The icon and the axe
Subtitle: an interpretive history of Russian culture
By: by James H. Billington.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books; Knopf
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 786
Subjects: Soviet Union -- Intellectual life.
Description: Interpretive history of Russian thought and culture designed to provide new information and interpretation and not merely to codify an already established consesus. The period under discussion is the last six hundred years, during which time Russia has emerged as a distinctive civilization.
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