.
Yeltsin S Russia
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Author : Lilii︠a︡ Shevt︠s︡ova
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Yeltsin S Russia written by Lilii︠a︡ Shevt︠s︡ova and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Yeltsin's Russia: Myths and Reality is the most current and comprehensive account of the achievements - and failures - of Boris Yeltsin's Russia. Combining keen political analysis with the unique perspective of a native observer, Shevtsova's book also offers a valuable assessment of the forces that will shape the post-Yeltsin era.
Nationalism Myth And The State In Russia And Serbia
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Author : Veljko Vujačić
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-26
Nationalism Myth And The State In Russia And Serbia written by Veljko Vujačić and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-26 with Political Science categories.
This book examines the role of Russian and Serbian nationalism in dissolution of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in 1991.
Democracy And Myth In Russia And Eastern Europe
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Author : Alexander Wöll
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-10-18
Democracy And Myth In Russia And Eastern Europe written by Alexander Wöll and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-18 with History categories.
In the absence of democratic state institutions, eastern European countries were considered to possess only myths of democracy. Working on the premise that democracy is not only an institutional arrangement but also a civilisational project, this book argues that mythical narratives help understanding the emergence of democracy without ‘democrats’. Examining different national traditions as well as pre-communist and communist narratives, myths are seen as politically fabricated ‘programmes of truth’ that form and sustain the political imagination. Appearing as cultural, literary, or historical resources, myths amount to ideology in narrative form, which actors use in political struggles for the sake of achieving social compliance and loyalty with the authority of new political forms. Drawing on a wide range of case studies including Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, this book argues that narratives about the past are not simply ‘legacies’ of former regimes but have actively shaped representations and meanings of democracy in the region. Taking different theoretical and methodological approaches, the power of myth is explored for issues such as leadership, collective identity-formation, literary representation of heroic figures, cultural symbolism in performative art as well as on the constitution of legitimacy and civic identity in post-communist democracies.
Tsar And People
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Author : Michael Cherniavsky
language : en
Publisher: New Haven, Yale U.P
Release Date : 1961
Tsar And People written by Michael Cherniavsky and has been published by New Haven, Yale U.P this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with National characteristics, Russian categories.
The author traces the ruler cult from its tenth-century origins to its demise late in the nineteenth century, pointing out that the princes of Russian history are seen as saints both through their actions and through their function as mediator between God and people.
Russian Myths
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Author : Elizabeth Warner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Russian Myths written by Elizabeth Warner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Folklore categories.
This introduction to Russian mythology begins with the coming of Christianity to the state of Kievan Rus' at the end of the 10th century, heralding a state of co-existence between pagan and Christian practices that came to be known as dual faith.
Common Places
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Author : Svetlana BOYM
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Common Places written by Svetlana BOYM and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with History categories.
Boym provides a view of Russia that is historically informed, replete with unexpected detail, and stamped with authority. Alternating analysis with personal accounts of Russian life, she conveys the foreignness of Russia and examines its peculiar conceptions of private life and common good, of Culture and Trash, of sincerity and banality.