Tsars, Comrades and Prophets
Title | Tsars, Comrades and Prophets PDF eBook |
Author | Sophie Duhnkrack |
Publisher | GRIN Verlag |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 2009-06 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3640337301 |
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Orientalism / Sinology - Islamic Studies, grade: 92, Ben Gurion University, course: Tsars, Comrades and Prophets: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Islam in Russia and the Former Soviet Union, language: English, abstract: For almost a millennium Russia has interacted with Islam. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Islam has had a considerable impact on the formation of a new Russian identity. The "ideological and cultural vacuum" generated by the enormous political change hampers the creation of this identity. In the new liberty, formerly excluded and suppressed minorities strive for self-determination and recognition of their rights. The following study briefly depicts the new political situation. Further it analyzes the policies of the post-Soviet Russian Federation government and its consequences for Russian Muslims; it compares them with the policies of the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan. Using Turkey as a specific example, conclusions are drawn about the effects of this new socio-political climate on Russian Muslims.
In the Name of the People
Title | In the Name of the People PDF eBook |
Author | Adam B. Ulam |
Publisher | Viking |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Fiction |
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More than a century ago, Russia saw the burgeoning of a tradition of revolutionary violence that was not to bear fruit until 1917, but that even in those earlier times deeply affected the Russian people. In this book, Adam Ulam offers a history of Russian political and intellectual life in those critical years from 1855 to 1884 and describes the successive conspiracies that shook the edifice of tsarist autocracy.
For Prophet and Tsar
Title | For Prophet and Tsar PDF eBook |
Author | Robert D Crews |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 474 |
Release | 2009-06-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0674030036 |
In stark contrast to the popular "clash of civilizations" theory that sees Islam inevitably in conflict with the West, Robert D. Crews reveals the remarkable ways in which Russia constructed an empire with broad Muslim support. For Prophet and Tsar unearths the fascinating relationship between an empire and its subjects. As America and Western Europe debate how best to secure the allegiances of their Muslim populations, Crews offers a unique and critical historical vantage point.
The Prophet Armed
Title | The Prophet Armed PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Deutscher |
Publisher | Verso |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781859844410 |
This first volume of the trilogy traces Trotsky's political development.
Prophets and Conspirators in Prerevolutionary Russia
Title | Prophets and Conspirators in Prerevolutionary Russia PDF eBook |
Author | Adam B. Ulam |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 463 |
Release | 2018-04-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 135130786X |
In this magisterial and exciting book, Ulam offers a brilliant history of Russian political and intellectual life in those critical years from 1855 to 1884 and describes the successive conspiracies that shook the edifice of tsarist autocracy.
"Tsar and God" and Other Essays in Russian Cultural Semiotics
Title | "Tsar and God" and Other Essays in Russian Cultural Semiotics PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Zhivov |
Publisher | Ars Rossica |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2018-05-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781618118042 |
Featuring a number of pioneering essays by the internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection includes a number of essays appearing in English for the fi rst time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development, these essaysexamine the survival and the reconceptualization of the past in later cultural systems and some of the key transformations of Russian cultural consciousness. The essays in this collection contain some important examples of Russian cultural semiotics and remain indispensable contributions to the history of Russian civilization.
Comrades and Chicken Ranchers
Title | Comrades and Chicken Ranchers PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Kann |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801480751 |
This book is a portrait of the Petaluma Jewish community from the early years of the century to the present day. Kenneth L. Kann interviewed more than two hundred residents, representing three generations of Jewish Americans. The picture that emerges from their testimony is of a wonderfully animated and fractious community. Its history blends many of the familiar themes of American Jewish life into a richly individual tapestry. In the first few decades of this century, many Jewish immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe wound up in Petaluma. This first generation of chicken farmers consisted largely of educated, often professional men and women; many were drawn to chicken farming as much by Marxist or Zionist beliefs in the dignity of labor as by economic necessity. They helped establish the particular character of a community, with its combination of arduous work and cultural aspiration.