{"product_id":"the-cossacks-shane-orourke-9780719076800","title":"The Cossacks","description":"This is an exceptional book covering 500 years of the history of the Cossacks - the recklessly brave, wild horsemen or the romantic hero of the steppe or the brutal mounted policemen, as they have been remembered throughout history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting with a description of the world of the steppe before moving on to a more detailed analysis of the circumstances in which the Cossacks emerged and flourished in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the author considers the relationship of the Cossacks to the surrounding states in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries through the prism of three great conflicts: the revolts of Bohdan Khelmnytsky, Stepan Razin and Emel'ian Pugachev. The author then looks at the Cossacks from the end of the Pugachev revolt in 1774 until the outbreak of the First World War, as well as the Cossacks in the Russian revolutionary period and under Soviet power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lucid and engaging book that conveys the passion, exuberance and tragedy of these extraordinary people, it will be enjoyed by students, scholars and general readers interested in Russian history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shane O'Rourke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0719076803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780719076800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.94d","brand":"Shane O'Rourke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925740191999,"sku":"9780719076800","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ed0d613e-0a9e-42ed-91d0-bd493c7dd390.jpg?v=1681079071","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cossacks-shane-orourke-9780719076800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}