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  • Russia in the Early Modern World

    The Continuity of Change

    by Donald Ostrowski ...
    A fundamental problem in studying early modern Russian history is determining Russia’s historical development in relationship to the rest of the world. The focus throughout this book is on the continuity of Russian policies during the early modern period (1450–1800) and that those policies coincided with those of other successful contemporary Eurasian polities. The continuities occurred in the ... Read more

    $52.59 CAD

  • Who Wrote That?

    Authorship Controversies from Moses to Sholokhov

    by Donald Ostrowski ...
    Who Wrote That? examines nine authorship controversies, providing an introduction to particular disputes and teaching students how to assess historical documents, archival materials, and apocryphal stories, as well as internet sources and news. Donald Ostrowski does not argue in favor of one side over another but focuses on the principles of attribution used to make each case.While furthering the ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD

  • Portraits of Old Russia

    Imagined Lives of Ordinary People, 1300-1745

    by Donald Ostrowski, Marshall T. Poe ...
    This book introduces readers to a little-known place and time in world history – early modern Russia, from its beginnings as Muscovy, in the fourteenth century, through the reign of Peter I (1689-1725) – by portraying the lives of representative individuals from the major levels of the society of that era. The portraits, written by professional historians, are imaginative reconstructions or ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe, 900–1400

    Edited by Donald Ostrowski, Christian Raffensperger ...
    Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe provides imagined biographies of twenty different figures from all walks of life living in Eastern Europe from 900 to 1400. Moving beyond the usual boundaries of speculative history, the book presents innovative and creative interpretations of the people, places, and events of medieval Eastern Europe and provides an insight into medieval life from Scandinavia ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • The Ruling Families of Rus

    Clan, Family and Kingdom

    by Christian Raffensperger, Donald Ostrowski ...
    Series series Dynasties
    This is a new history of the region known as Kyivan Rus’, a state in eastern and northern Europe from the late ninth to the mid-sixteenth century that encompassed a variety of polities and peoples, including Lithuanian, Polish, Ottoman and others. This account for the first time focuses on the history of the region via families, which allows the discussion of a wider region and a larger group of ... Read more

    $39.89 CAD

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  • Russia and the Golden Horde

    The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History

    by Charles J. Halperin ...
    Series series Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    This revelatory study of Russian medieval history and the age of Mongolian conquest "infuses the subject with fresh insights and interpretations" ( History).In the 13th century, a Mongolian confederation known as The Golden Horde dominated a vast region including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucuses. Though it would hold power into the 15th century, the influence of the Mongolian Empire ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A HISTORY OF BELARUS: A NON-LITERARY ESSAY THAT EXPLAINS THE ETHNOGENESIS OF THE BELARUSIANS

    by Lubov Bazan ...
    Rare materials on Belarus are a potential treasure trove for the English language reader. A blank spot on the map for many, Belarus is an undiscovered mystery in the heart of Europe – undiscovered, because little has been published on the country’s history and current affairs, and the origin of the ethnic group that calls itself ‘Belarusians’. Author Lubov Bazan attempts to uplift the veil of ... Read more

    $11.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ivan the Terrible

    by Isabel de Madariaga ...
    "This significant biography of the 16th-century Russian czar…is likely to become the definitive work on Ivan for some time" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).One of the most important figures in Russian history, Ivan IV Vasilyevich has remained among the most neglected. The country's first Tsar, he is notorious for pioneering a policy of unrestrained terror—and for killing his own son. In Ivan ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Russia

    In Brief, #10

    by Anne Davison ...
    Series Book 10 - In Brief
    October 2017 marked one hundred years since the Russian Revolution and the overthrow of the Romanov Dynasty. But as the anniversary approached, there appeared to be some ambivalence in the Kremlin as to how the event should be celebrated, if indeed, celebrated at all.The mood in Russia was captured in Shaun Walker's enlightening article entitled Tragedy or triumph? Russians agonise over how to ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cossack Myth

    History and Nationhood in the Age of Empires

    by Serhii Plokhy ...
    Series series New Studies in European History
    In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, a mysterious manuscript began to circulate among the dissatisfied noble elite of the Russian Empire. Entitled The History of the Rus', it became one of the most influential historical texts of the modern era. Attributed to an eighteenth-century Orthodox archbishop, it described the heroic struggles of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Alexander Pushkin read the ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Emergence of Rus 750-1200

    by Simon Franklin, Jonathan Shepard ...
    Series series Longman History of Russia
    This eagerly awaited volume, the first of its kind by western scholars, describes the development amongst the diverse inhabitants of the immense landmass between the Carpathians and Urals of a political, economic and social nexus (underpinned by a common culture and, eventually, a common faith), out of which would emerge the future Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The authors explore every aspect of ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • Heavenly Serbia

    From Myth to Genocide

    by Branimir Anzulovic ...
    Traces Serbia's nationalist and expansionist impulses to the legendary battle of Kosovo in 1389As violence and turmoil continue to define the former Yugoslavia, basic questions remain unanswered: What are the forces behind the Serbian expansionist drive that has brought death and destruction to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo? How did the Serbs rationalize, and rally support for, this ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD