Russia and the Russians

The result of a lifetime’s knowledge of Russia, this monumental work has been acclaimed as the definitive single-volume history of Russia.

Geoffrey Hosking has been one of the foremost historians of Russia and her Empire for more than twenty years. He traces Russia’s history from the settlement of Kiev through to the present day. He argues that two nation-building movements, one based on a messianic vision of Russia’s destiny as God’s people, the other a modernising and expansive impe…