num_pages: 38
description: Hosking presents the historical conception of Russia as two nations―imperial and ethnic―and relates this to the challenge facing present-day Russia, that of creating a democratic nation without an empire.
language: English
title: Empire and Nation in Russian History
titlecomplete: Empire and Nation in Russian History (Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures)
series: Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures
publisher: Baylor University Press