RUSSIA: A 1,000-YEAR CHRONICLE OF THE WILD EAST
Book ID/图书代码： 11340010B41117
English Summary/英文概要： Russia is a country of contradictions: a nation of cultural refinement and artistic originality and yet also a country that rules by ’the iron fist’, with an ingrained eagerness to sacrifice the individual for the collectivist cause. In this riveting history, Martin Sixsmith shows how Russia’s complex identity has been formed over a thousand years, and how it can help us understand its often baffling behaviour at home and abroad.
Combining in-depth research with his personal experiences as BBC Moscow correspondent for many years, Sixsmith tells Russia’s full and fascinating story, from its foundation in the last years of the tenth century to the first years of the twenty-first, skilfully tracing the conundrums of modern Russia to their roots in its troubled past. Covering politics, music, literature and art, he explores the myths Russians have created from their history, and explains the nation’s seemingly split personality as the result of influences that have divided it for centuries.
Accompanying a landmark BBC Radio 4 series, and marking the 20th anniversary of the dissolution of the USSR, Russia is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the complex political landscape of Russia, and its unique place in the modern world.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一本深度揭示俄罗斯人的民族认同在千年历史长河中是如何演变的著作。本书通过深入调研、实地考察和面对面采访，并结合作者马丁先生多年作为BBC驻莫斯科通讯记者的个人经历，将俄罗斯令人神往的历史娓娓道来。从9世纪横跨到21世纪，从动乱的过去讲到纷纭复杂的当代时局，从政治、音乐、文学、艺术到俄国人创造的奇迹，对于我们理解俄罗斯民族的心理、文化及行为模式有很大的帮助。（DB）
Awards/获奖情况："Russia delivers a thoroughly satisfying history…a lively opinionated narrative."---Publishers Weekly "Russia, a 1,000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East has all the ingredients to become the leading popular history of Russia. Colloquial, personal and anecdotal in style . . . well researched and factually sound."---The Times Literary Supplement
About the Author/作者介绍： 马丁·西克史密斯，1954年9月24日出生于英国英格兰西部的柴郡，就读过牛津大学、列宁格勒大学、巴黎大学。1980-1997年作为BBC通讯记者到过莫斯科、华盛顿、布鲁塞尔、日内瓦以及华沙实地采访。1997-2002年在英国政府工作，做公关总监。他写过的纪实类书有《普京的石油：尤科斯事务和为俄国而战》《利特维年科事件：预知死亡的真实故事》《莫斯科政变：苏联体制的终结》。
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.
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