The Lost Kingdom
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The Lost Kingdom by Serhii Plokhy
From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine -- only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues that we can only understand the confluence of Russian imperialism and nationalism today by delving into the nation's history. Spanning over 500 years, from the end of the Mongol rule to the present day, Plokhy shows how leaders from Ivan the Terrible to Joseph Stalin to Vladimir Putin exploited existing forms of identity, warfare, and territorial expansion to achieve imperial supremacy. An authoritative and masterful account of Russian nationalism, Lost Kingdom chronicles the story behind Russia's belligerent empire-building quest.Serhii Plokhy is the director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University and the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History. Plokhy lives in Burlington, Massachusetts, and is the author of various books, including Chernobyl, which won the Baillie Gifford Award for nonfiction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780465098491 |
| ISBN 10 | 0465098495 |
| Title | The Lost Kingdom |
| Author | Serhii Plokhy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
| Year published | 2017-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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