A Short History of Russia

Mary Platt Parmele was a historian who wrote short histories of various European nations during the late 19th century. From the preface: "If this book seems to have departed from the proper ideal of historic narrative-if it is the history of a Power, and not of a People-it is because the Russian people have had no history yet. There has been no evolution of a Russian nation, but only of a vast governing system; and the words "Russian Empire" stand for a majestic world-power in which the mass of its people have no part. A splendidly embroidered robe of Europeanism is worn over a chaotic, undeveloped mass of semi-barbarism. The reasons for this incongruity-the natural obstacles with which Russia has had to contend; the strange ethnic problems with which it has had to deal; its triumphant entry into the family of great nations; and the circumstances leading to the disastrous conflict recently concluded, and the changed conditions resulting from it-such is the story this book has tried to tell."

Author: Mary Platt Parmele
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 09/17/2014
Pages: 90
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d
ISBN13: 9781502398826
ISBN10: 1502398826
BISAC Categories:
- History | Revolutionary
- History | Russia & the Former Soviet Union

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