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Laddar... Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Soviet Union (1989)av Robin Milner-Gulland, Nikolai Dejevksy (Författare)
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"The Russian Orthodox Church is currently celebrating its millennium, one that coincides approximately with the documented history of Russia itself. That 1000-year history - both political and cultural - is the principal subject of this volume. After due acknowledgment of the Hellenistic, Slav, Viking and Byzantine backgrounds, the historical account opens with the conversion of Rus to Christianity in the 10th century and with the early centers of civilization at Kiev, Novgorod and Vladimir. Two centuries of Tatar rule divide the fall of Kievan Russia from the rise of Muscovy, but the medieval period of Russian history does not fully end until after the accession of Peter the Great in 1682. Peter's reforms and extrovert policies, precursors of late 20th-century development, suddenly projected Russia onto the center stage of world politics - a position which, for better or worse, it has never relinquished." "An opening section of the atlas provides the geographical and ethnic context for the cultural history that follows, the book ends with a spectacular portrait in maps, text and pictures of each country within the former Soviet Union today."--BOOK JACKET. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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This book was one of them. I liked it, although I dodn't love it as much as [b:A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union|171150|A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union|Rick Smolan|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172385929s/171150.jpg|287590]. I know it is not fair to compare these two books, but I can't help doing so.
This 'Atlas' tells me about the history, people, art, culture of Moscovia / Russia / Soviet Union in text, interspersed with maps, pictures, graphics and tables. It takes a lot more to carefully read the texts and all the additions than it takes to look at a full-page-size picture with only two lines: the subject and the name of the photographer.
The latter was an easy read / view and appealed a lot to my curiosity to find out what was there behind that nearly impermeable border. This was more background info for classes on literature and history. Like I said, not fair to compare the two.
For all those who have an interest in Russia and its history I recommend this book. (