A Short History of Russia

Excellent livre d’histoire, surtout dans le contexte actuel de l’invasion Russe d’un pays indépendant.

Sparkling and stimulating, crisp and compelling: not perhaps words that one would expect to describe a book on Russia's turgid and sombre history. The text is filled with illuminating insights that enable us to understand not only how Russia came to be as it is but also how Russians understand themselves; this is not so much about the past as how the past is part of the present. For example, reading of the brutal era of psychotic czar Ivan 'the Terrible' illuminates our understanding of the reign of contemporary Vlad the Vicious (Putin) that reads almost like a reincarnation. Other works may have more ponderous scholarship - one thinks of Isaiah Berlin's monumental tomes on the Russian philosophers - but this work has the virtue of brevity and lightness of touch that engages us on a journey of enlightenment. History may not repeat itself but certainly casts long shadows that this book helps to penetrate. It deserves a place on the library shelf of any self-respecting slavophile.

Descritto la mentalità russa analizzando le azioni della nazione dal passato ai giorni nostri in modo molto accessibile e chiaro. Aiuta molto bene a capire tanti eventi odierni e prevedere quelli futuri.

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Mark Galeotti captures Russian history in a sequential manner with analysis of Slavic mentality and how it shaped the Russian lands destiny. From a conglomeration of principalities to the formation of USSR the ability of russians to form a narrative well suitable to their mindset is captured well by author. Book gives a holistic view of Russian land and it's various misunderstood aspects. A land who was everyone's other become a decisive force with the time.