Patterns of Russia

History, Culture, Spaces

Robin Milner-Gulland

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Reaktion Books
01 December 2020

History; European history

This book provides a remarkable overview of significant themes in Russian history and culture, in each case starting well before the eighteenth century, while frequently following them up into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Robin Milner-Gulland shows how the public face of Russia developed and evolved through its distinct architecture, astonishing art, and its varied public spaces. What emerges is a clear picture of how Russians fashioned their identity, and the national monuments associated with it, in their setting: the Russian natural landscape as well as distinctive elements of traditional material culture.

Tellingly illustrated, concise and free of jargon, Patterns of Russia will appeal to all those with an interest in the history and culture of this complex — and much discussed — country.

'Any lively mind will have something to learn from this book. Students will welcome its range and clarity; scholars will find it provocative and illuminating; and the author's vivacious style brings the vast and often unfamiliar cultural world of the early Russian lands within the reach of all interested readers.' — Simon Dixon, Sir Bernard Pares Professor of Russian History, University College London

By: Robin Milner-Gulland
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 220mm, Width: 171mm,
ISBN: 9781789142259
ISBN 10: 1789142253
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 December 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword 1 North, South, East, West: The Spaces of Russia 2 Built Environment 3 Art and Artists of Old Russia 4 Art and Place 5 `Holy Russia' and Its Jerusalems 6 Petersburg: Foundation and Fate 7 Ultimate Russia

Robin Milner-Gulland is Emeritus Professor of Russian and East European Studies at Sussex University, and an eminent translator, author and editor of works in Russian. He is author of Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Former Soviet Union (2nd Ed, 2002) and The Russians: The People of Europe (1997), and translator of Icon and Devotion (Reaktion, 2002). He lives in Pulborough, West Sussex, UK.

Reviews for Patterns of Russia: History, Culture, Spaces

Any lively mind will have something to learn from this book. Students will welcome its range and clarity; scholars will find it provocative and illuminating; and the author's vivacious style brings the vast and often unfamiliar cultural world of the early Russian lands within the reach of all interested readers. --Simon Dixon, Sir Bernard Pares Professor of Russian History, University College London