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Faith Hillis - Children of Rus´: Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation - 9780801452192 - V9780801452192
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Children of Rus´: Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation

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Description for Children of Rus´: Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation Hardback. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.

In Children of Rus', Faith Hillis recovers an all but forgotten chapter in the history of the tsarist empire and its southwestern borderlands. The right bank, or west side, of the Dnieper River—which today is located at the heart of the independent state of Ukraine—was one of the Russian empire’s last territorial acquisitions, annexed only in the late eighteenth century. Yet over the course of the long nineteenth century, this newly acquired region nearly a thousand miles from Moscow and St. Petersburg generated a powerful Russian nationalist movement. Claiming to restore the ancient customs of the East Slavs, the southwest’s ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801452192
SKU
V9780801452192
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Faith Hillis
Faith Hillis is Assistant Professor of Russian History at The University of Chicago.

Reviews for Children of Rus´: Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation
Children of Rus' breaks new ground in research on both Russian and Ukrainian history. It is a must read for everyone interested in empires, borderlands and nationalism, and I am hopeful it will generate a lovely discussion and a lot of new research.
Serhii Plokhy
The Russian Review
In this excellent and valuable book, Faith Hillis explores ... Read more

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