Russia's People of Empire: Life Stories from Eurasia, 1500 to the Present
"This compilation of examples that spans 500 years of history and includes both the famous and the lesser known gives readers a more in-depth, personal understanding of how the inescapable existence of diversity in Russia and the Soviet Union related to everyday life... Highly recommended." —Choice"[T]his collection offers a fresh and lively approach to understanding how the various Russian empires have worked." —Slavic Review"This is the first book, to my knowledge, to present such compelling, nuanced and sustained portraits of personalities stamped with the varied practices of Russian/Soviet imperial multiculturalism.... I anticipate that it will become a classic." —Roberts Crews, Stanford University