This is the first book in English for half a century to examine the complexities of Russian
messianism, both as a whole and in its interaction with Communism. Peter Duncan …

Drawing on theories of political myth and concepts of nationalism, Jardar Østbø analyzes the
content and ideological function of the myth of Russia as a Third Rome. Through case …

Many westerners used to call the Soviet Union" Russia." Russians too regarded it as their
country, but that did not mean they were entirely happy with it. In the end, in fact, Russia …

For centuries, dictators ruled Russia. Tsars and Communist Party chiefs were in charge for
so long some analysts claimed Russians had a cultural predisposition for authoritarian …

'Who are we?'is a question that has haunted Russians for centuries. The crisis of identity that
underlies Russia's efforts to answer that question and the country's attempts to grapple with …

Stalinism for All Seasons is the first comprehensive history of the Romanian Communist
Party (RCP). It traces the origins of the once-tiny, clandestine revolutionary organization in …

This is a review of recent English-language scholarship on the development of Russian
identity since the collapse of the USSR in 1991. The first part examines literature on the …

This article aims to explore the connection between the new 2013 Foreign Policy Concept of
the Russian Federation and Christian messianism in contemporary Russian intellectual …

Shortly after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, a Russian Orthodox monk nominated Russia
as the 'Third Rome', or successor to the Roman and Byzantine empires. Some analysts have …

A “powerful revisionist history”(Times UK) illuminating the tensions and transformations of
the Russian Revolution In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin …