Russian Identities: A Historical Survey

Author	Nicholas Valentine Riasanovsky
Format	Hardcover
ISBN	9780195156508
Publication Date	10/08/2007
Publisher	USA Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press

This book investigates the question of Russian identity, looking at changes and continues over a huge territory, many centuries, and a variety of political, social, and economic structures. The main emphases are on the struggle against the steppe peoples, Orthodox Christianity, autocratic monarchy, and Westernization.

This book investigates the question of Russian identity, looking at changes and continues over a huge territory, many centuries, and a variety of political, social, and economic structures. Its main emphases are on the struggle against the steppe peoples, Orthodox Christianity, autocratic monarchy, and Westernization.