Histoire Russe

Voilà un récit absolument unique : Edward Rutherfurd dessine ici une magistrale fresque de la Russie. Une histoire qui remonte au second siècle de notre ère, au coeur des terres russes, à Russka, un hameau perdu dans la steppe... Et la magie opère d'emblée. Ce sont d'abord des hordes de cavaliers sauvages qui déferlent : Vikings, Tartares, Cosaques... Des villes qui se bâtissent, tel ce Moscou naissant ou cette bourgade de Saint-Pétersbourg, édifiée sur des marécages... Des tsars qui se succèdent, fous sanguinaires ou despotes éclairés. Mais c'est aussi, à travers l'histoire de quatre familles, tout le destin - grand et tragique - du peuple russe qui nous est restitué. Serfs, paysans, marchands, princes, boyards défilent ici au rythme de l'édification chaotique d'un pays qui continue encore aujourd'hui à échapper à toute classification.

"A Short History of Russia" by Mary Platt Parmele is a 1906 historical text that aimed to educate readers of Russian history. Though much has happened in the over one-hundred years since the book has been published, the text itself was already a brief overview of the most important moments in the country's history at the time. This book can still serve as a wonderful resource for those looking to begin studying Russian history, one that is full of a rich culture that hasn't been replicated elsewhere in the world.

Hans Rogger's study of Russia under the last two Tsars takes as its starting point what the Russians themselves saw as the central issue confronting their nation: the relationship between state and society, and its effects on politics, economics and class in these critical years.

Russian history is ready to be reinterpreted. This book puts Russia into a fresh historical perspective and enables the reader to consider the weight of the past resting on current attempts to fashion a different Russian future. The linking theme here is the balance of continuity anddiscontinuity in the history of the country across several centuries.