Chronicles the history of the Russian Empire from the Mongol Invasion, through the Bolshevik Revolution, to the aftereffects of the Cold War.

Hosking follows the country's history from the Slavs' first emergence in the historical record in the sixth century C.E. to the Russians' persistent appearances

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An assessment of Russia that suggests that we should look beyond traditional means of power to understand its strength and capacity to disrupt international pol