{"product_id":"russia-rodric-braithwaite-9781639362882","title":"Russia: Myths and Realities","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn expert historian and former ambassador to Moscow unlocks fact from fiction to reveal what lies at the root of the Russian story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChurchill remarked that Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. That has become an excuse for intellectual laziness. Russia is not all that different from anywhere else. But you have to disentangle the facts from the myths created both by the Russians themselves and by those who dislike them.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this dynamic new history, Rodric Braithwaite--Russia expert and former ambassador to Moscow--does exactly that, unpicking fact from fiction to discover what lies at the root of the Russian story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Russia is the largest country in the world, with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. Over a thousand years this multifaceted nation of shifting borders has been known as Rus, Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union. Thirty years ago it was reinvented as the Russian Federation. Like the rest of us, the Russians constantly rewrite their history. They, too, omit episodes of national disgrace in favor of patriotic anecdotes, sometimes more rooted in myth than reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Russia is not an enigma, but its past is violent, tragic, sometimes glorious, and always complicated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodric Braithwaite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639362886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639362882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2022","brand":"Rodric Braithwaite","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073856794879,"sku":"9781639362882","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f89b955-0769-41fb-b70e-09b7b65f48eb.jpg?v=1685450320","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/russia-rodric-braithwaite-9781639362882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}