Karamzin's memoir on ancient and modern Russia : a translation and analysis
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Karamzin's memoir on ancient and modern Russia : a translation and analysis
（Ann Arbor paperbacks for the study of Russian and Soviet history and politics）
University of Michigan Press, 2005
New ed., featuring a new introduction by the author
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Karamzin's memoir on ancient & modern Russia : a translation & analysis
Zapiska o drevneĭ i novoĭ Rossii
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"New edition of the classic historical text" -- On cover
"First published by Harvard University Press 1959. Reprinted by Atheneum 1966" -- T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [255]-259
Includes index
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Russian history was typically studied through liberal or socialist lenses until Richard Pipes first published his translation of Karamzin's Memoir. Almost fifty years later, it is still the only English-language edition of this classic work. Still fresh and readable today, the Memoir—in which Alexander I's state historian elaborates his arguments for a strong Russian state—remains the most accessible introduction to the conservatism of Russia's ancien regime. This annotated translation is a "faithful rendition of the letter and spirit of the original," which not only introduces readers to the sweep of Karamzin's ideas, but also weaves together a fascinating version of Russia's rich history. With a new foreword by Richard Pipes, Karamzin's Memoir on Ancient and Modern Russia is a touchstone for anyone interested in Russia's fascinating and turbulent past.
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