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020			_a9781335145703 _q(hardcover)
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100	1		_aGaleotti, Mark, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA short history of Russia : _bhow the world's largest country invented itself, from the pagans to Putin / _cMark Galeotti.
264		1	_aToronto, Ontario, Canada : _bHanover Square Press, _c[2020]
264		4	_c©2020
300			_a224 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aRussia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethnic group, no true central identity. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it has been subject to invasion by outsiders, from Vikings to Mongols, from Napoleon's French to Hitler's Germans. In order to forge an identity, it has mythologized its past to unite its people and to signal strength to outsiders. In a In a Short history of Russia, Mark Galeotti explores the history of this fascinating, glorious, desperate and exasperating country through two intertwined issues: the way successive influences from beyond its borders have shaped Russia, and the way Russians came to terms with this influence, writing and rewriting their past to understand their present and try to influence their future. In turn, this self-invented history has come to affect not just their constant nation-building project but also their relations with the world.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600	1	0	_aPutin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, _d1952- _967473
651		0	_aRussia (Federation) _xPolitics and government _y1991- _943935
651		0	_aRussia _xHistory. _921820
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