CfP: International Peter the Great Congress-2018
Deadline: 19 March 2018 XI International Peter the Great Congress «PETER I AND THE EAST» St Petersburg, 1-2 June 2018 Every year St. Petersburg hosts International Peter the Great Congresses dedicated to the study of the Petrine epoch, preservation and promotion of its legacy and the development of cultural tourism. The Congresses are held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Committee of...
Visions of Empire
Krishan Kumar Visions of Empire How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World What the rulers of empire can teach us about navigating today’s increasingly interconnected world The empires of the past were far-flung experiments in multinationalism and multiculturalism, and have much to teach us about navigating our own increasingly globalized and interconnected world. Until now, most recent scholarship on empires has focused on...
ON THE MARGINS About the History of Jews in Estonia
Anton Weiss-Wendt ON THE MARGINS About the History of Jews in Estonia Estonia is perhaps the only country in Europe that lacks a comprehensive history of its Jewish minority. Spanning over 150 years of Estonian Jewish history, On the Margins is a truly unique book. Rebuilding a life beyond so-called Pale of Jewish Settlement in the Russian Empire, the Jewish cultural autonomy in interwar Estonia, and the trauma of Soviet occupation of...
The Baron’s Cloak
Willard Sunderland The Baron’s Cloak A History of the Russian Empire in War and Revolution Baron Roman Fedorovich von Ungern-Sternberg (1885–1921) was a Baltic German aristocrat and tsarist military officer who fought against the Bolsheviks in Eastern Siberia during the Russian Civil War. From there he established himself as the de facto warlord of Outer Mongolia, the base for a fantastical plan to restore the Russian and...
Restless Empire
Ian Barnes Restless Empire A Historical Atlas of Russia From the first Slavic migrations to the Romanovs’ rise to the Putin era, Russia has endured for centuries as a nation whose sheer size and diversity have challenged its rulers and shaped its identity. Restless Empire illuminates the epic sweep of Russian history in a beautifully illustrated full-color atlas depicting the essential cultural, political, economic, and...
