My Russia : war or peace?
Shishkin, Mikhail2023
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A passionate, eye-opening account of a state entangled in a complex and bloody past, as well as a love letter to a conflicted country. In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what is the real story behind Putin's autocratic regime and its invasion of Ukraine?In My Russia: War or Peace? Shishkin traces the roots of Russia's problems, from the 'Kievan Rus' via the Grand Duchy of Moscow, empire, revolution and Cold War, to the now thirty-year-old Russian Federation. He explores the uneasy relationship between state and citizens, explains Russian attitudes to people's rights and democracy, and proposes that there are really two Russian peoples: the disillusioned and disaffected, who suffer from 'slave mentality', and those who embrace 'European' values and try to stand up to oppression.Both deeply personal and taking a broader historical view, My Russia is a passionate, eye-opening account of a state entangled in a complex and bloody past, as well as a love letter to a conflicted country. Will Russia continue its vicious circle of upheaval and autocracy, or will its people find a way out of history - and how can we help?
Main title:
My Russia : war or peace? / Mikhail Shishkin ; translated by Gesche Ipsen.
Author:
Shishkin, Mikhail, authorIpsen, Gesche, translator
Imprint:
London : riverrun, 2023.
Collation:
224 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Russian.
ISBN:
9781529427783 (hbk)9781529427806 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
947.086
LC class:
DK510.763
Language:
EnglishRussian
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BRN:
1141737
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