The Story of Russia
From the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country's past - and how they can inform its present.
No other country has been so divided over its own past as Russia. None has changed its story so often. How the Russians came to tell their story, and to reinvent it as they went along, is a vital aspect of their history, their culture and beliefs. To understand what Russia's future holds - to grasp what Putin's regime means for Russia and the world - we need to unravel the ideas and meanings of that history.
In The Story of Russia, Orlando Figes brings into sharp relief the vibrant characters that comprise Russia's rich history, and whose stories remain so important in making sense of the world's largest nation today - from the crowning of sixteen-year-old Ivan the Terrible in a candlelit cathedral, to Catherine the Great, riding out in a green uniform to arrest her husband at his palace, to the bitter last days of the Romanovs.
Beautifully written and based on a lifetime of scholarship, The Story of Russia is a major and definitive work from the great storyteller of Russian history: sweeping, suspenseful, masterful.
Review
A deeply impressive and deeply immersive book . . . The author sets out to reveal Russia's history, its people's perception of their past and the manifold ways in which those in power manipulate both events and legend to shape the present. It is a saga of multi-millennial identity politics ― Spectator
To understand Putin's paranoia, read this book on Russia's history ― Telegraph
A lucid chronological journey that ably illustrates how narratives from the nation's past have been used to shape its autocratic present ― Observer
If you really want to understand Putin's Russia today, anchored in its past of myths, then you simply have to read Figes's superb account in The Story of Russia -- Antony Beevor
An indispensable survey of more than 1,000 years of history shows how myth and fact mix dangerously in the tales this crucial country tells about itself ― Guardian
A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia . . . its tsars and tyrants, wars and massacres, ideas and dreams vividly drawn, its analysis of Russian power and empire essential reading today -- Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of THE ROMANOVS and STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR
An expert on Russia delivers a crucially relevant study . . . A lucid, astute text that unpacks the myths of Russian history to help explain present-day motivations and actions ― Kirkus (starred review)
Urgent and revelatory and brilliantly told, it's all the things you pray a book will be when you first pick it up -- Peter Morgan
Excellent short study -- Max Hastings ― Sunday Times
The historian's latest work on Russia is a lucid chronological journey that ably illustrates how narratives from the nation's past have been used to shape its autocratic present -- Angus Macqueen ― Observer
Figes skilfully assesses the evolution of the forms of government and society that inhibited the development of controls of the tsar ― BBC History Magazine
Accessible and epic . . . A great introduction to an enthralling subject ― History Revealed
An impressive account of the ideas, myths and ideologies that have shaped that country and the way its people interpret the past . . . Figes's book offers a valuable, instructive overview ― Independent
Anyone who wants to detox from Putin's mythomanic claims about Russia's history and what it means for today's world will find some relief in The Story of Russia . . . Figes presents Russia's history in a straightforward manner ― Irish Independent
Valuable book ― Irish Times
[An] imaginative sweep and a capacity to encapsulate in a memorable way ― TLS
Orlando Figes provides valuable lessons about the importance of mythologizing the country's past in his sweeping new survey of Russian history ― New York Times
Sweeping and concise . . . It is a skilled piece of compression ― Tablet
This is a brilliant condensation - his analysis of Soviet Russia is superb - of a seriously complex tale ― Spectrum
The Story of Russia combines profound knowledge and understanding of the longer, deeper structural processes of history with the personal experience of an author seeking to understand what is happening on the ground today ― Financial Times
Orlando Figes's latest book provides fascinating insights into this contemporary conundrum. The Story of Russia is a truly incisive and important dissection of Russia's troubled past, both real and mythical, but it also provides a crucial context for understanding the present ― Jewish Chronicle
This book is a timely reminder of the malign uses to which history can be put ― Politics Home
About the Author
Orlando Figes is an award-winning author and historian, who has held teaching posts at Birkbeck College, University of London and Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He was born in London in 1959 and studied History at the University of Cambridge. Figes is the bestselling author of nine books on Russian and European history, including Natasha's Dance and A People's Tragedy. His books have been translated into over 30 languages.
Podrobnosti
| Autor |
Orlando Figes |
|---|---|
| Vydavatel |
Bloomsbury |
| Jazyk | anglicky |
| Vazba | měkká |
| Počet stran | 368 |
| Formát | 15,3 × 23,5 cm |
| EAN | 9781526631763 |
| Rok vydání | 2022 |
| Edice |
Historie Společnost a společenské vědy |
Autor
Orlando Figes
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