Russia: A 1,000 Year Chronicle Of The Wild East

Author: Martin Sixsmith

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  • : 9781849900737
  • : Ebury Publishing
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  • : March 2012
  • : 198mm X 126mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : April 2012
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Description

"Accompanying the landmark BBC Radio 4 series, and marking the 20th anniversary of the dissolution of the USSR, Russia- The Wild East tells the epic story of this vast nation, tracing the conundrums of modern Russia to their roots in its troubled past. Russia is a country of contradictions, a nation of high morals, exceptional cultural refinement and artistic originality, and yet also a country that rules by the iron fist, with a repressive and cruel past and an ingrained eagerness to sacrifice the individual in the name of the collectivist cause. In this definitive history, former BBC Moscow correspondent Martin Sixsmith delves into Russia s history to elucidate these tensions, many of which boil down to the pull between Eastern and Western sensibilities, to help us understand why Russia and Russians act the way they do. Churchill once described Russia as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma . In Russia- The Wild East Sixsmith, sets out to penetrate the complex identity of this mysterious and troubled power to discover the real Russia behind the enigma."

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Martin Sixsmith's bestselling history of Russia, now available in paperback

Author description

Martin Sixsmith studied at Oxford, Harvard and the Sorbonne. From 1980 to 1997 he was the BBC correspondent in Moscow, Washington, Brussels and Warsaw. From 1997 to 2002 he worked for the Government as Director of Communications and Press Secretary to Harriet Harman, Alistair Darling and Stephen Byers. He is now a writer, presenter and journalist. He has written two novels, Spin and I Heard Lenin Laugh, and is the author of three non-fiction titles - Moscow Coup: The Death of the Soviet System, The Litvinenko File: The True Story of a Death Foretold and The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: A Mother, Her Son and a Fifty Year Search. He lives in London.