Cómo entender la nación más compleja del mundo
Can anyone really understand Russia? Mark Galeotti, one of the world’s leading experts on the country, makes the case in this book, using the nation’s fascinating history to illuminate its future. Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethnicity, no true core identity. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it is everyone’s “other.” Yet it is also one of the most powerful nations on earth, a key player on the world stage with a rich history of war and peace, poets and revolutionaries. In this essential tour of the world’s most misunderstood nation, Galeotti cuts through the myths to get to the heart of Russian history—from the formation of the country and its early legends, such as Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the Great, to the rise and fall of the Romanovs, the Russian Revolution, the Cold War, Chernobyl, and the end of the Soviet Union—and the arrival of a dark, co...read more
